Hello Amazon Neptune

The following code examples show how to get started using Neptune.

Java

SDK for Java 2.x

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

/**
 * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development
 * environment, including your credentials.
 *
 * For more information, see the following documentation topic:
 *
 * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html
 */
public class HelloNeptune {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        NeptuneAsyncClient neptuneClient = NeptuneAsyncClient.create();
        describeDbCluster(neptuneClient).join(); // This ensures the async code runs to completion
    }

    /**
     * Describes the Amazon Neptune DB clusters.
     *
     * @param neptuneClient the Neptune asynchronous client used to make the request
     * @return a {@link CompletableFuture} that completes when the operation is finished
     */
    public static CompletableFuture<Void> describeDbCluster(NeptuneAsyncClient neptuneClient) {
        DescribeDbClustersRequest request = DescribeDbClustersRequest.builder()
                .maxRecords(20)
                .build();

        SdkPublisher<DescribeDbClustersResponse> paginator = neptuneClient.describeDBClustersPaginator(request);
        CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();

        paginator.subscribe(new Subscriber<DescribeDbClustersResponse>() {
            private Subscription subscription;

            @Override
            public void onSubscribe(Subscription s) {
                this.subscription = s;
                s.request(Long.MAX_VALUE); // request all items
            }

            @Override
            public void onNext(DescribeDbClustersResponse response) {
                response.dbClusters().forEach(cluster -> {
                    System.out.println("Cluster Identifier: " + cluster.dbClusterIdentifier());
                    System.out.println("Status: " + cluster.status());
                });
            }

            @Override
            public void onError(Throwable t) {
                future.completeExceptionally(t);
            }

            @Override
            public void onComplete() {
                future.complete(null);
            }
        });

        return future.whenComplete((result, throwable) -> {
            neptuneClient.close();
            if (throwable != null) {
                System.err.println("Error describing DB clusters: " + throwable.getMessage());
            }
        });
    }

• For API details, see DescribeDBClustersPaginator in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

Python

SDK for Python (Boto3)

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import boto3
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError


def describe_db_clusters(neptune_client):
    """
    Describes the Amazon Neptune DB clusters using a paginator to handle multiple pages.
    Raises ClientError with 'ResourceNotFoundException' if no clusters are found.
    """
    paginator = neptune_client.get_paginator("describe_db_clusters")
    clusters_found = False

    for page in paginator.paginate():
        for cluster in page.get("DBClusters", []):
            clusters_found = True
            print(f"Cluster Identifier: {cluster['DBClusterIdentifier']}")
            print(f"Status: {cluster['Status']}")

    if not clusters_found:
        raise ClientError(
            {
                "Error": {
                    "Code": "ResourceNotFoundException",
                    "Message": "No Neptune DB clusters found."
                }
            },
            operation_name="DescribeDBClusters"
        )

def main():
    """
    Main entry point: creates the Neptune client and calls the describe operation.
    """
    neptune_client = boto3.client("neptune")
    try:
        describe_db_clusters(neptune_client)
    except ClientError as e:
        error_code = e.response["Error"]["Code"]
        if error_code == "ResourceNotFoundException":
            print(f"Resource not found: {e.response['Error']['Message']}")
        else:
            print(f"Unexpected ClientError: {e.response['Error']['Message']}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

• For API details, see DescribeDBClustersPaginator in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.