Neo4j Cheatsheet

Show all nodes

MATCH (n) RETURN n

Delete all nodes

If they have relationships:

MATCH (n) DETACH DELETE n

If they do not have relationships:

MATCH (n) DELETE n

Create a single node, without any relationships

CREATE (:Person {name: "Alice"})

The label of the node is Person, and it has one property: name.

Create two nodes, with a relationship

CREATE (:Person {name: "Alice"}) -[:FALLS_IN]-> (:Place {name:"Rabbit hole"})

This creates two nodes labeled Person and Place, as well as the relationshion FALLS_IN between the nodes.

Create a relationship between two existing nodes

MATCH (alice:Person {name: "Alice"}), (rabbit_hole:Place {name: "Rabbit hole"})
    CREATE (alice) -[:FALLS_IN]-> (rabbit_hole)

Update a node property

MATCH (p:Person {name: "Alice"}) SET p.name = "Bob"

This also permits property creation after node creation.

Get all neighbors up to depth X

MATCH (root:Person {name: "Alice"})
    MATCH (root)-[*..$depth]-(child)
    RETURN DISTINCT root, n

This gives all nodes between 1 and X hops away from root, following any relationship type.