# Neo4j Bolt Protocol

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/bolt-protocol/  
**Provider:** Neo4j — https://apis.io/providers/neo4j/  
**Documentation:** https://neo4j.com/docs/bolt/current/bolt/

Neo4j Bolt Protocol is one of 12 APIs that [Neo4j](https://apis.io/providers/neo4j/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Binary Protocol, Graph Database, Drivers, Connectivity, and Networking. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Neo4j Bolt Protocol is a binary application protocol designed for efficient execution of database queries using the Cypher query language. It operates over TCP or WebSocket connections on the default port 7687 and serves as the foundation for all official Neo4j drivers including Java, Python, JavaScript, .NET, and Go. The protocol supports both direct connections via the bolt:// scheme and routing connections via bolt+routing:// for clustered deployments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://neo4j.com/docs/bolt/current/bolt/

## Other Neo4j APIs (11)

- [Neo4j Query API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/query-api/)
- [Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/graphql-library/)
- [Neo4j Python Driver](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/python-driver/)
- [Neo4j Java Driver](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/java-driver/)
- [Neo4j JavaScript Driver](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/javascript-driver/)
- [Neo4j Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-authentication-api/)
- [Neo4j Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-discovery-api/)
- [Neo4j Instances API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-instances-api/)
- [Neo4j Snapshots API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-snapshots-api/)
- [Neo4j Tenants API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-tenants-api/)
- [Neo4j Transactions API](https://apis.io/apis/neo4j/neo4j-transactions-api/)

## Tags

Binary Protocol, Graph Database, Drivers, Connectivity, Networking

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