Best practices for importing multiple xml files

[fdeviney]

Newbie here. I need to import multiple xml files into Neo4j. Each file represents an entity, let's call it a Thing. The outer element is Things, so each file looks approximately like

<Things>
  <Thing ....>
    ...
  </Thing>
</Things>

I can import one in the Neo4J browser using apoc.import.xml and get a reasonable looking graph.

Just not sure how to add a second (and subsequent) xml to the graph, nor how to do it in scala/java, which is where we want to get to.

Any help appreciated.

[paritosh_deshmu]

I am facing similar situation, were you able to solve import of multiple xml?

[sameer_gijare14]

Hello Paritosh

I assume that you know the scema for your xml markup.Then it is a better idea to write your own parsing and loading procedures and install them as a library on your production installation.
This library should be tailored as per your project needs/requirements.

Many thanks
Mr G Sameer Sudhir

[paritosh_deshmu]

Thank you for response.
Currently, working on cypher using FOREACH and SET.
As suggested for library, I am tinkering to use Spring and OGN framework and handle through Java.
is this right approach?

[sameer_gijare14]

Looks good.Please let me know once you are done with your modular proc.
Many thanks
Mr Sameer Sudhir Gijare

[onlyrey]

Hi please let me know if you can share the code. I will be starting something similar soon. Is there some example of cycling through a directory full of files to import in the examples? My issue is that I have so many that if things break midway I'd like to restart where I left (parsing through the multiple XML files in a directory in my case).