How do you install the Neo4j Go Driver and create a new driver instance?
Install the driver
Complete the shell command to install the Neo4j Go Driver.
go get #select:github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5-
❏ github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver
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❏ neo4j-go-driver
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✓ github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5
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❏ neo4j
Hint
You can find the package name on GitHub.
Solution
The correct answer is github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5.
go get github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5Create a new driver instance
Great work! With the driver installed, you can now create a new driver instance.
Complete the code below to create a new driver instance.
import "github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5/neo4j"
NEO4J_URI := "neo4j://localhost:7687"
NEO4J_USERNAME := "neo4j"
NEO4J_PASSWORD := "letmein"
driver, err := neo4j./*select: NewDriverWithContext() */(
NEO4J_URI,
neo4j.BasicAuth(NEO4J_USERNAME, NEO4J_PASSWORD, "")
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❏ Connect
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✓ NewDriverWithContext
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❏ Driver
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❏ NewConnection
Hint
What is the name of the function used to create a new Neo4j driver instance?
Solution
The function to create a new connection is neo4j.NewDriverWithContext().
driver, err := neo4j.NewDriverWithContext(
NEO4J_URI,
neo4j.BasicAuth(NEO4J_USERNAME, NEO4J_PASSWORD, "")
)Summary
You can now install the github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5 package and connect to Neo4j by creating a new driver instance.
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