Version: Graph 2.4.0

Basic usage

Overview

This page describes several options for connecting to, and interacting with, Aerospike Graph Service (AGS).

The Gremlin Console, an interactive command-line terminal for sending queries and receiving responses.
A client application. This page provides code samples for Python and Java client code.
A Jupyter Notebook.

Working with graph data

You can use a client application or the Gremlin Console to query an existing data set, or to add edges and vertices to a data set. The examples on this page demonstrate how to add vertices one at a time to a database.

For instructions on how to load datasets into a Graph database, see Bulk data loading.

Binding to Docker

Kelvin Lawrence has compiled and made public a data set designed for use with a graph database . It contains information about airlines, airports around the world, and routes between them. The data set is large enough to be interesting and useful, but small enough to be practical for testing and experimentation purposes.

To use the Gremlin console with the following examples, you must have a Java runtime.

Download one of the .graphml data files.
Start the AGS Docker image, with the -v option to bind the local .graphml file directory to a directory in the Docker container.
For example, if you download the data file air-routes-small.graphml to the directory /home/users/data, start the AGS Docker image with the -v option:
```
docker run -p 8182:8182 \
-e aerospike.client.namespace="test" \
-e aerospike.client.host="aerospike-devel-cluster-host1:3000,aerospike-devel-cluster-host2:3000" \
-v /home/user/data/:/opt/air-routes/ \
aerospike/aerospike-graph-service
```
From the Gremlin console, load the air-routes data set into AGS with the following command:
```
g.with("evaluationTimeout", 24L * 60L * 60L * 1000L).io("/opt/air-routes/air-routes-small.graphml").with(IO.reader, IO.graphml).read()
```
note
The air-routes data set may take a few minutes to load depending on your host hardware and network configuration.

Examples

Gremlin console
Client application
Jupyter notebook

Download the latest version of the Gremlin Console from the Apache website.
After unzipping the package and navigating to the application folder, start the console with the following command:
```
./bin/gremlin.sh
```
Connect using the AGS Docker image. See the instructions if you haven't yet started an AGS Docker image.
```
g = traversal().withRemote(DriverRemoteConnection.using("GREMLIN_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS", 8182, "g"));
```
Replace GREMLIN_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS with the accessible IP address of your AGS Docker image.
Expected output:
```
graphtraversalsource[emptygraph[empty], standard]
```

Add a vertex with the addV function:

g.addV('foo').property('company','aerospike').property('scale','unlimited')

Expected output:

v[-1]

Return the ID of your newly-created vertex:
```
g.V().has('company','aerospike')
```
Expected output:
```
v[-1]
```
Sample Gremlin queries with the air-routes data set
Find the airport with code "DFW":
```
g.V().has('code','DFW')
```
Find the number of airports in this graph:
```
g.V().hasLabel('airport').count()
```
Find the number of flights going out of the airport with code "SFO":
```
 g.V().has('code','SFO').outE().count()
```

Get all the cities with flights that are > 4000 miles:

g.E().has("dist", P.gt(4000L)).inV().values("city").dedup()

Find all the airports in the USA you can fly to from London Heathrow (LHR):
```
g.V().has('code','LHR').out('route').has('country','US').values('code') 
```

Find all the unique locations in the world and in the US that I can get to from SFO through a 2 hop flight:

g.V().has("code", "SFO").out().out().dedup().fold().project("totalAirportCountFromSFO",    "USAirportCountFromSFO").by(__.unfold().count()).by(__.unfold().has("country", "US").count())

To get performance metrics for a query, append .profile() to the end of the command.

Additional resources

Gremlin uses Groovy as its query language.
Kelvin Lawrence has written a thorough Gremlin manual.

