Writing data

write_batch()
    .var_as("alice", g().add_n("User", vec![("name", "Alice")]))
    .var_as("bob", g().add_n("User", vec![("name", "Bob")]))
    .var_as(
        "linked",
        g()
            .n(NodeRef::var("alice"))
            .add_e(
                "FOLLOWS",
                NodeRef::var("bob"),
                vec![("since", "2026-07-24")],
            )
            .count(),
    )
    .returning(["alice", "bob", "linked"]);

writeBatch()
  .varAs("alice", g().addN("User", { name: "Alice" }))
  .varAs("bob", g().addN("User", { name: "Bob" }))
  .varAs(
    "linked",
    g()
      .n(NodeRef.var("alice"))
      .addE("FOLLOWS", NodeRef.var("bob"), { since: "2026-07-24" })
      .count(),
  )
  .returning(["alice", "bob", "linked"]);

helix.WriteQuery("connect_users").
	VarAs("alice", helix.G().AddN("User", helix.Props{helix.Prop("name", "Alice")})).
	VarAs("bob", helix.G().AddN("User", helix.Props{helix.Prop("name", "Bob")})).
	VarAs(
		"linked",
		helix.G().
			N(helix.NodeVar("alice")).
			AddE(
				"FOLLOWS",
				helix.NodeVar("bob"),
				helix.Props{helix.Prop("since", "2026-07-24")},
			).
			Count(),
	).
	Returning("alice", "bob", "linked")

(
    write_batch()
    .var_as("alice", g().add_n("User", {"name": "Alice"}))
    .var_as("bob", g().add_n("User", {"name": "Bob"}))
    .var_as(
        "linked",
        g()
        .n(NodeRef.var("alice"))
        .add_e("FOLLOWS", NodeRef.var("bob"), {"since": "2026-07-24"})
        .count(),
    )
    .returning(["alice", "bob", "linked"])
)

{
  "request_type": "write",
  "query_name": "connect_users",
  "query": {
    "write": {
      "entries": [
        {
          "query": {
            "name": "alice",
            "root": {
              "add_n": {
                "label": "User",
                "properties": [
                  ["name", { "value": { "string": "Alice" } }]
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "query": {
            "name": "bob",
            "root": {
              "add_n": {
                "label": "User",
                "properties": [
                  ["name", { "value": { "string": "Bob" } }]
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "query": {
            "name": "linked",
            "root": {
              "count": {
                "input": {
                  "add_e": {
                    "input": {
                      "nodes": {
                        "reference": { "var": "alice" }
                      }
                    },
                    "label": "FOLLOWS",
                    "to": { "var": "bob" },
                    "properties": [
                      ["since", { "value": { "string": "2026-07-24" } }]
                    ]
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "returns": ["alice", "bob", "linked"]
    }
  }
}

CREATE (alice:User {name: 'Alice'})
CREATE (bob:User {name: 'Bob'})
CREATE (alice)-[follows:FOLLOWS {since: '2026-07-24'}]->(bob)
RETURN id(alice) AS alice, id(bob) AS bob, count(follows) AS linked