# How to triggring external script or API

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/how-to-triggring-external-script-or-api/23726>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** apoc, cypher, knowledge-base\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/how-to-triggring-external-script-or-api/23726 "2020-08-19T07:52:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rawatvicky2010](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/rawatvicky2010/32/13335_2.png) [@rawatvicky2010](https://community.neo4j.com/u/rawatvicky2010)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/how-to-triggring-external-script-or-api/23726/1 "2020-08-19T07:52:40Z")

</div>

Hi All,

I want to trigger from neo4j database to external python script or API, If any transaction will be perform or done (create, update and delete).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jggomez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jggomez/32/7793_2.png) [@jggomez](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jggomez)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/how-to-triggring-external-script-or-api/23726/2 "2020-08-19T20:55:42Z")

</div>

Hi, Neo4j is not real time database. You can use triggers but these do not call external scripts

Thanks