Create graph from recursive JSON data using apoc.load.json

Hi All,
I want to create a graph from my recursive JSON file. My JSON data is given below.

{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1862,
"FileId": 1225,
"FileName": "tables",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1861,
"FileId": 1224,
"FileName": "Components",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1885,
"FileId": 1247,
"FileName": "Filters",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1894,
"FileId": 1253,
"FileName": "SFXPlugins",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1899,
"FileId": 1255,
"FileName": "SonicResources",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1901,
"FileId": 1257,
"FileName": "style",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1905,
"FileId": 1262,
"FileName": "Symphony",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1904,
"FileId": 1260,
"FileName": "Symphony",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1903,
"FileId": 1259,
"FileName": "NTSC",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1910,
"FileId": 1267,
"FileName": "Symphony",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1909,
"FileId": 1265,
"FileName": "Symphony",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1908,
"FileId": 1264,
"FileName": "PAL",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1902,
"FileId": 1258,
"FileName": "Styles",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1860,
"FileId": 1216,
"FileName": "CreateDisc",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1913,
"FileId": 1269,
"FileName": "de-DE",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1994,
"FileId": 1298,
"FileName": "en-US",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2050,
"FileId": 1328,
"FileName": "X02",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2049,
"FileId": 1327,
"FileName": "MCX",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2066,
"FileId": 1330,
"FileName": "MediaRenderer",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2091,
"FileId": 1335,
"FileName": "sk-SK",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2108,
"FileId": 1359,
"FileName": "de-DE",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2116,
"FileId": 1361,
"FileName": "en-US",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2106,
"FileId": 1350,
"FileName": "wow",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1856,
"FileId": 1103,
"FileName": "ehome",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2120,
"FileId": 1363,
"FileName": "en",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2122,
"FileId": 1365,
"FileName": "en-US",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2135,
"FileId": 1376,
"FileName": "Fonts",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"ChildNodes": [
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 3117,
"FileId": 2927,
"FileName": "config",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 2956,
"FileId": 2118,
"FileName": "System32",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 1844,
"FileId": 1051,
"FileName": "Windows",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
},
{
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 3813,
"FileId": 3072,
"FileName": "$OrphanFiles",
"Type": [
"DI",
"IN"
],
"collapsed": 1
}
],
"FSId": 1,
"FileDetailId": 0,
"FileId": 5,
"FileName": "C:",
"Type": [
"DI"
],
"collapsed": 1
}

I found solution in this link useful to me for building my graph - https://community.neo4j.com/t/import-nodes-from-recursively-structured-json/11704
I was able to build the graph with the help of above mentioned link. I used the query given below.

WITH 'file:///part-of-VTree.json' AS json_file
CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..FileId") YIELD value AS result WITH json_file, result.result AS keys UNWIND range(0,size(keys)-1) AS i CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..[?(@.FileId == '" + toString(keys[i]) + "')].ChildNodes[*].FileId") YIELD value AS children
WITH keys[i] AS parent_key, children.result AS children
MERGE (parent:GroupNode {name: parent_key})
WITH parent, children
UNWIND children as child_key
MERGE (child:GroupNode {name: child_key})
MERGE (child)-[:CHILD_OF]->(parent)
RETURN *

This created a graph with nodes having "FileId" mentioned on it , as I was giving "FileId" as "name" property. When I change my query as below

WITH 'file:///part-of-VTree.json' AS json_file
CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..FileId") YIELD value AS result WITH json_file, result.result AS keys UNWIND range(0,size(keys)-1) AS i CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..[?(@.FileId == '" + toString(keys[i]) + "')].ChildNodes[*].FileId") YIELD value AS children
WITH keys[i] AS parent_key, children.result AS children
MERGE (parent:GroupNode {Fid: parent_key})
WITH parent, children
UNWIND children as child_key
MERGE (child:GroupNode {Fid: child_key})
MERGE (child)-[:CHILD_OF]->(parent)
RETURN *

It gives me a graph with nodes which has nothing mentioned on it. Earlier I was getting nodes with "FileId" mentioned on it.
what I want is nodes with "FileName" mentioned on it and "FileId" as its property.

With my current query I am not able to set properties for my node. Is there any way to set properties for my node and display "FileName" on nodes. "FileName" is not always unique so I can't create graph by extracting all "FileName" instead of "FileId".
"FileId" is always unique in my case.

Can anyone help me in some way to get my desired result. I need some help.
Thanks in advance!

I got it solved. This is the query I used to set properties for the nodes:

WITH 'file:///part-of-VTree.json' AS json_file
CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..FileId") YIELD value AS result WITH json_file, result.result AS keys UNWIND range(0,size(keys)-1) AS i CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..[?(@.FileId == '" + toString(keys[i]) + "')].ChildNodes[].FileId") YIELD value AS children
CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..[?(@.FileId == '" + toString(keys[i]) + "')].FileName") YIELD value AS rname CALL apoc.load.json(json_file,"..[?(@.FileId == '" + toString(keys[i]) + "')].ChildNodes[
].FileName") YIELD value AS cname
WITH keys[i] AS parent_key, children.result AS children, rname.result AS rn, cname.result AS cn
MATCH (n {name:parent_key})
WITH n, children,rn,cn
UNWIND children AS child_key
OPTIONAL MATCH (n)-[:CHILD]->(m {name:child_key})
WITH n, rn, cn, collect(m) AS siblings
UNWIND range(0,size(rn)-1) AS k
SET n.label=toString(rn[k])
With cn,siblings
UNWIND range(0,size(cn)-1) AS j
FOREACH(j IN range(0, size(siblings)-1) |
FOREACH (p1 in [siblings[j]] |
Set p1.label=toString(cn[j])
))
RETURN *

Hope this would help someone.

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