Importing data in the cloud

To import data into Neo4j Aura, the cloud-hosted Neo4j database, we can use the aforementioned method of reading files from an accessible URL. But Neo4j also provides a frontend application that can deal with CSV files only.

Starting from a Neo4j Aura console, as illustrated in Figure 1.11 in Chapter 1, Introducing and Installing Neo4j, you can click on the Import button. That will open the data importer login window, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.10 – Logging into Neo4j Data Importer

After entering your credentials, you will be redirected to the application. The UI is made up of three parts:

• The Files manager, on the left: The area where you can drag and drop the files to be imported
• The graph view (middle panel): This is where you can draw your graph schema, including nodes and relationships
• Mapping details: In this section, you can define node and relationship properties, and you...