arangosh> v1 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 1" }); { "_id" : "vertex/976089995", "_rev" : "976089995", "_key" : "976089995" } arangosh> v2 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 2" }); { "_id" : "vertex/976286603", "_rev" : "976286603", "_key" : "976286603" } arangosh> e1 = db.relation.insert(v1, v2, { label : "knows" }); { "_id" : "relation/976614283", "_rev" : "976614283", "_key" : "976614283" } arangosh> db._document(e1); { "label" : "knows", "_id" : "relation/976614283", "_rev" : "976614283", "_key" : "976614283", "_from" : "vertex/976089995", "_to" : "vertex/976286603" }