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HTTP Methods

This file covers deprecated v1 HTTP API. All the methods of v2 HTTP API is described in OpenAPI/Swagger spec and can be viewed by importing https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cayleygraph/cayley/master/docs/api/swagger.yml URL into Swagger Editor or Swagger UI demo.
Gephi
Cayley supports streaming to Gephi via GraphStream.
API v1
Unless otherwise noted, all URIs take a POST command.
Queries and Results
/api/v1/query/gizmo
POST Body: Javascript source code of the query
Response: JSON results, depending on the query.
/api/v1/query/graphql
POST Body: GraphQL query
Response: JSON results, depending on the query.
/api/v1/query/mql
POST Body: JSON MQL query
Response: JSON results, with a query wrapper:
{
    "result": <JSON Result set>
}
If the JSON is invalid or an error occurs:
{
    "error": "Error message"
}
Query Shapes
Result form:
{
    "nodes": [{
        "id" : integer,
        "tags": ["list of tags from the query"],
        "values": ["known values from the query"],
        "is_link_node": bool,  // Does the node represent the link or the node (the oval shapes)
        "is_fixed": bool  // Is the node a fixed starting point of the query
    }],
​
    "links": [{
        "source": integer,  // Node ID
        "target": integer,  // Node ID
        "link_node": integer  // Node ID
    }]
}
/api/v1/shape/gizmo
POST Body: Javascript source code of the query
Response: JSON description of the last query executed.
/api/v1/shape/mql
POST Body: JSON MQL query
Response: JSON description of the query.
Write commands
Responses come in the form
200 Success:
{
    "result": "Success message."
}
400 / 500 Error:
{
    "error": "Error message."
}
/api/v1/write
POST Body: JSON quads
[{
    "subject": "Subject Node",
    "predicate": "Predicate Node",
    "object": "Object node",
    "label": "Label node"  // Optional
}]   // More than one quad allowed.
Response: JSON response message
/api/v1/write/file/nquad
POST Body: Form-encoded body:
Key: NQuadFile, Value: N-Quad file to write.
Response: JSON response message
Example:
curl http://localhost:64210/api/v1/write/file/nquad -F [email protected]
/api/v1/delete
POST Body: JSON quads
[{
    "subject": "Subject Node",
    "predicate": "Predicate Node",
    "object": "Object node",
    "label": "Label node"  // Optional
}]   // More than one quad allowed.
Response: JSON response message.