arangosh> db._create("vertex"); [ArangoCollection 7471, "vertex" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db._createEdgeCollection("relation"); [ArangoCollection 7474, "relation" (type edge, status loaded)] arangosh> v1 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 1" }); { "_id" : "vertex/7478", "_key" : "7478", "_rev" : "_WBDoQnO--_" } arangosh> v2 = db.vertex.insert({ name : "vertex 2" }); { "_id" : "vertex/7482", "_key" : "7482", "_rev" : "_WBDoQnS--_" } arangosh> e1 = db.relation.insert(v1, v2, { label : "knows" }); { "_id" : "relation/7485", "_key" : "7485", "_rev" : "_WBDoQnS--B" } arangosh> db._document(e1); { "_key" : "7485", "_id" : "relation/7485", "_from" : "vertex/7478", "_to" : "vertex/7482", "_rev" : "_WBDoQnS--B", "label" : "knows" }