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How to return all subgraphs in a json format?

I'm new to neo4j.

I consider using it for creating links between multiple entities that I currently store in another DB.

Assuming i have a neo4j graph with multiple labels and multiple relationships.

The graph eventually consists of many subgraphs that are not connected between each other.

I want a json representation of all these subgraphs as an input for later loading to another system.

In this scenario I don't need to match on a specific label or property. Just need to export the entire graph to an array of subgraphs and have all the properties from each node.

A possible output would be:

{
  "output": [
    {
      "account1": {
        "prop1": "value1"
      },
      "account2": {
        "prop2": "value2"
      },
      "phone1": {
        "prop3": "value3"
      }
    },
    {
      "account3": {
        "propx": "valuex"
      },
      "account4": {
        "prop6": "value5"
      },
      "phone2": {
        "propaa": "valuedd"
      },
      "website1": {
        "prop_web": "value"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Less "cleaner" outputs will also be fine (meaning, if I get "node" objects).

Can this be achieved in neo4j?

1 REPLY 1

Not without writing your own plugin.

I'm nearly finished with one which does something very similar, which is open source. However, the code is still a bit messy and difficult to adapt. I'm planning to create a simplified fork for people to more easily adapt for purposes such as yours.

That said, any green Java dev who spends a month learning Neo, would be able to strip and adapt my work to suit your purposes.