""" SPARQL Update statements can be applied with :meth:`rdflib.graph.Graph.update` """ from pathlib import Path import rdflib EXAMPLES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent if __name__ == "__main__": g = rdflib.Graph() g.parse(f"{EXAMPLES_DIR / 'foaf.n3'}", format="n3") print(f"Initially there are {len(g)} triples in the graph") g.update( """ PREFIX foaf: PREFIX dbpedia: INSERT { ?s a dbpedia:Human . } WHERE { ?s a foaf:Person . } """ ) print(f"After the UPDATE, there are {len(g)} triples in the graph")