Create a Driver Instance

How do you create a new driver instance?

Create a new driver instance

Complete the code below to create a new driver instance.

Java

final String NEO4J_URI = "neo4j://localhost:7687"
final String NEO4J_USERNAME = "neo4j"
final String NEO4J_PASSWORD = "letmein"

var driver = GraphDatabase./*select:driver(*/(

NEO4J_URI,
    AuthTokens.basic(
        NEO4J_USERNAME,
        NEO4J_PASSWORD)
);

❏ connect
✓ driver
❏ GraphDatabase
❏ new_driver

Hint

What is the name of the object used to connect a Neo4j instance?

Solution

The method to create a new connection is GraphDatabase.driver().

Java

var driver = GraphDatabase.driver(
    NEO4J_URI,
    AuthTokens.basic(
        NEO4J_USERNAME,
        NEO4J_PASSWORD)
);

Summary

You can now install the neo4j library and connect to Neo4j by creating a new driver instance.

In the next lesson, you will learn how to execute your first Cypher query.

Using Neo4j with Java

The Driver

Handling results

Best practices

Create a Driver Instance

Create a new driver instance

Summary