MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation
GET /v1/graphs

Summary

Retrieve the contents or permissions metadata of a graph, or a list of available graph URIs.

URL Parameters
database?	Perform this operation on the named content database instead of the default content database associated with the REST API instance. Using an alternative database requires the "eval-in" privilege; for details, see Security Requirements in the REST Application Developer's Guide.
graph?	The URI of the named graph to retrieve. You cannot use this parameter with the `default` parameter.
default?	Indicates the request should return the default graph. This parameter accepts no value. You cannot use this parameter with the `graph` parameter.
category?	The category of data to fetch about the requested document. Valid categories: `content` (default), `metadata, permissions`. The `metadata` and `permissions` are synonymous. This parameter can only be used when retrieving the contents or permission metadata for a graph.
txid?	The transaction identifier of the multi-statement transaction in which to service this request. Use the `/transactions` service to create and manage multi-statement transactions.
timestamp?	A timestamp returned in the `ML-Effective-Timestamp` header of a previous request. Use this parameter to iteratively fetch a the contents of a graph as a particular system timestamp. You can only use this parameter when the request includes a `graph` or `default` parameter. For more details, see Performing Point-in-Time Operations in the REST Application Developer's Guide.

Request Headers

Accept* The expected MIME type of the response. When retrieving a list of available graphs (no request parameters), you can specify text/plain, text/html, or text/uri-list (default). When retrieving the contents of a named graph or the default graph, you can specify any of the MIME types listed in Supported RDF Triple Formats in the Semantics Developer's Guide. When retrieving permissions metadata for a graph, you can specify application/xml (default) or application/json.

Request Headers
Accept*	The expected MIME type of the response. When retrieving a list of available graphs (no request parameters), you can specify `text/plain`, `text/html`, or `text/uri-list` (default). When retrieving the contents of a named graph or the default graph, you can specify any of the MIME types listed in Supported RDF Triple Formats in the Semantics Developer's Guide. When retrieving permissions metadata for a graph, you can specify `application/xml` (default) or `application/json`.

Response Headers
Content-Type	The MIME type of the data in the response body, corresponding to the MIME type in the Accept header.
ML-Effective-Timestamp	The system timestamp at which this operation was performed. You can use the value in the `timestamp` parameter of a subsequent request. For more details, see Performing Point-in-Time Operations in the REST Application Developer's Guide.

Response

Upon success, MarkLogic Server returns status 200 (OK). If a named graph or the default graph is specified, the response body contains the requested graph contents or metadata. If neither the graph nor default request parameters are present, the response body contains a list of available graph URIs. If you request triples in an unsupported format, MarkLogic Server returns status 406 (Not Acceptable).

Required Privileges

This operation requires the rest-reader role, or the following privilege:

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/rest-reader

Usage Notes

You can use this method in the following ways:

To retrieve a list of available graph URIs, omit the default and graph parameters. The MIME type in the Accept header must be one of text/plain, text/html, or text/uri-list (default).
To retrieve the contents of a named graph or the default graph, include either the default or graph parameter (but not both). The MIME type in the Accept header must be one of the MIME types listed in Supported RDF Triple Formats in the Semantics Developer's Guide.
To retrieve metadata about a named graph or the default graph, include either the default or graph parameter (but not both) and set the category parameter to permissions or metadata. The MIME type in the Accept header must be application/xml (default) or application/json.

When used to retrieve the contents of a graph, this interface implements the GET method of the W3C Graph Store HTTP Protocol; for details, see http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-http-rdf-update/.

NOTE: The collection lexicon must be enabled on your database when using the REST graph store interfaces or using the GRAPH '?g' construct in SPARQL queries. You can check and change the collection lexicon setting from the Admin Interface.

Example

$ curl --anyauth --user user:password -i -X GET \
    'http://localhost:8000/v1/graphs'

==> Retrieve a list of graphs in the database. Since no Accept
    is given, results are returned as text/uri-list. MarkLogic Server
    responds with output similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/uri-list; charset=UTF-8
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 61
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

/my/named/graph
http://marklogic.com/semantics#default-graph

If you request output as text/html, MarkLogic Server returns
data in the response body similar to the following:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <title>Graphs</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul>
      <li>/my/named/graph</li>
      <li>http://marklogic.com/semantics#default-graph</li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

Example

$ curl --anyauth --user user:password -i -X GET -H "Accept: text/turtle"
    'http://localhost:8000/v1/graphs?graph=/my/named/graph'

==> Retrieve the graph with URI /my/named/graph, in Turtle format. 
    MarkLogic Server responds with output similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/turtle; charset=UTF-8
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 6680
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

@prefix xs: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Abraham_Lincoln> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/birthDate> "1809-02-12"^^xs:date .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alan_Turing> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/birthDate> "1912-06-23"^^xs:date .

Example

$ curl --anyauth --user user:password -i -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" \
    'http://localhost:8000/v1/graphs?graph=/my/named/graph&category=permissions'

==> Retrieve the permissions metadata for the graph with URI /my/named/graph, 
    as JSON. MarkLogic Server responds with output similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 123
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

{"permissions":[
  {"role-name":"rest-writer","capabilities":["update"]},
  {"role-name":"rest-reader","capabilities":["read"]}
]}

Example

$ curl --anyauth --user user:password -i -X GET -H "Accept: application/xml" \
    'http://localhost:8000/v1/graphs?graph=/my/named/graph&category=permissions'

==> Retrieve the permissions metadata for the graph with URI /my/named/graph, 
    as XML. MarkLogic Server responds with output similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 123
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

<rapi:metadata uri="/my/named/graph">
  <rapi:permissions>
    <rapi:permission>
      <rapi:role-name>rest-writer</rapi:role-name>
      <rapi:capability>update</rapi:capability>
    </rapi:permission>
    <rapi:permission>
      <rapi:role-name>rest-reader</rapi:role-name>
      <rapi:capability>read</rapi:capability>
    </rapi:permission>
  </rapi:permissions>
</rapi:metadata>

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MarkLogic 9 Product DocumentationGET /v1/graphs

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MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation
GET /v1/graphs