Neo4j Instances API

Manage AuraDB cloud database instances including provisioning, configuration, lifecycle operations such as pause and resume, and deletion.

Operations 8

GET /instances List all instances #
POST /instances Create a new instance #
GET /instances/{instanceId} Get instance details #
PATCH /instances/{instanceId} Update an instance #
DELETE /instances/{instanceId} Delete an instance #
POST /instances/{instanceId}/pause Pause an instance #
POST /instances/{instanceId}/resume Resume a paused instance #
POST /instances/{instanceId}/overwrite Overwrite an instance from a snapshot #

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OpenAPI Specification

neo4j-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Neo4j Aura Instances API
  description: 'The Neo4j Aura API provides programmatic access to manage Neo4j AuraDB cloud database instances. It supports operations across three primary resources: instances, tenants, and snapshots. Developers authenticate using OAuth2 bearer tokens obtained through client credentials, and can automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of their cloud-hosted Neo4j graph databases. The API is accessible through the api.neo4j.io platform and is available to Aura Enterprise customers.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Neo4j Support
    url: https://support.neo4j.com
  termsOfService: https://neo4j.com/terms/
servers:
- url: https://api.neo4j.io/v1
  description: Neo4j Aura Production API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Instances
  description: Manage AuraDB cloud database instances including provisioning, configuration, lifecycle operations such as pause and resume, and deletion.
paths:
  /instances:
    get:
      operationId: listInstances
      summary: List all instances
      description: Returns a list of all AuraDB instances accessible to the authenticated user across all tenants.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - name: tenantId
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter instances by tenant ID
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of instances
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    description: Array of instance objects
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions
    post:
      operationId: createInstance
      summary: Create a new instance
      description: Provisions a new AuraDB cloud database instance with the specified configuration including version, region, memory, cloud provider, and instance type.
      tags:
      - Instances
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateInstanceRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Instance creation initiated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceCreated'
        '400':
          description: Invalid configuration
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuraError'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions
  /instances/{instanceId}:
    get:
      operationId: getInstance
      summary: Get instance details
      description: Returns detailed information about a specific AuraDB instance including its status, configuration, connection URI, and metrics integration URL.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance not found
    patch:
      operationId: updateInstance
      summary: Update an instance
      description: Updates the configuration of an existing AuraDB instance. Supported updates include resizing memory and renaming the instance.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateInstanceRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '400':
          description: Invalid update configuration
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuraError'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance not found
    delete:
      operationId: deleteInstance
      summary: Delete an instance
      description: Permanently deletes an AuraDB instance and all associated data. This operation cannot be undone.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Instance deletion initiated
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance not found
  /instances/{instanceId}/pause:
    post:
      operationId: pauseInstance
      summary: Pause an instance
      description: Pauses a running AuraDB instance, stopping compute charges while retaining the data. A paused instance cannot serve queries.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance pause initiated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance not found
  /instances/{instanceId}/resume:
    post:
      operationId: resumeInstance
      summary: Resume a paused instance
      description: Resumes a paused AuraDB instance, restoring it to a running state so it can serve queries again.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance resume initiated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance not found
  /instances/{instanceId}/overwrite:
    post:
      operationId: overwriteInstance
      summary: Overwrite an instance from a snapshot
      description: Overwrites the data in an existing instance with data from a specified snapshot, effectively restoring the instance to a previous point in time.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/instanceId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/OverwriteInstanceRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance overwrite initiated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuraError'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token expired
        '404':
          description: Instance or snapshot not found
components:
  schemas:
    Instance:
      type: object
      description: An AuraDB cloud database instance.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the instance
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the instance
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current status of the instance
          enum:
          - creating
          - running
          - pausing
          - paused
          - resuming
          - updating
          - destroying
          - destroyed
          - loading
          - restoring
        tenant_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the tenant this instance belongs to
        cloud_provider:
          type: string
          description: Cloud provider hosting the instance
          enum:
          - gcp
          - aws
          - azure
        region:
          type: string
          description: Cloud region where the instance is deployed
          example: us-east-1
        type:
          type: string
          description: Instance type
          enum:
          - enterprise-db
          - enterprise-ds
          - professional-db
          - free-db
        memory:
          type: string
          description: Memory allocated to the instance
          example: 8GB
        storage:
          type: string
          description: Storage allocated to the instance
          example: 16GB
        connection_url:
          type: string
          description: Bolt connection URI for the instance
          example: neo4j+s://xxxxxxxx.databases.neo4j.io
        metrics_integration_url:
          type: string
          description: URL for metrics integration endpoint
        neo4j_version:
          type: string
          description: Neo4j database version running on the instance
          example: '5'
    UpdateInstanceRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for updating an instance configuration.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Updated display name for the instance
          maxLength: 30
        memory:
          type: string
          description: Updated memory allocation
          example: 16GB
    AuraError:
      type: object
      description: Error response from the Aura API.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Array of error objects
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                description: Human-readable error message
              reason:
                type: string
                description: Machine-readable error reason code
              field:
                type: string
                description: Field that caused the error if applicable
    InstanceCreated:
      type: object
      description: Response when an instance is created, including initial credentials.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the new instance
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the instance
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current status of the instance
        tenant_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the tenant this instance belongs to
        connection_url:
          type: string
          description: Bolt connection URI for the instance
        username:
          type: string
          description: Initial database username
          example: neo4j
        password:
          type: string
          description: Initial database password. This value is only returned once at creation time and cannot be retrieved later.
    OverwriteInstanceRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for overwriting an instance from a snapshot.
      required:
      - source_snapshot_id
      - source_instance_id
      properties:
        source_snapshot_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the snapshot to use as the data source
        source_instance_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the instance the snapshot belongs to
    CreateInstanceRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for creating a new AuraDB instance.
      required:
      - name
      - memory
      - region
      - cloud_provider
      - type
      - tenant_id
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name for the instance
          maxLength: 30
        version:
          type: string
          description: Neo4j version for the instance
          example: '5'
        region:
          type: string
          description: Cloud region where the instance should be deployed
          example: us-east-1
        memory:
          type: string
          description: Memory to allocate to the instance
          example: 8GB
        type:
          type: string
          description: Instance type
          enum:
          - enterprise-db
          - enterprise-ds
          - professional-db
          - free-db
        tenant_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the tenant to create the instance in
        cloud_provider:
          type: string
          description: Cloud provider for hosting
          enum:
          - gcp
          - aws
          - azure
  parameters:
    instanceId:
      name: instanceId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of an AuraDB instance
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth2 bearer token obtained from the /oauth/token endpoint using client credentials. Tokens expire after one hour.
externalDocs:
  description: Neo4j Aura API Specification
  url: https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/