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Using APOC Utilities

APOC is an acronym for Awesome Procedures On Cypher. It is an add-on library for Neo4j that provides a lot of procedures and functions that can extend Cypher to perform more complex operations. It’s built and maintained by Neo4j Labs. This chapter talks about using APOC utilities to extend the built-in capabilities of Cypher. It gives you more options to load CSV and JSON data, schedule timers, carry out ad hoc batch data modifications, and more.

We will cover these topics in this chapter:

  • Installing APOC
  • Working with data import and export
  • Viewing database schema
  • Executing dynamic Cypher
  • Working with advanced path finding
  • Connecting to other databases
  • Using other useful methods

We will start with APOC plugin installation. ...

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