Specify a vertex from a traversal.


   .[ property ('property_key') ... ]
Table 1. Legend
Syntax conventions Description
Lowercase and uppercase Literal keyword. Includes ().
Italics Variable value. Replace with a user-defined value.


The addV() step is a map/sideEffect. A vertex is added from a traversal g using addV. A previously created vertex label must be specified. Property key-value pairs may be optionally specified.


Create a vertex with a vertex label person with the properties person_id, name, gender, nickname, and country.
   property('person_id', 'e7cd5752-bc0d-4157-a80f-7523add8dbcd' as UUID).
   property('name', 'Julia CHILD').
   property('nickname', ['Jay', 'Julia'] as Set).
   property('country', [['USA', '1912-08-12' as LocalDate, '1944-01-01' as LocalDate] as Tuple, ['Ceylon', '1944-01-01' as LocalDate, '1945-06-01' as LocalDate] as Tuple, ['France', '1948-01-01' as LocalDate, '1960-01-01' as LocalDate] as Tuple, ['USA', '1960-01-01' as LocalDate, '2004-08-13' as LocalDate] as Tuple])