Updated on 2024-05-23 GMT+08:00

Updating a Label

Function

In the current version, this API can only add properties to the end of existing labels, but cannot delete existing properties or update the property sequence.

URI

POST /ges/v1.0/{project_id}/graphs/{graph_name}/schema?label={labelName}
Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

graph_name

Yes

String

Graph name

label_name

Yes

String

Label name

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

No

String

Label type, indicating that the label is used for vertices or edges. The options are as follows:

  • vertex: indicates that the label is used for vertices.
  • edge: indicates that the label is used for edges.
  • all: indicates that the label is used for vertices and edges.

The default value is all.

properties

Yes

Object

Property array to be appended. Table 3 describes the parameters in an array.

Table 3 properties parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

property

No

Object

Label properties. For details about the parameters, see Table 4.

Table 4 property parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Property name

  1. A property name can contain a maximum of 256 characters.
  2. A property name cannot contain <, >, &, ASCCI 14,15 and 30.
  3. The property under a label must be unique.

cardinality

Yes

String

Cardinality type of a property. The options include:

  • single
  • list
  • set

dataType

Yes

String

Data type of a property. For details, see the metadata types in Specification Description.

Response Parameters

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

errorMessage

String

System prompt.

  • If execution succeeds, this parameter may be left blank.
  • If execution fails, this parameter is used to display the error message.

errorCode

String

System prompt.

  • If execution succeeds, this parameter may be left blank.
  • If execution fails, this parameter is used to display the error code.

result

String

Request result. If the request is successful, the value is success. If the request fails, the value is failed.

Example Request

Update a label. The label name is book. The label has one property to update.

POST /ges/v1.0/{project_id}/graphs/{graph_name}/schema?label={labelName}
{
  "type": "vertex",
  "properties": [
    {
      "property": {
        "name": "Title",
        "cardinality": "single",
        "dataType": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "property": {
        "name": "Version",
        "cardinality": "single",
        "dataType": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}

SERVER_URL: Address for accessing a graph. For details about its value, see Using Service Plane APIs.

Example Response

Status code: 200

Example response for a successful request

Http Status Code: 200
{
 "result": "success"
}

Status code: 400

Example response for a failed request
Http Status Code: 400
 {
  "errorMessage": "label already exists",
  "errorCode": "GES.8801"
 }

Status Codes

Return Value

Description

400 Bad Request

Request error.

401 Unauthorized

Authorization failed.

403 Forbidden

No operation permissions.

404 Not Found

No resources found.

500 Internal Server Error

Internal server error.

503 Service Unavailable

Service unavailable.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.