JanusGraph API example

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
4. Contact
5. Acknowledgements

About The Project

Simple REST API implementation to query an instance of JanusGraph grpah database, using Cassandra as backend storage database. A the result for the project of Technologies for Big Data Management exam in the Computer Science degree of University of Camerino.

Built With

This section should list any major frameworks that you built your project using. Leave any add-ons/plugins for the acknowledgements section. Here are a few examples.

• SpringBoot
• JanusGraph
• Apache Cassandra

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Linux system or WLS(Windows Subsystem Linux) required

• Docker Installation

  See Docker get started.

• Download Cassandra image

  docker pull cassandra

• JanusGraph local installation

  Download JanusGraph distribution from JanusGraph website and unzip it.

Installation

1. Start Cassandra container

   docker run -d -p 7001:7001 -p 7199:7199 -p 9042:9042 -p 9160:9160 \      
   -v  /var/lib/cassandra:/var/lib/cassandra \  
   -e CASSANDRA_START_RPC=true \  
   --name cass  cassandra

2. Inside the JanusGraph directory, start the JanusGraph-server

   ./bin/janusgraph-server.sh start

3. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/TBDM-Project/JanusGraph-API-example.git

4. Inside JanusGraph-API-example directory install Maven dependencies

   mvn install

5. Run the project

   mvn spring-boot:run

Usage

Import the Postman-collection present in the project in your Postman testing tool and run requests.

Contact

Niccolò Francioni - niccolo.francioni@studenti.unicam.it

Luca Mozzoni - luca.mozzoni@studenti.unicam.it

Damiano Pasquini - damiano.pasquini@studenti.unicam.it

Project Link: https://github.com/TBDM-Project/JanusGraph-API-example

Acknowledgements

• Apache TinkerPop
• Pactical Gremlin Book
• JanusGraph