Question

Neo4j version 1.8.M06

The following query executed in the Data Browser on the web management interface returns a value for the Forename property:

start n=node(*) where ID(n)=147 return n.Forename

However the same query posted using the REST API

{
  "query" :
  "start n=node(*) where ID(n)={id} return n.Forename",
  "params" : 
  {"id" : "147"}
}

Returns:

{
  "columns" : [ "n.Forename" ],
  "data" : [ ]
}

Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

Answer 1

You don’t want quotes around 147 in the REST call.

Also, maybe it’s because of your simplification, but I’m pretty sure you should really be doing start n=node({id}) instead, for optimum performance. Not sure if it optimizes that sort of thing out.