apoc.export.graphml.data

Procedure APOC Core

apoc.export.graphml.data(nodes,rels,file,config) - exports given nodes and relationships as graphml to the provided file

Signature

apoc.export.graphml.data(nodes :: LIST? OF NODE?, rels :: LIST? OF RELATIONSHIP?, file :: STRING?, config :: MAP?) :: (file :: STRING?, source :: STRING?, format :: STRING?, nodes :: INTEGER?, relationships :: INTEGER?, properties :: INTEGER?, time :: INTEGER?, rows :: INTEGER?, batchSize :: INTEGER?, batches :: INTEGER?, done :: BOOLEAN?, data :: STRING?)

Input parameters

Name Type Default

nodes

LIST? OF NODE?

null

rels

LIST? OF RELATIONSHIP?

null

file

STRING?

null

config

MAP?

null

Output parameters

Name Type

file

STRING?

source

STRING?

format

STRING?

nodes

INTEGER?

relationships

INTEGER?

properties

INTEGER?

time

INTEGER?

rows

INTEGER?

batchSize

INTEGER?

batches

INTEGER?

done

BOOLEAN?

data

STRING?

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);

The Neo4j Browser visualization below shows the imported graph:

play movies
Figure 1. Movies Graph Visualization

The apoc.export.graphml.data procedure exports the specified nodes and relationships to a CSV file or as a stream.

The following query exports all nodes with the :Person label with a name property that starts with L to the file movies-l.csv:

MATCH (person:Person)
WHERE person.name STARTS WITH "L"
WITH collect(person) AS people
CALL apoc.export.graphml.data(people, [], "movies-l.graphml", {})
YIELD file, source, format, nodes, relationships, properties, time, rows, batchSize, batches, done, data
RETURN file, source, format, nodes, relationships, properties, time, rows, batchSize, batches, done, data
Table 1. Results
file source format nodes relationships properties time rows batchSize batches done data

"movies-l.csv"

"data: nodes(3), rels(0)"

"csv"

3

0

6

2

3

20000

1

TRUE

NULL
movies-l.graphml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<graphml xmlns="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns/1.0/graphml.xsd">
<key id="born" for="node" attr.name="born"/>
<key id="name" for="node" attr.name="name"/>
<key id="label" for="node" attr.name="label"/>
<graph id="G" edgedefault="directed">
<node id="n191" labels=":Person"><data key="labels">:Person</data><data key="born">1961</data><data key="name">Laurence Fishburne</data></node>
<node id="n193" labels=":Person"><data key="labels">:Person</data><data key="born">1967</data><data key="name">Lilly Wachowski</data></node>
<node id="n194" labels=":Person"><data key="labels">:Person</data><data key="born">1965</data><data key="name">Lana Wachowski</data></node>
</graph>
</graphml>

The following query returns a stream of all ACTED_IN relationships and the nodes with Person and Movie labels on either side of that relationship in the data column:

MATCH (person:Person)-[actedIn:ACTED_IN]->(movie:Movie)
WITH collect(DISTINCT person) AS people, collect(DISTINCT movie) AS movies, collect(actedIn) AS actedInRels
CALL apoc.export.graphml.data(people + movies, actedInRels, null, {stream: true})
YIELD file, nodes, relationships, properties, data
RETURN file, nodes, relationships, properties, data;
Table 2. Results
file nodes relationships properties data

NULL

5

4

15

 
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
 <graphml xmlns="\"http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns\""
          xmlns:xsi="\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\""
 xsi:schemaLocation="\"http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns/1.0/graphml.xsd\"">
   <key id="\"born\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"born\""/>
   <key id="\"name\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"name\""/>
   <key id="\"tagline\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"tagline\""/>
   <key id="\"label\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"label\""/>
   <key id="\"title\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"title\""/>
   <key id="\"released\"" for="\"node\"" attr.name="\"released\""/>
   <key id="\"roles\"" for="\"edge\"" attr.name="\"roles\""/>
   <key id="\"label\"" for="\"edge\"" attr.name="\"label\""/>
   <graph id="\"G\"" edgedefault="\"directed\"">
     <node id="\"n188\"" labels="\":Movie\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Movie</data>
       <data key="\"title\"">The Matrix</data>
       <data key="\"tagline\"">Welcome to the Real World</data>
       <data key="\"released\"">1999</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n189\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1964</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Keanu Reeves</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n190\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1967</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Carrie-Anne Moss</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n191\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1961</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Laurence Fishburne</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n192\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1960</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Hugo Weaving</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n193\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1967</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Lilly Wachowski</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n194\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1965</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Lana Wachowski</data>
     </node>
     <node id="\"n195\"" labels="\":Person\"">
       <data key="\"labels\"">:Person</data>
       <data key="\"born\"">1952</data>
       <data key="\"name\"">Joel Silver</data>
     </node>
     <edge id="\"e267\"" source="\"n189\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"ACTED_IN\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">ACTED_IN</data>
       <data key="\"roles\"">[\"Neo\"]</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e268\"" source="\"n190\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"ACTED_IN\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">ACTED_IN</data>
       <data key="\"roles\"">[\"Trinity\"]</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e269\"" source="\"n191\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"ACTED_IN\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">ACTED_IN</data>
       <data key="\"roles\"">[\"Morpheus\"]</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e270\"" source="\"n192\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"ACTED_IN\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">ACTED_IN</data>
       <data key="\"roles\"">[\"Agent Smith\"]</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e271\"" source="\"n193\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"DIRECTED\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">DIRECTED</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e272\"" source="\"n194\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"DIRECTED\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">DIRECTED</data>
     </edge>
     <edge id="\"e273\"" source="\"n195\"" target="\"n188\"" label="\"PRODUCED\"">
       <data key="\"label\"">PRODUCED</data>
     </edge>
   </graph>
 </graphml>"

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