Pause/ Unpause AuraDS Instance Command

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Hello,

I would like to be able to pause/unpause my GCP managed AuraDS instance through a command.
I'm running a daily ETL that uses the instance, so there is no point for me to keep it alive 24/7 if I only need it for 2 hours a day.
I couldn't find any command to do that, the only way I found out is through the UI.
Would appreciate your help

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2

There isn't a way to stop/start the instance besides for in the UI. Cypher commands to do that are not supported in Aura.

3

but we cant do this with API? i'm trying to do exactly it, but i read something about must have api-role.

4

@dors @infraplataforma

to Pause an instance via API

https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/#/instances/post-pause-instance

Resume

https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/#/instances/post-resume-instance

5

Ok, but i want to do this with python. I read something about api-role. Do you know if i have to raise a support ticket to get this role associated to my user?

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@infraplataforma

api-role ?

Overview - Neo4j Aura is the top level doc.

and I want to do this with python. I'm not a python hard core developer but Python and REST APIs: Interacting With Web Services – Real Python seems to describe it fairly succinctly as to how to submit REST requests

and for example

import requests, json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

# Make the request to the Aura API Auth endpoint
token_response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://api.neo4j.io/oauth/token",
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"},
    data={"grant_type": "client_credentials"},
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth("<clientID>", "<clientSecret>")
)

response_dict=token_response.json()
access_token=response_dict.get('access_token')

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.neo4j.io/v1/instances",
    headers={"accept": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer " + access_token}
)

print(json.dumps(response.json(),indent="\t"))

and when replacing and with their respective values and on line 10 above, i.e. the line with auth=HTTPBasicAuth("<clientID>", "<clientSecret>")

will return the results of Aura API and /instances

finally see Aura CLI - Command Line Interface for Neo4j Aura - Neo4j Labs a labs project and built in python

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thanks for you support! help me a lot!

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