The official Neo4j driver for Python supports Neo4j 3.0 and above and Python versions 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7.
Note
Python 2 support is deprecated and will be discontinued in the 2.x series driver releases.
from neo4j import GraphDatabase
driver = GraphDatabase.driver("bolt://localhost:7687", auth=("neo4j", "password"))
def add_friend(tx, name, friend_name):
tx.run("MERGE (a:Person {name: $name}) "
"MERGE (a)-[:KNOWS]->(friend:Person {name: $friend_name})",
name=name, friend_name=friend_name)
def print_friends(tx, name):
for record in tx.run("MATCH (a:Person)-[:KNOWS]->(friend) WHERE a.name = $name "
"RETURN friend.name ORDER BY friend.name", name=name):
print(record["friend.name"])
with driver.session() as session:
session.write_transaction(add_friend, "Arthur", "Guinevere")
session.write_transaction(add_friend, "Arthur", "Lancelot")
session.write_transaction(add_friend, "Arthur", "Merlin")
session.read_transaction(print_friends, "Arthur")
To install the latest stable version, use:
pip install neo4j
Note
Installation from the neo4j-driver
package on PyPI is now deprecated and will be discontinued in the 2.x series driver releases.
Please install from the neo4j
package instead.
For the most up-to-date version (generally unstable), use:
pip install git+https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-python-driver.git#egg=neo4j
- Neo4j Manual
- Neo4j Quick Reference Card
- Example Project
- Driver Wiki (includes change logs)