Intro to Neo4j's Python Driver

Tutorial on the requirements, installation, and basic use of Neo4j's python driver. Covers using Neo4j Desktop to run local instances and graph databases, including how to create, switch between, and delete/remove databases. Also walk through sample code from driver readme, detailing elements of the sample API, how to write payloads with dictionaries and list of dictionaries, and a break down of the results objects returned from running various read statements. Links: Neo4j Python driver on pypi: https://pypi.org/project/neo4j/ Official repo: https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-python-driver Official Neo4j driver docs: https://neo4j.com/docs/api/python-driver/current/ Free GraphAcademy course on Neo4j + Python: https://graphacademy.neo4j.com/courses/drivers-python/?category=software-development Attributions: Opening and closing music by AllWorldMusic Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Creating and deleting databases with Neo4j Desktop 01:48 Adding the driver to a python project 02:07 Sample code walkthrough 03:39 execute_query function, args, and parameters 04:23 Using the parameters_ arg 05:15 MERGE vs CREATE command 05:53 Writing list data 08:07 Reading data 09:49 Return statement affects result format 10:50 Extracting element_id and node labels 12:35 ResultSummary object and updating nodes 14:09 Wrap up