Simple App combining node.js and neo4js

Requirements

• npm

    curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
  

• heroku

    gem install heroku
  

• nodejs

    port install nodejs
  

Try it out

1. clone this repo to your hard-disk

    $ git clone https://github.com/tbaum/heroku-node-neo4js.git
    Cloning into 'heroku-node-neo4js'...
    remote: Counting objects: 8, done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
    remote: Total 8 (delta 0), reused 8 (delta 0)
    Unpacking objects: 100% (8/8), done.
   
    $ cd heroku-node-neo4js
   

2. create a heroku app

    $ heroku create --stack cedar --buildpack https://github.com/tbaum/heroku-buildpack-nodejs.git
    Creating deep-spring-6619... done, stack is cedar
    http://deep-spring-6619.herokuapp.com/ | git@heroku.com:deep-spring-6619.git
    Git remote heroku added
   

3. add neo4j graph-database

    $ heroku addons:add neo4j
    -----> Adding neo4j to deep-spring-6619... done, v4 (free)
   

4. start your app

    $ git push heroku master
    Counting objects: 8, done.
    Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
    Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
    Writing objects: 100% (8/8), 1.32 KiB, done.
    Total 8 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
   
    -----> Heroku receiving push
    -----> Fetching custom buildpack... done
    -----> Node.js app detected
    -----> Fetching Node.js binaries
    -----> Vendoring node 0.6.1
    -----> Installing dependencies with npm 1.0.105
           coffee-script@1.2.0 ./node_modules/coffee-script
           neo4js@0.0.2 ./node_modules/neo4js
           └── underscore@1.2.3
           jade@0.20.0 ./node_modules/jade
           ├── mkdirp@0.2.1
           └── commander@0.2.1
           express@2.5.2 ./node_modules/express
           ├── mkdirp@0.0.7
           ├── qs@0.4.0
           ├── mime@1.2.4
           └── connect@1.8.5
           Dependencies installed
    -----> Discovering process types
           Procfile declares types -> web
    -----> Compiled slug size is 7.7MB
    -----> Launching... done, v6
           http://deep-spring-6619.herokuapp.com deployed to Heroku
   
    To git@heroku.com:deep-spring-6619.git
     * [new branch]      master -> master
   

5. done!

Local Testing

• download, extract and start neo4j (seperate window)

    $ curl -O http://dist.neo4j.org/neo4j-community-1.6.M02-unix.tar.gz
    $ tar xfz neo4j-community-1.6.M02-unix.tar.gz
    $ cd neo4j-community-1.6.M02
    $ ./bin/neo4j console
    Starting Neo4j Server console-mode...
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.NeoServerWithEmbeddedWebServer INFO: Starting Neo Server on port [7474] with [20] threads available
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.database.Database INFO: Using database at /Users/tbaum/neo4j-community-1.6.M02/data/graph.db
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.modules.DiscoveryModule INFO: Mounted discovery module at [/]
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.plugins.PluginManager INFO: Loaded server plugin "CypherPlugin"
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.plugins.PluginManager INFO: Loaded server plugin "GremlinPlugin"
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.modules.RESTApiModule INFO: Mounted REST API at [/db/data/]
    29.12.11 16:06:58 org.neo4j.server.modules.ManagementApiModule INFO: Mounted management API at [/db/manage/]
    29.12.11 16:06:59 org.neo4j.server.modules.WebAdminModule INFO: Mounted webadmin at [/webadmin]
    29.12.11 16:06:59 org.neo4j.server.web.Jetty6WebServer INFO: Mounting static content at [/webadmin] from [webadmin-html]
    29.12.11 16:07:00 org.neo4j.server.statistic.StatisticStartupListener INFO: adding statistic-filter to /webadmin
    29.12.11 16:07:00 org.neo4j.server.statistic.StatisticStartupListener INFO: adding statistic-filter to /db/manage
    29.12.11 16:07:00 org.neo4j.server.statistic.StatisticStartupListener INFO: adding statistic-filter to /db/data
    29.12.11 16:07:00 org.neo4j.server.statistic.StatisticStartupListener INFO: adding statistic-filter to /
    29.12.11 16:07:00 org.neo4j.server.NeoServerWithEmbeddedWebServer INFO: Server started on [http://localhost:7474/]
  

• prepare npm-dependencies

    $ npm install
    coffee-script@1.2.0 ./node_modules/coffee-script
    jade@0.20.0 ./node_modules/jade
    ├── commander@0.2.1
    └── mkdirp@0.2.1
    neo4js@0.0.2 ./node_modules/neo4js
    └── underscore@1.2.3
    express@2.5.2 ./node_modules/express
    ├── mime@1.2.4
    ├── mkdirp@0.0.7
    ├── qs@0.4.0
    └── connect@1.8.5
  

• start local node

    $ node web.js
    Listening on 3000