Introducing the Neo4j REST interface
Neo4j exposes a variety of REST APIs for performing the CRUD operations. It also provides various endpoints for the search and graph traversals. Neo4j 2.2.x provides the additional feature of securing the REST endpoints.
Let's move forward and see a step-by-step process to access and execute the REST APIs for performing the CRUD operations.
Authorization and authentication
In order to prevent unauthorized access to endpoints, Neo4j 2.2.x, by default, provides token-based authorization and authentication for all the REST endpoints.
Therefore, before running any CRUD operations, we need to get the security token so that every request is authenticated and authorized by the Neo4j server.
Let's perform the following ...
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