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Version: 2.0.0

Query modules Python API

This is the API documentation for mgp.py which contains definitions of the public Python API provided by Memgraph. In essence, this is a wrapper around the C API. This source file can be found in the Memgraph installation directory, under python_support. On the standard Debian installation, this will be under /usr/lib/memgraph/python_support.

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For an example of how to implement query modules in Python, check out this guide.

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If you install any Python modules after running Memgraph, you'll have to restart Memgraph in order to use them in query modules.

class mgp.read_proc(func: Callable[[…], mgp.Record])​

Register func as a read-only procedure of the current module.

read_proc is meant to be used as a decorator function to register module procedures. The registered func needs to be a callable which optionally takes ProcCtx as the first argument. Other arguments of func will be bound to values passed in the Cypher query. The full signature of func needs to be annotated with types. The return type must be Record(field_name=type, …) and the procedure must produce either a complete Record or None. To mark a field as deprecated, use Record(field_name=Deprecated(type), …). Multiple records can be produced by returning an iterable of them. Registering generator functions is currently not supported.

Example usage​

    import mgp

    @mgp.read_proc
    def procedure(context: mgp.ProcCtx,
                required_arg: mgp.Nullable[mgp.Any],
                optional_arg: mgp.Nullable[mgp.Any] = None
                ) -> mgp.Record(result=str, args=list):
        args = [required_arg, optional_arg]
        # Multiple rows can be produced by returning an iterable of mgp.Record
        return mgp.Record(args=args, result='Hello World!')

The example procedure above returns 2 fields: args and result.

  • args is a copy of arguments passed to the procedure.
  • result is the result of this procedure, a “Hello World!” string.

Any errors can be reported by raising an Exception.

The procedure can be invoked in Cypher using the following calls:

CALL example.procedure(1, 2) YIELD args, result;
CALL example.procedure(1) YIELD args, result;

Naturally, you may pass in different arguments or yield less fields.

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Install the mgp Python module so your editor can use typing annotations properly and suggest methods and classes it contains. You can install the module by running pip install mgp.

class mgp.write_proc(func: Callable[[…], mgp.Record])​

Register func as a writeable procedure of the current module.

write_proc is meant to be used as a decorator function to register module procedures. The registered func needs to be a callable which optionally takes ProcCtx as the first argument. Other arguments of func will be bound to values passed in the Cypher query. The full signature of func needs to be annotated with types. The return type must be Record(field_name=type, …) and the procedure must produce either a complete Record or None. To mark a field as deprecated, use Record(field_name=Deprecated(type), …). Multiple records can be produced by returning an iterable of them. Registering generator functions is currently not supported.

Example usage​

import mgp

@mgp.write_proc
def procedure(context: mgp.ProcCtx,
    required_arg: str,
    optional_arg: mgp.Nullable[str] = None
    ) -> mgp.Record(result=mgp.Vertex):

    vertex = context.graph.create_vertex()
    vertex_properties = vertex.properties
    vertex_properties[“required_arg”] = required_arg

    if optional_arg is not None:
        vertex_properties[“optional_arg”] = optional_arg

    return mgp.Record(result=vertex)

The example procedure above returns a newly created vertex which has at most 2 properties:

  • required_arg is always present and its value is the first argument of the procedure.
  • optional_arg is present if the second argument of the procedure is not null.

Any errors can be reported by raising an Exception.

The procedure can be invoked in Cypher using the following calls:

CALL example.procedure(“property value”, “another one”) YIELD result;
CALL example.procedure(“single argument”) YIELD result;

Naturally, you may pass in different arguments.

class mgp.Properties(vertex_or_edge)​

Bases: object

A collection of properties either on a Vertex or an Edge.

get(property_name: str, default=None)​

Get the value of a property with the given name or return default.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate a mgp.Value. Raise DeletedObjectError if the object has been deleted.

items()​

Iterate over the properties.

