Neo4JEmployeeAPI-C#

This repository contains a C# solution that build two Web API web services and a JavaScript web page that calls the two web services. The following tasks were completed:

• Create an :Employee node with parameters: 1) String name; and 2) int emp_Id
• Return all :Employee nodes
• Develop a UI using plain HTML form. Can be viewed here: http://neo4jemployee.azurewebsites.net/index.html
• Deploy app and Neo4J instance to a cloud instance. Implemented in Azure, would have been a similar install in AWS EC2.
  • The Neo4J Server is here: http://neo4j-gmc.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:7474/browser/; Password: Pass@word1.

To run the solution in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementation:

• open this URI: http://neo4jemployee.azurewebsites.net/
• Do the following:
  • Test the functionality
    • Get All Employees: refreshing the page will call the API to get all Employees from the Neo4J server
    • Add New Employee: 1) enter an employee id, 2) enter an employee name, and 3) click the Add Employee button
  • View The APIs
    • Click the API menu item on the navigation bar (http://neo4jemployee.azurewebsites.net/Help)
    • The C# APIs have been implemented using Query parameters and action names
    • The Java implementation has been implemented using FormBody parameters
    • APIs
      • Get Employees: http://neo4jemployee.azurewebsites.net/api/employees
      • Add Employee: http://neo4jemployee.azurewebsites.net/api/employees/{id} - substitute {id}
  • View the Neo4J Server
    • Click the link "Connect to Neo4J Server" (http://neo4j-gmc.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:7474/browser/)
      • Username: neo4j
      • Password: Pass@word1
• Notes on SaaS implementation
  • Azure VM running Neo4J server edition
  • Azure Web App running the C# solution that contains the Web APIs and the JavaScript html page
  • Used the Neo4J .NET Drivers

To run the solution locally, do the following:

• clone the solution to a local repository: https://github.com/GeorgeCrossIV/Neo4JEmployeeAPI.git
• Open the solution in Visual Studio 2017. The free Community edition can be downloaed here: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/
  • Update the web.config file:
    • update the Uri setting to "bolt://localhost:", where port is the port number assigned by Visual Studio
    • update the password; will mostly likely be "neo4j" if its a standard default desktop installation
• Run the Neo4JEmployeeAPI project. By default, a local website should launch.
• Notes on local implementation
  • Install and run Neo4J desktop edition.
  • Use the IIS Express that's deployed with Visual Studio, unless greater control of the web server is desired

The Java version of the Web API web services is located here: https://github.com/GeorgeCrossIV/Neo4JEmployeeAPI-Java.