Create URL to neo4j browser including defined cypher statement

Neo4j Graph Platform Browser
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Hello,

I'd like to create a URL pointing to a neo4j browser including a defined cypher query.

Example:
https://<neo4j-instance>:7474/browser&query="match(e) RETURN e LIMIT 10"

How is this possible?

In case it's not possible: What else can be done to share a browsable query result without the need to install additional tools?

Any feedback appreciated!

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Yes you can use ?cmd=edit&arg=MATCH (n) RETURN n

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Hello @michael.hunger ,

interesting! I'll have closer look.

Three more questions related to the first one:

  1. Is it also possible to tweak such a URL in a way to directly execute the query (without the need to press the "Run" button)?
  2. Is it possible to generate a URL that includes executes the "Connect" to the database?
  3. Any documentation (or source code file) existing regarding this feature(s)?

Greetings.

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  1. no for security reasons that's not supported
  2. there is a dbms command line parameter, that you can see here in action https://demo.neo4jlabs.com
  3. as neo4j-browser is open source you can find the PR's here: Pull requests · neo4j/neo4j-browser · GitHub
    minimal documentation is here: https://neo4j.com/docs/browser-manual/current/operations/#url-parameters

e.g. https://demo.neo4jlabs.com:7473/browser/?dbms=neo4j://recommendations@demo.neo4jlabs.com&db=recommendations

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Hello @michael.hunger,

If I understand correctly, I can "pre-populate" my connection settings like e.g. user but I cannot directly
establish the connection with one URL.

Can a browser session after "Connect" has been clicked be "re-used"? Each time I open a URL like proposed above, I need to press "Connect" again...

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In the past we had to fork and patch browser to do things like that.

I suggest adding a feature request to