ArangoDB: How to limit/skip results with Javascript graph functions?

Question

I'm new to ArangoDB and I'm working on a Foxx service using the Javascript graph module. I see in AQL that the results of a graph traversal can be limited and offset, but I don't see the equivalent capability in the Javascript API (ie _neighbors function). Since there could be large numbers of neighbors involved, I hope there is a way to do this that doesn't require the full results of the neighbors function to be filtered by my script. Is there a lower level edge iteration approach that would allow me to build the result set directly?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Please don't use the javascript graph functions; they don't scale.

Please use the AQL graph support instead.

AQL can be invoked via db._query from foxx services easily.

You can then further examine the results and reduce them to your needs in .js inside the foxx service.