CODEWITHSUNDEEP
neo4jcypher
Vader.219k
Vader.219k

Reputation: 21

How to auto update node attributes in ne04j after a specific time period

Is there a way to update an existing attribute in a node to a new value after a specific time period passes ?

For example: Node 'Offer' has the below attributes

  1. Offer Name (String)
  2. Offer ID (Numeric)
  3. CREATED_ON (Timestamp)
  4. IS_VALID ('Yes'/'No')

Process:

  1. When an initial "Offer" is created IS_VALID value is "Yes"
  2. After 7 days of creation IS_VALID value should be set to "No" automatically for each of the offers

I know that there is TTL , but I don't want my node to be deleted after 7 days, rather the attribute to be updated to "No" from "Yes"

Is there any way I can achieve this in Neo4j?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 308

Answers (1)

m0hithreddy
m0hithreddy

Reputation: 1829

You can use apoc procedure calls for scheduling background jobs. apoc.periodic.schedule() makes sense in your case.

CALL apoc.periodic.schedule('offerValidater', 
"MATCH (n: Offer) WHERE apoc.date.currentTimestamp() - n.CREATED_ON > 604800000 SET n.IS_VALID = 'No'", 
86400)

Here I assumed that offer.CREATED_ON is in epoch milliseconds. If you are using other format timestamps you need to do a comparison accordingly. offerValidater routine is scheduled to run with a delay of 86400 seconds (1 day).

Upvotes: 1

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