ArangoDB v3.13 is under development and not released yet. This documentation is not final and potentially incomplete.
Start using AQL
You can execute AQL queries in different ways, from the easy-to-use web interface to the raw HTTP API
How to invoke AQL
AQL queries can be executed using:
- the web interface
- the
dbobject (either in arangosh or in a Foxx service) - the raw HTTP API
- through drivers and integrations as an abstraction over the HTTP API
There are always calls to the server’s API under the hood, but the web interface,
the db object, drivers, and integrations abstract away the low-level
communication details and are thus easier to use.
The ArangoDB Web Interface has a specific tab for AQL queries execution.
You can run AQL queries from the ArangoDB Shell
with the _query() and
_createStatement() methods
of the db object. This chapter
also describes how to use bind parameters, statistics, counting and cursors with
arangosh.
If you are using Foxx, see how to write database queries for examples including tagged template strings.
If you want to run AQL queries from your application via the HTTP REST API, see the full API description at HTTP interface for AQL queries.
See the respective driver or integration for its support of AQL queries.
Learn the query language
See the AQL documentation for the full language reference as well as examples.
For a tutorial, sign up for the ArangoDB University to get access to the AQL Fundamentals course.