apoc.refactor.cloneNodes

Details
Syntax	`apoc.refactor.cloneNodes(nodes [, withRelationships, skipProperties ]) :: (input, output, error)`
Description	Clones the given `NODE` values with their labels and properties. It is possible to skip any `NODE` properties using skipProperties (note: this only skips properties on `NODE` values and not their `RELATIONSHIP` values).
Input arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`nodes`	`LIST<NODE>`	The nodes to be cloned.
	`withRelationships`	`BOOLEAN`	Whether or not the connected relationships should also be cloned. The default is: `false`.
	`skipProperties`	`LIST<STRING>`	Whether or not to skip the node properties when cloning. The default is: `[]`.
Return arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`input`	`INTEGER`	The internal id of the original entity.
	`output`	`NODE`	The copied entity.
	`error`	`STRING`	Any error that occurred during the copy process.

Refactoring nodes using Cypher

Node labels can be referenced dynamically in Cypher without using APOC.

Cypher syntax for creating, matching, and merging labels dynamically

CREATE (n1:$(label))
MERGE (n1:$(label))
MATCH (n1:$(label))

The dynamically calculated label must evaluate to a STRING or LIST<STRING>. For more information, see the Cypher Manual → CREATE, MERGE, MATCH.

The examples in this section are based on the following sample graph:

CREATE (mark:Person {name: "Mark", city: "London"})
CREATE (jennifer:Person {name: "Jennifer", city: "St Louis"})

The following examples create copies of all Person nodes using both APOC and Cypher:

apoc.refactor.cloneNodes

MATCH (p:Person)
WITH collect(p) AS people
CALL apoc.refactor.cloneNodes(people)
YIELD input
MATCH (p:Person)
RETURN DISTINCT p

Using Cypher’s dynamic labels

MATCH (p:Person)
CREATE (n:$(labels(p)))
SET n = properties(p)
WITH *
MATCH (p:Person)
RETURN DISTINCT p

Results
p
(:Person {name: "Mark", city: "London"})
(:Person {name: "Jennifer", city: "St Louis"})
(:Person {name: "Mark", city: "London"})
(:Person {name: "Jennifer", city: "St Louis"})