19.8. Relationships
- Get Relationship by ID
- Create relationship
- Create a relationship with properties
- Delete relationship
- Get all properties on a relationship
- Set all properties on a relationship
- Get single property on a relationship
- Set single property on a relationship
- Get all relationships
- Get incoming relationships
- Get outgoing relationships
- Get typed relationships
- Get relationships on a node without relationships
Relationships are a first class citizen in the Neo4j REST API. They can be accessed either stand-alone or through the nodes they are attached to.
The general pattern to get relationships from a node is:
GET http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/123/relationships/{dir}/{-list|&|types}
Where dir
is one of all
, in
, out
and types
is an ampersand-separated list of types.
See the examples below for more information.
Get Relationship by ID
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/65
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
{ "extensions" : { }, "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/113", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/65/properties/{key}", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/65", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/65/properties", "type" : "know", "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/112", "data" : { } }
Create relationship
Upon successful creation of a relationship, the new relationship is returned.
Example request
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POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "to" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/0", "type" : "LOVES" }
Example response
-
201:
Created
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/1
{ "extensions" : { }, "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/1/properties/{key}", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/1", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/1/properties", "type" : "LOVES", "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/0", "data" : { } }
Create a relationship with properties
Upon successful creation of a relationship, the new relationship is returned.
Example request
-
POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/11/relationships
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "to" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/10", "type" : "LOVES", "data" : { "foo" : "bar" } }
Example response
-
201:
Created
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/8
{ "extensions" : { }, "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/11", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/8/properties/{key}", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/8", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/8/properties", "type" : "LOVES", "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/10", "data" : { "foo" : "bar" } }
Delete relationship
Example request
-
DELETE
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/58
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Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
204:
No Content
Get all properties on a relationship
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/61/properties
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
{ "since" : "1day", "cost" : "high" }
Set all properties on a relationship
Example request
-
PUT
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/66/properties
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "happy" : false }
Example response
-
204:
No Content
Get single property on a relationship
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/62/properties/cost
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
"high"
Set single property on a relationship
Example request
-
PUT
http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/60/properties/cost
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
-
Content-Type:
application/json
"deadly"
Example response
-
204:
No Content
Get all relationships
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/45/relationships/all
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
[ { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/45", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/27", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/27/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/27/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/46" }, { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/47", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/28", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/28/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/28/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/45" }, { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/45", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/29", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/29/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/29/properties", "type" : "HATES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/48" } ]
Get incoming relationships
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/64/relationships/in
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
[ { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/66", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/39", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/39/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/39/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/64" } ]
Get outgoing relationships
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/89/relationships/out
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
[ { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/89", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/53", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/53/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/53/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/90" }, { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/89", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/55", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/55/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/55/properties", "type" : "HATES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/92" } ]
Get typed relationships
Note that the "&
" needs to be encoded like "%26
" for example when
using cURL from the terminal.
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/20/relationships/all/LIKES&HATES
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
[ { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/20", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/12", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/12/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/12/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/21" }, { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/22", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/13", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/13/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/13/properties", "type" : "LIKES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/20" }, { "start" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/20", "data" : { }, "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/14", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/14/properties/{key}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/relationship/14/properties", "type" : "HATES", "extensions" : { }, "end" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/23" } ]
Get relationships on a node without relationships
Example request
-
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/78/relationships/all
-
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
-
200:
OK
-
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
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