Python

Install Gremlin-Python, a Gremlin client library for Python, and the dependency async-timeout:
```
pip3 install gremlinpython async-timeout
```

Gremlin-Python implements many of the functions found in Gremlin. The following example code establishes a connection with a remote Gremlin server, creates a vertex, and reads it back. Additional queries use the air-routes data set.

note

Before running the following example Python application, load the air-routes data set, as described in the Working with graph data section. If you run the application with an empty database, it returns empty values.

from gremlin_python.process.anonymous_traversal import traversal
from gremlin_python.process.traversal import IO
from gremlin_python.driver.driver_remote_connection import DriverRemoteConnection

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Create GraphTraversalSource to remote server.                                                                                                
    g = traversal().with_remote(DriverRemoteConnection('ws://localhost:8182/gremlin', 'g'))
    # Add a new vertex.                                                                                                                            
    g.add_v('foo').property('company','aerospike').property('scale','unlimited').iterate()
    # Read back the new vertex.                                                                                                                    
    result = g.V().has('company','aerospike').element_map().to_list()
    print(result)

    # Sample queries with the air-routes data set. To use these queries, download
    # the data set and load it with the following:
    # g.with_("evaluationTimeout", 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).\
    #   io(PATH_TO_DATA_FILE).\
    #   with_(IO.reader, IO.graphml).\
    #   read().iterate()                                                                                              

    # Find the airport with code "DFW":                                                                                                            
    result = g.V().has('code','DFW').element_map().next()
    print(result, '\n')

    # Find the number of airports in this graph:                                                                                                   
    result = g.V().has_label('airport').count().next()
    print(result, '\n')

    # Find the number of flights going out of the airport with code "SFO":                                                                         
    result = g.V().has('code','SFO').out_e().count().next()
    print(result, '\n')

    # Find all the airports in the USA you can fly to from London Heathrow (LHR):                                                                  
    result = g.V().has('code','LHR').out('route').has('country','US').values('code').to_list()
    print(result, '\n')

Java

package com.aerospike.firefly.benchmark;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.Cluster;
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.remote.DriverRemoteConnection;
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.IO; 
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
 
import java.util.Map;
import static org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.AnonymousTraversalSource.traversal;

public class FireflySample {
  // Use the command: docker inspect -f '{{range.NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' CONTAINER_ID
  // to get the HOST IP address below. 172.17.0.3 is typical for Linux when Aerospike is running in Docker already
  // but there may be some variance.
  private static final String HOST = "172.17.0.3";
  private static final int PORT = 8182;
  private static final Cluster.Builder BUILDER = Cluster.build().addContactPoint(HOST).port(PORT).enableSsl(false);
  
  public static void main(final String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Creating the Cluster.");
    final Cluster cluster = BUILDER.create();
    System.out.println("Creating the GraphTraversalSource.");
    final GraphTraversalSource g = traversal().withRemote(DriverRemoteConnection.using(cluster));
  
    // Add a new vertex.
    g.addV("foo").property("company", "aerospike").property("scale","unlimited").iterate();

    // Read the new vertex.
    Vertex ReadVertex = g.V().has("company","aerospike").next();
    System.out.println(ReadVertex);

    // Find the number of airports in this graph:
    long airportCount = g.V().hasLabel("airport").count().next();
    System.out.printf("Airport count: %d%n", airportCount);

    // Find the number of flights going out of the airport with code "SFO":
    long flightCount =  g.V().has("code","SFO").outE().count().next();
    System.out.printf("Flight count: %d%n", flightCount);

    // We can use .next() to terminate this traversal because it only returns 1 item
    Map<String, Object> SFO2Hop = g.V().
            has("code", "SFO").
            out().out().dedup().fold().
            project("totalAirportCountFromSFO", "USAirportCountFromSFO").
            by(__.unfold().count()).
            by(__.unfold().has("country", "US").count()).
            next();
    System.out.println(SFO2Hop);

    // Find all the airports in the USA you can fly to from London Heathrow (LHR):
    GraphTraversal LHRCount = g.V().
            has("code","LHR").
            out("route").
            has("country","US").
            values("code");

    LHRCount.forEachRemaining(
            e ->  System.out.println(LHRCount.toList())
    );

    cluster.close();
   }
}

Overview​

Working with graph data​

Binding to Docker​

Examples​

Sample Gremlin queries with the air-routes data set​

Additional resources​

Python​

Java​

Jupyter notebook​