File system structure

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1

Hi,
I want to implement file tree structure in dgraph like this:

(:Folder)-[:IN_FOLDER]->(:Folder)
(:File)-[:IN_FOLDER]->(:Folder)

and query anything under a folder.

how should I consider schema and query?

2

As it shows. But I’m changing the name “IN_FOLDER” to “N_FOLDER” (that would be “nested folder”)

schema

type Folder {
 name
 size
 N_FOLDER
}
type File {
 name
}

N_FOLDER: [uid] .
name: string .
size: int .

JSON format

[
   {
      "name@en": "some folder",
      "size": "300MB",
      "dgraph.type": "Folder",
      "N_FOLDER": [
         {
            "name@en": "some folder",
            "size": "100MB",
            "dgraph.type": "Folder",
            "N_FOLDER": [
               {
                  "name@en": "some File",
                  "size": "100MB",
                  "dgraph.type": "File"
               }
            ]
         },
         {
            "name@en": "some File",
            "size": "100MB",
            "dgraph.type": "File"
         }
      ]
   }
]

Query

{
   q(func: eq(name@en, "some folder")) @recurse {
      name@en
      N_FOLDER
      size
   }
}
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3

thank you for replying,

I should save children ids under folder, right?

Can I have structure like this?
I want to normalize data as it’s possible

type Folder{
id
parentId (a folder)
name

}

type File {
id
parentId (a folder)
name
}

and query for folders and files that have the same parentId?

4

Not sure what you mean. Which Ids?

Here @normalize Directive - Query language

This isn’t necessary. Use reverse edges.

This parentId is a custom ID made by your side? You don’t need those, you can rely on Dgraph’s UIDs.

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