Can I connect to Memgraph using Go? - go

Question

I'd like to connect from Go to the running instance of the Memgraph database. I'm using Docker and I've installed the Memgraph Platform. What exactly do I need to do?

Answer 1

The procedure for connecting fro Go to Memgraph is rather simple. For this you need to use Bolt protocol. Here are the needed steps:
First, create a new directory for your app, /MyApp, and position yourself in it. Next, create a program.go file with the following code:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v4/neo4j"
)
func main() {
dbUri := "bolt://localhost:7687"
driver, err := neo4j.NewDriver(dbUri, neo4j.BasicAuth("username", "password", ""))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// Handle driver lifetime based on your application lifetime requirements driver's lifetime is usually
// bound by the application lifetime, which usually implies one driver instance per application
defer driver.Close()
item, err := insertItem(driver)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%v\n", item.Message)
}
func insertItem(driver neo4j.Driver) (*Item, error) {
// Sessions are short-lived, cheap to create and NOT thread safe. Typically create one or more sessions
// per request in your web application. Make sure to call Close on the session when done.
// For multi-database support, set sessionConfig.DatabaseName to requested database
// Session config will default to write mode, if only reads are to be used configure session for
// read mode.
session := driver.NewSession(neo4j.SessionConfig{})
defer session.Close()
result, err := session.WriteTransaction(createItemFn)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return result.(*Item), nil
}
func createItemFn(tx neo4j.Transaction) (interface{}, error) {
records, err := tx.Run(
"CREATE (a:Greeting) SET a.message = $message RETURN 'Node ' + id(a) + ': ' + a.message",
map[string]interface{}{"message": "Hello, World!"})
// In face of driver native errors, make sure to return them directly.
// Depending on the error, the driver may try to execute the function again.
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
record, err := records.Single()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// You can also retrieve values by name, with e.g. `id, found := record.Get("n.id")`
return &Item{
Message: record.Values[0].(string),
}, nil
}
type Item struct {
Message string
}
Now, create a go.mod file using the go mod init example.com/hello command.
I've mentioned the Bolt driver earlier. You need to add it with go get github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v4#v4.3.1. You can run your program with go run .\program.go.
The complete documentation is located at Memgraph site.