Doesn’t return a dynamic view of the properties, but copies the current properties.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an iterator. Raise DeletedObjectError if the object has been deleted.

keys()​

Iterate over property names.

Doesn’t return a dynamic view of the property names, but copies the name of the current properties.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an iterator. Raise DeletedObjectError if the object has been deleted.

set(property_name: str, value: object)​

Set the value of the property. When the value is None, then the property is removed.

Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate memory for storing the property. Raise ImmutableObjectError if the object is immutable. Raise DeletedObjectError if the ojbect has been deleted. Raise SerializationError if the object has been modified by another transaction. Raise ValueConversionError if value is vertex, edge or path.

values()​

Iterate over property values.

Doesn’t return a dynamic view of the property values, but copies the value of the current properties.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an iterator. Raise DeletedObjectError if the object has been deleted.

class mgp.Label(name: str)​

Bases: object

Label of a Vertex.

property name()​

class mgp.EdgeType(name)​

Bases: object

Type of an Edge.

property name()​

class mgp.Edge(edge)​

Bases: object

Edge in the graph database.

Access to an Edge is only valid during a single execution of a procedure in a query. You should not globally store an instance of an Edge. Using an invalid Edge instance will raise InvalidContextError.

property from_vertex()​

Get the source vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError.

property id()​

Get the ID of the edge.

Raise InvalidContextError.

is_valid()​

Return True if self is in valid context and may be used.

property properties()​

Get the properties of the edge.

Raise InvalidContextError.

property to_vertex()​

Get the destination vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError.

property type()​

Get the type of the edge.

Raise InvalidContextError.

underlying_graph_is_mutable()​

Return True if the edge can be modified.

class mgp.Vertex(vertex)​

Bases: object

Vertex in the graph database.

Access to a Vertex is only valid during a single execution of a procedure in a query. You should not globally store an instance of a Vertex. Using an invalid Vertex instance will raise InvalidContextError.

add_label(label: str)​

Add the label to the vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate memory for storing the label. Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise DeletedObjectError if self has been deleted. Raise SerializationError if self has been modified by another transaction.

property id()​

Get the ID of the vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError.

property in_edges()​

Iterate over inbound edges of the vertex.

Doesn’t return a dynamic view of the edges, but copies the current inbound edges.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an iterator. Raise DeletedObjectError if self has been deleted.

is_valid()​

Return True if self is in valid context and may be used.

property labels()​

Get the labels of the vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise OutOfRangeError if some of the labels are removed while collecting the labels. Raise DeletedObjectError if self has been deleted.

property out_edges()​

Iterate over outbound edges of the vertex.

Doesn’t return a dynamic view of the edges, but copies the current outbound edges.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an iterator. Raise DeletedObjectError if self has been deleted.

property properties()​

Get the properties of the vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError.

remove_label(label: str)​

Remove the label from the vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError. Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise DeletedObjectError if self has been deleted. Raise SerializationError if self has been modified by another transaction.

underlying_graph_is_mutable()​

Return True if the vertex can be modified.

class mgp.Path(starting_vertex_or_path: Union[_mgp.Path, mgp.Vertex])​

Bases: object

Path containing Vertex and Edge instances.

property edges()​

Edges ordered from the start to the end of the path.

Raise InvalidContextError if using an invalid Path instance.

expand(edge: mgp.Edge)​

Append an edge continuing from the last vertex on the path.

The last vertex on the path will become the other endpoint of the given edge, as continued from the current last vertex.

Raise InvalidContextError if using an invalid Path instance or if passed in edge is invalid. Raise LogicErrorError if the current last vertex in the path is not part of the given edge. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate memory for path extension.

is_valid()​

property vertices()​

Vertices ordered from the start to the end of the path.

