Query data in a graph

Query data in a Spanner Graph.

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• Set up and query Spanner Graph

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

void QueryData(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;

  spanner::SqlStatement select(R"""(
    Graph FinGraph
    MATCH (a:Person)-[o:Owns]->()-[t:Transfers]->()<-[p:Owns]-(b:Person)
    RETURN a.name AS sender,
           b.name AS receiver,
           t.amount,
          t.create_time AS transfer_at
  )""");
  using RowType =
      std::tuple<std::string, std::string, double, spanner::Timestamp>;
  auto rows = client.ExecuteQuery(std::move(select));
  for (auto& row : spanner::StreamOf<RowType>(rows)) {
    if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
    std::cout << "sender: " << std::get<0>(*row) << "\t";
    std::cout << "receiver: " << std::get<1>(*row) << "\t";
    std::cout << "amount: " << std::get<2>(*row) << "\t";
    std::cout << "transfer_at: " << std::get<3>(*row) << "\n";
  }

  std::cout << "Query completed for [spanner_query_graph_data]\n";
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/spanner"

	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

func queryGraphData(w io.Writer, db string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, db)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Execute a Spanner query statement comprising a graph query. Graph queries
	// are characterized by 'MATCH' statements describing node and edge
	// patterns.
	//
	// This statement finds entities ('Account's) owned by all 'Person's 'b' to
	// which transfers have been made by entities ('Account's) owned by any
	// 'Person' 'a' in the graph called 'FinGraph'. It then returns the names of
	// all such 'Person's 'a' and 'b', and the amount and time of the transfer.
	stmt := spanner.Statement{SQL: `Graph FinGraph 
		 MATCH (a:Person)-[o:Owns]->()-[t:Transfers]->()<-[p:Owns]-(b:Person)
		 RETURN a.name AS sender, b.name AS receiver, t.amount, t.create_time AS transfer_at`}
	iter := client.Single().Query(ctx, stmt)
	defer iter.Stop()

	// The results are returned in tabular form. Iterate over the
	// result rows and print them.
	for {
		row, err := iter.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			return nil
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var sender, receiver string
		var amount float64
		var transfer_at time.Time
		if err := row.Columns(&sender, &receiver, &amount, &transfer_at); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s %s %f %s\n", sender, receiver, amount, transfer_at.Format(time.RFC3339))
	}
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

static void query(DatabaseClient dbClient) {
  try (ResultSet resultSet =
      dbClient
          .singleUse() // Execute a single query against Cloud Spanner.
          .executeQuery(
              Statement.of(
                  "Graph FinGraph MATCH"
                      + " (a:Person)-[o:Owns]->()-[t:Transfers]->()<-[p:Owns]-(b:Person)RETURN"
                      + " a.name AS sender, b.name AS receiver, t.amount, t.create_time AS"
                      + " transfer_at"))) {
    while (resultSet.next()) {
      System.out.printf(
          "%s %s %f %s\n",
          resultSet.getString(0),
          resultSet.getString(1),
          resultSet.getDouble(2),
          resultSet.getTimestamp(3));
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def query_data(instance_id, database_id):
    """Queries sample data from the database using GQL."""
    spanner_client = spanner.Client()
    instance = spanner_client.instance(instance_id)
    database = instance.database(database_id)

    with database.snapshot() as snapshot:
        results = snapshot.execute_sql(
            """Graph FinGraph
            MATCH (a:Person)-[o:Owns]->()-[t:Transfers]->()<-[p:Owns]-(b:Person)
            RETURN a.name AS sender, b.name AS receiver, t.amount, t.create_time AS transfer_at"""
        )

        for row in results:
            print("sender: {}, receiver: {}, amount: {}, transfer_at: {}".format(*row))

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