ArangoDB and user-defined functions or stored procedures

Question

ArangoDB documentation (Foxx section) says:

Because Foxx runs directly inside of ArangoDB it lets you bundle all the database queries and logic necessary to handle a request in one place.

Is there any additional way, 'more native', than using the 'Foxx framework' to implement something equivalent to user-defined functions or stored procedures in ArangoDB?

Answer 1

you can use user defined functions which can be used inside of AQL.

UDFs have a clear limited scope of just working with the data you put into them via parameters. So UDFs have a narower scope than stored procedures - you can't run sub-queries in them.

While Foxx can offer more functionality than stored procedures (you can directly talk to it via RESTful HTTP) its what represents stored procedures in ArangoDB.