apoc.graph.fromPaths

Procedure

apoc.graph.fromPaths(paths LIST<PATH>, name STRING, props MAP<STRING, ANY>) - generates a virtual sub-graph by extracting all of the NODE and RELATIONSHIP values from the data returned by the given PATH values.

Signature

apoc.graph.fromPaths(paths :: LIST<PATH>, name :: STRING, properties :: MAP) :: (graph :: MAP)

Input parameters

Name Type Default

paths

LIST<PATH>

null

name

STRING

null

properties

MAP

null

Output parameters

Name Type

graph

MAP

Usage Examples

The examples in this section are based on the following sample graph:

CREATE (TheMatrix:Movie {title:'The Matrix', released:1999, tagline:'Welcome to the Real World'})
CREATE (Keanu:Person {name:'Keanu Reeves', born:1964})
CREATE (Carrie:Person {name:'Carrie-Anne Moss', born:1967})
CREATE (Laurence:Person {name:'Laurence Fishburne', born:1961})
CREATE (Hugo:Person {name:'Hugo Weaving', born:1960})
CREATE (LillyW:Person {name:'Lilly Wachowski', born:1967})
CREATE (LanaW:Person {name:'Lana Wachowski', born:1965})
CREATE (JoelS:Person {name:'Joel Silver', born:1952})
CREATE
(Keanu)-[:ACTED_IN {roles:['Neo']}]->(TheMatrix),
(Carrie)-[:ACTED_IN {roles:['Trinity']}]->(TheMatrix),
(Laurence)-[:ACTED_IN {roles:['Morpheus']}]->(TheMatrix),
(Hugo)-[:ACTED_IN {roles:['Agent Smith']}]->(TheMatrix),
(LillyW)-[:DIRECTED]->(TheMatrix),
(LanaW)-[:DIRECTED]->(TheMatrix),
(JoelS)-[:PRODUCED]->(TheMatrix);
MATCH path = (:Person)-[:ACTED_IN]->(:Movie)
WITH collect(path) AS paths
CALL apoc.graph.fromPaths(paths,'test', {})
YIELD graph AS g
RETURN g.nodes AS nodes, g.relationships AS relationships;
Table 1. Results
nodes relationships

[(:Movie {tagline: "Welcome to the Real World", title: "The Matrix", released: 1999}), (:Person {name: "Keanu Reeves", born: 1964}), (:Person {name: "Carrie-Anne Moss", born: 1967}), (:Person {name: "Laurence Fishburne", born: 1961}), (:Person {name: "Hugo Weaving", born: 1960})]

[[:ACTED_IN {roles: ["Neo"]}], [:ACTED_IN {roles: ["Trinity"]}], [:ACTED_IN {roles: ["Morpheus"]}], [:ACTED_IN {roles: ["Agent Smith"]}]]