# get_arangodb_client

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/graphs/arangodb_graph/get_arangodb_client)

Get the Arango DB client from credentials.

## Signature

```python
get_arangodb_client(
    url: Optional[str] = None,
    dbname: Optional[str] = None,
    username: Optional[str] = None,
    password: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Any
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `url` | `Optional[str]` | No | Arango DB url. Can be passed in as named arg or set as environment var ``ARANGODB_URL``. Defaults to "http://localhost:8529". (default: `None`) |
| `dbname` | `Optional[str]` | No | Arango DB name. Can be passed in as named arg or set as environment var ``ARANGODB_DBNAME``. Defaults to "_system". (default: `None`) |
| `username` | `Optional[str]` | No | Can be passed in as named arg or set as environment var ``ARANGODB_USERNAME``. Defaults to "root". (default: `None`) |
| `password` | `Optional[str]` | No | Can be passed ni as named arg or set as environment var ``ARANGODB_PASSWORD``. Defaults to "". (default: `None`) |

## Returns

`Any`

An arango.database.StandardDatabase.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/a6a6079511ac8a5c1293337f88096b8641562e77/libs/community/langchain_community/graphs/arangodb_graph.py#L149)