I have a query that I ran in the neo4j web browser:
MATCH p=(z)<-[*]-(a)-[:foo]->(b) WHERE b.value = \"bar\" return p
This returned
You could use apoc.load.json to do this. Note that this solution will not preserve the internal node ids. APOC is a procedure library that extends built-in Neo4j functionality.
Given the JSON file
{"graph": {
"nodes": [
{
"id": "32496",
"labels": [
"Person"
],
"properties": {
"born": 1967,
"name": "Carrie-Anne Moss"
}
},
{
"id": "32505",
"labels": [
"Movie"
],
"properties": {
"tagline": "Evil has its winning ways",
"title": "The Devil's Advocate",
"released": 1997
}
},
{
"id": "32494",
"labels": [
"Movie"
],
"properties": {
"tagline": "Welcome to the Real World",
"title": "The Matrix",
"released": 1999
}
},
{
"id": "32495",
"labels": [
"Person"
],
"properties": {
"born": 1964,
"name": "Keanu Reeves"
}
}
],
"relationships": [
{
"id": "83204",
"type": "ACTED_IN",
"startNode": "32495",
"endNode": "32505",
"properties": {
"role": "Kevin Lomax"
}
},
{
"id": "83183",
"type": "ACTED_IN",
"startNode": "32496",
"endNode": "32494",
"properties": {
"role": "Trinity"
}
},
{
"id": "83182",
"type": "ACTED_IN",
"startNode": "32495",
"endNode": "32494",
"properties": {
"role": "Neo"
}
}
]
}
}
}
We can recreate the graph using this query:
CALL apoc.load.json("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67572426/small_movie_graph.json") YIELD value AS row
WITH row, row.graph.nodes AS nodes
UNWIND nodes AS node
CALL apoc.create.node(node.labels, node.properties) YIELD node AS n
SET n.id = node.id
WITH row
UNWIND row.graph.relationships AS rel
MATCH (a) WHERE a.id = rel.startNode
MATCH (b) WHERE b.id = rel.endNode
CALL apoc.create.relationship(a, rel.type, rel.properties, b) YIELD rel AS r
RETURN *