Using RDF and SPARQL to access the graph in Amazon Neptune - Amazon Neptune
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Using RDF and SPARQL to access the graph in Amazon Neptune

SPARQL is a query language for the Resource Description Framework (RDF), which is a graph data format designed for the web. Amazon Neptune is compatible with SPARQL 1.1. This means that you can connect to a Neptune DB instance and query the graph using the query language described in the SPARQL 1.1 Query Language specification.

A query in SPARQL consists of a SELECT clause to specify the variables to return and a WHERE clause to specify which data to match in the graph. If you are unfamiliar with SPARQL queries, see Writing Simple Queries in the SPARQL 1.1 Query Language.

The HTTP endpoint for SPARQL queries to a Neptune DB instance is https://your-neptune-endpoint:port/sparql.

To connect to SPARQL

  1. You can get the SPARQL endpoint for your Neptune cluster from the SparqlEndpoint item in the Outputs section of the Amazon CloudFormation stack.

  2. Enter the following to submit a SPARQL UPDATE using HTTP POST and the curl command.

    curl -X POST --data-binary 'update=INSERT DATA { <https://test.com/s> <https://test.com/p> <https://test.com/o> . }' https://your-neptune-endpoint:port/sparql

    The preceding example inserts the following triple into the SPARQL default graph: <https://test.com/s> <https://test.com/p> <https://test.com/o>

  3. Enter the following to submit a SPARQL QUERY using HTTP POST and the curl command.

    curl -X POST --data-binary 'query=select ?s ?p ?o where {?s ?p ?o} limit 10' https://your-neptune-endpoint:port/sparql

    The preceding example returns up to 10 of the triples (subject-predicate-object) in the graph by using the ?s ?p ?o query with a limit of 10. To query for something else, replace it with another SPARQL query.

    Note

    The default MIME type of a response is application/sparql-results+json for SELECT and ASK queries.

    The default MIME type of a response is application/n-quads for CONSTRUCT and DESCRIBE queries.

    For a list of all available MIME types, see SPARQL HTTP API.