Yes, that should be possible, as should some level of "statefulness" or interactivity. I think it would need a new API, correct? It would be a fundamentally different approach than the atomic nature of the existing REST API.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Neubauer Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:16 AM To: Neo4j user discussions Subject: Re: [Neo4j] Websocket Server instead of REST for Neo4J for access a DB Mmh, what would be the main points of rework? Is there a way to stream partial results over websockets, so we can iterate into the web? Cheers, /peter neubauer GTalk: neubauer.peter Skype peter.neubauer Phone +46 704 106975 LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/neubauer Twitter http://twitter.com/peterneubauer http://www.neo4j.org - Your high performance graph database. http://startupbootcamp.org/ - Öresund - Innovation happens HERE. http://www.thoughtmade.com - Scandinavia's coolest Bring-a-Thing party. On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Rick Bullotta <[email protected]>wrote: > A few potential challenges and reasons to wait on this: > > - the Websocket API is still in a state of change > - the existing REST API is synchronous request/response, so there's not a > lot of benefit to switching to websockets without a lot of rework > - The real benefit will be when you Javascript and other web clients can > use a pure binary protocol (not possible today) > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Thomas Fritz > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:52 AM > To: Neo4j user discussions > Subject: [Neo4j] Websocket Server instead of REST for Neo4J for access a DB > > Hi all! > > Have anyone thought, or is it possible to implement a Websocket > Endpoint in Neo4J Server so one can use this instead of the RESTful > API. Which would be more performant and scalable than the RESTful HTTP > API. It is possible to use such a Websocket through Java, Node and any > other Server Side Language and even JavaScript on the client side. > > What do you think? > > Kind regards > > > > --- > Thomas FRITZ > web http://fritzthomas.com > twitter http://twitter.com/thomasf > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
