cypher-stream

cypher-stream

Neo4j cypher queries as node object streams.

Installation

npm install cypher-stream

Basic usage

var cypher = require('cypher-stream')('http://localhost:7474');

cypher('match (user:User) return user')
  .on('data', function (result){
    console.log(result.user.first_name);
  })
  .on('end', function() {
    console.log('all done');
  })
;

Handling errors

var cypher = require('cypher-stream')('http://localhost:7474');
var should = require('should');
it('handles errors', function (done) {
  var errored = false;
  cypher('invalid query')
    .on('error', function (error) {
      errored = true;
      String(error).should.equal('Error: Query failure: Invalid input \'i\': expected SingleStatement (line 1, column 1)\n"invalid query"\n ^');
      error.neo4j.exception.should.equal('SyntaxException');
      error.neo4j.stacktrace.should.be.an.array;
      error.neo4j.statusCode.should.equal(400);
    })
    .on('end', function() {
      errored.should.be.true;
      done();
    })
    .resume() // need to manually start it since we have no on('data')
  ;
});