Raise InvalidContextError if using an invalid Path instance.

class mgp.Record(**kwargs)​

Bases: object

Represents a record of resulting field values.

fields()​

class mgp.Vertices(graph)​

Bases: object

Iterable over vertices in a graph.

is_valid()​

Return True if self is in valid context and may be used.

class mgp.Graph(graph)​

Bases: object

State of the graph database in current ProcCtx.

create_edge(from_vertex: mgp.Vertex, to_vertex: mgp.Vertex, edge_type: mgp.EdgeType)​

Create an edge.

Raise ImmutableObjectError if self ` is immutable. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate an edge. Raise DeletedObjectError if `from_vertex or to_vertex has been deleted. Raise SerializationError if from_vertex or to_vertex has been modified by another transaction.

create_vertex()​

Create a vertex.

Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise UnableToAllocateError if unable to allocate a vertex.

delete_edge(edge: mgp.Edge)​

Delete an edge.

Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise SerializationError if edge, its source or destination vertex has been modified by another transaction.

delete_vertex(vertex: mgp.Vertex)​

Delete a vertex.

Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise LogicErrorError if vertex has edges. Raise SerializationError if vertex has been modified by another transaction.

detach_delete_vertex(vertex: mgp.Vertex)​

Delete a vertex and all of its edges.

Raise ImmutableObjectError if self is immutable. Raise SerializationError if vertex has been modified by another transaction.

get_vertex_by_id(vertex_id: VertexId)​

Return the Vertex corresponding to given vertex_id from the graph.

Access to a Vertex is only valid during a single execution of a procedure in a query. You should not globally store the returned Vertex.

Raise IndexError if unable to find the given vertex_id. Raise InvalidContextError if context is invalid.

is_mutable()​

Return True if self represents a mutable graph, thus it can be used to modify vertices and edges.

is_valid()​

Return True if self is in valid context and may be used.

property vertices()​

All vertices in the graph.

Access to a Vertex is only valid during a single execution of a procedure in a query. You should not globally store the returned Vertex instances.

Raise InvalidContextError if context is invalid.

class mgp.ProcCtx(graph)​

Bases: object

Context of a procedure being executed.

Access to a ProcCtx is only valid during a single execution of a procedure in a query. You should not globally store a ProcCtx instance.

check_must_abort()​

property graph()​

Raise InvalidContextError if context is invalid.

is_valid()​

must_abort()​

class mgp.Deprecated(type_)​

Bases: object

Annotate a resulting Record’s field as deprecated.

field_type()​

class mgp._typing_to_cypher_type(type_)​

Convert typing annotation to a _mgp.CypherType instance.

class mgp.UnsupportedTypingError(type_)​

Bases: Exception

Signals a typing annotation is not supported as a _mgp.CypherType.

class mgp.AbortError()​

Bases: Exception

Signals that the procedure was asked to abort its execution.

class mgp.InvalidContextError()​

Bases: Exception

Signals using a graph element instance outside of the registered procedure.

class mgp.InvalidMessageError()​

Bases: Exception

Signals using a message instance outside of the registered transformation.

class mgp.InvalidMessagesError()​

Bases: Exception

Signals using a messages instance outside of the registered transformation.

class mgp.DeletedObjectError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals accessing an already deleted object.

class mgp.ImmutableObjectError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals modification of an immutable object.

class mgp.InsufficientBufferError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals that some buffer is not big enough.

class mgp.InvalidArgumentError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals that some of the arguments have invalid values.

class mgp.KeyAlreadyExistsError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals that a key already exists in a container-like object.

class mgp.LogicErrorError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals faulty logic within the program such as violating logical preconditions or class invariants and may be preventable.

class mgp.OutOfRangeError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals that an index-like parameter has a value that is outside its possible values.

class mgp.SerializationError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals serialization error caused by concurrent modifications from different transactions.

class mgp.UnableToAllocateError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals failed memory allocation.

class mgp.UnknownError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals unspecified failure.

class mgp.ValueConversionError(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)​

Bases: _mgp.

Signals that the conversion failed between python and cypher values.