AWS neptune documentation change

Service: neptune · 2026-04-10 · Documentation medium

File: neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-opencypher-explain-example-4.md

Summary

Added comprehensive examples for invoking explain queries using AWS CLI, SDK, awscurl, and curl with proper endpoint URLs and authentication notes

Security assessment

The change improves documentation by adding proper authentication methods (AWS credentials, IAM roles via awscurl) and removes the insecure '-k' flag from curl examples which previously disabled SSL certificate verification. This promotes secure practices by showing proper authentication methods and removing insecure curl options.

Diff

diff --git a/neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-opencypher-explain-example-4.md b/neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-opencypher-explain-example-4.md
index 216b37914..4b644def2 100644
--- a//neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-opencypher-explain-example-4.md
+++ b//neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-opencypher-explain-example-4.md
@@ -13 +13,61 @@ In this example, `RETURN abs(-10)` performs a simple evaluation, taking the abso
-Here is the query and resulting `explain` output:
+Here is the query and resulting `explain` output.
+
+To invoke `explain` for this query:
+
+AWS CLI
+    
+    
+    
+    aws neptunedata execute-open-cypher-explain-query \
+      --endpoint-url https://your-neptune-endpoint:port \
+      --open-cypher-query "RETURN abs(-10)" \
+      --explain-mode details
+
+For more information, see [execute-open-cypher-explain-query](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/neptunedata/execute-open-cypher-explain-query.html) in the AWS CLI Command Reference.
+
+SDK
+    
+    
+    
+    import boto3
+    from botocore.config import Config
+    
+    client = boto3.client(
+        'neptunedata',
+        endpoint_url='https://your-neptune-endpoint:port',
+        config=Config(read_timeout=None, retries={'total_max_attempts': 1})
+    )
+    
+    response = client.execute_open_cypher_explain_query(
+        openCypherQuery='RETURN abs(-10)',
+        explainMode='details'
+    )
+    
+    print(response['results'].read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+For AWS SDK examples in other languages, see [AWS SDK](./access-graph-opencypher-sdk.html).
+
+awscurl
+    
+    
+    
+    awscurl https://your-neptune-endpoint:port/openCypher \
+      --region us-east-1 \
+      --service neptune-db \
+      -X POST \
+      -d "query=RETURN abs(-10)" \
+      -d "explain=details"
+
+###### Note
+
+This example assumes that your AWS credentials are configured in your environment. Replace `us-east-1` with the Region of your Neptune cluster.
+
+curl
+    
+    
+    
+    curl https://your-neptune-endpoint:port/openCypher \
+      -d "query=RETURN abs(-10)" \
+      -d "explain=details"
+
+The `explain` output:
@@ -16 +75,0 @@ Here is the query and resulting `explain` output:
-    curl -d "query=RETURN abs(-10)" -k https://localhost:8182/openCypher  -d "explain=details"                                                                                                                       ~