When using LOAD CSV one can define the source file to be either at a local file system (i.e load csv from 'file:///…​' ) or a webserver ( i.e. load csv from 'http://…​'). Usage of a webserver might be a preferable approach when in a Causal Cluster, since the webserver would be available regardless of which member was the leader.

If you are in need of setting up a minimalistic webserver this can be accomplished, provided one has installed Python and by running:

The above command would start a web server at port: 8000, and the web server’s root directory would be the same as where the command was run. For example if you ran the above command in /home/neo4j/load-csv-files then https://<IP of the Neo4j Instance>:8000 would list all the files at /home/neo4j/load-csv-files. And thus your LOAD CSV cypher statement would be: