apoc.create.uuids

In APOC 2025.06, this procedure was removed from the APOC Core library. Use Cypher’s randomUUID() function instead.

If you are using APOC 2025.06 or later, the procedure is not available in Cypher 25 but can still be used with Cypher 5. For more information, see APOC and Cypher versions.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.create.uuids(count) :: (row, uuid)`
Description	Returns a stream of UUIDs.
Input arguments	Name	Type	Description
Input arguments	`count`	`INTEGER`	The number of UUID values to generate.
Return arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`row`	`INTEGER`	The row number of the generated UUID.
	`uuid`	`STRING`	The generated UUID value.

Usage Examples

The following generates a stream of UUID:

apoc.create.uuids

CALL apoc.create.uuids(10);

Cypher’s randomUUID() function

UNWIND range(0, 9) AS row
RETURN row, randomUUID() AS uuid;

Results
row	uuid
0	"e2c84705-5667-4550-b468-9e1faf08c0d7"
1	"7112c6ac-13bc-4c0c-afd8-2c1bc47b9942"
2	"bb4f5089-6907-4550-9b38-919c2400e82c"
3	"40cf6b89-5b42-4792-802c-bc55d03e12e4"
4	"486b2b05-7d73-4f14-ba14-dc4ea72f5335"
5	"3b0e6253-73e1-4b19-a6af-e57164bd34cd"
6	"7f01f2b4-f8bf-4975-9a1f-a4567e70d0f9"
7	"1c2ad4cb-0ba1-412c-baeb-0349126c4938"
8	"52ce2443-8ce5-42c1-8553-349d8dfbefb4"
9	"02111796-7531-41b9-99dc-22c8625009c4"