Nessie CLI Graph Plugin

A CLI plugin for the Nessie ecosystem that provides simple commands for creating, editing, and visualizing graph structures directly from the terminal.

The plugin allows you to manage nodes, edges, and their properties in a graph using concise CLI commands.

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Features

• Create nodes with arbitrary properties
• Create edges between nodes
• Modify node and edge properties
• Delete nodes and edges
• Reset the current graph
• Clear the console

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Concepts

Node

A vertex in the graph identified by an ID. Nodes can contain arbitrary key-value properties.

Edge

A connection between two nodes.

Edges also have:

• an ID
• optional properties

Commands

Create Node

Create a new node with properties.

create node --id 1 --property name = John --property age = 30

Create Edge

Create an edge between two nodes.

Arguments:

• first node id
• second node id
• edge id
• optional properties

create edge 1 2 --id someEdge --property key=value

Edit Node

Modify node properties.

Options:

• --ch_prop – change or add a property
• --del_prop – remove a property

edit node --id 1 --ch_prop name = Tom --ch_prop address = "Main street" --del_prop age

Edit Edge

Modify properties of an edge.

edit edge --id someEdge --ch_prop key = other value

Delete Edge

Remove an edge from the graph.

delete edge --id someEdge

Delete Node

Remove a node from the graph.

delete node --id 1

Note: You can't delete a node if there are incident edges

Drop Graph

Completely remove the current graph.

drop graph

Clear

Reset the CLI state

clear