Using Cypher to return nested, hierarchical JSON from a tree

Question

I\'m currently using the example data on console.neo4j.org to write a query that outputs hierarchical JSON.

The example data is created with

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Answer 1

In neo4j 3.x, after you install the APOC plugin on the neo4j server, you can call the apoc.convert.toTree procedure to generate similar results.

For example:

MATCH p=(n:Crew {name:'Neo'})-[:KNOWS*]->(m)
WITH COLLECT(p) AS ps
CALL apoc.convert.toTree(ps) yield value
RETURN value;

... would return a result row that looks like this:

    {
      "_id": 127,
      "_type": "Crew",
      "name": "Neo",
      "knows": [
        {
          "_id": 128,
          "_type": "Crew",
          "name": "Morpheus",
          "knows": [
            {
              "_id": 129,
              "_type": "Crew",
              "name": "Trinity"
            },
            {
              "_id": 130,
              "_type": "Crew:Matrix",
              "name": "Cypher",
              "knows": [
                {
                  "_id": 131,
                  "_type": "Matrix",
                  "name": "Agent Smith"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }