Trying to replicate the test done by Vicky to see how to use an external file as graph data provider (https://gist.github.com/cvvergara/1e31d1ad14db171b26d4#file-graphboosttest1-cpp-L5)

graphBoostTest1.cpp

#include <boost/config.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fstream>
//To include the lib file from a local dir: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15935207/adding-header-files-to-eclipse-build-path-for-c
#include "postgres.h"
#include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp>

/*

To be able to distinguish the edges (source,target) from the (target,source)
"cost" column weights are set to 1 for (source,target)
"reverse_cost" column weights are set to 2 for (target,source)

*/


typedef struct {
int64_t id;
int64_t source;
int64_t target;
float8 cost;
float8 reverse_cost;
} pgr_edge_t;


void import_from_file(const std::string &input_file_name, pgr_edge_t *edges, unsigned int *count) {
        const char* file_name = input_file_name.c_str();

        std::ifstream ifs(file_name);
        if (!ifs) {
                std::cerr << "The file " << file_name << " can not be opened!" << std::endl;
                exit(1);
        }

        ifs >> (*count);

        long edge_id, start_id, end_id;
        double edge_weight, reverse_weight;

        int i = 0;
        while (i < (*count) && ifs >> edge_id) {
                if (edge_id == -1)  break;
                edges[i].id = edge_id;
                ifs >> edges[i].source;
                ifs >> edges[i].target;
                ifs >> edges[i].cost;
                ifs >> edges[i].reverse_cost;

                i++;
        }
  ifs.close();
}


using namespace boost;
template < typename DirectedGraph > void
simulation_undirected_in_directed_graph(pgr_edge_t *edges, int count)
{
  const int V = count;
  DirectedGraph digraph(V);
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor vd;
  typedef typename DirectedGraph::edge_property_type Weight;
  typename property_map < DirectedGraph, edge_weight_t >::type
    weight = get(edge_weight, digraph);
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::out_edge_iterator out, out_end;
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::edge_iterator ei;
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_iterator vi;

  std::deque< typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor > vert;
  std::cout << "UNDIRECTED ON BOOST::DIRECTED GRAPH DEMO\n";
  for (int i=0; i < count; ++i) {
    if (edges[i].cost >= 0) {
      add_edge(edges[i].source, edges[i].target, Weight(edges[i].cost), digraph);
      add_edge(edges[i].target, edges[i].source, Weight(edges[i].cost), digraph);
   }

    if (edges[i].reverse_cost >= 0) {
      add_edge(edges[i].target, edges[i].source, Weight(edges[i].reverse_cost), digraph);
      add_edge(edges[i].source, edges[i].target, Weight(edges[i].reverse_cost), digraph);
    }
  }


  for (vi = vertices(digraph).first; vi!=vertices(digraph).second; ++vi) {
    std::cout << "out_edges(" << *vi << "):";
    for (boost::tie(out, out_end) = out_edges(*vi, digraph); out != out_end; ++out) {
      std::cout << ' ' << *out << "=" << get(weight, *out);
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }
  std::cout << std::endl;

}


template < typename DirectedGraph > void
directed_graph_demo(pgr_edge_t *edges, int count)
{
  const int V = count;
  DirectedGraph digraph(V);
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor vd;
  typedef typename DirectedGraph::edge_property_type Weight;
  typename property_map < DirectedGraph, edge_weight_t >::type
    weight = get(edge_weight, digraph);
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::out_edge_iterator out, out_end;
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::edge_iterator e, ei;
  typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_iterator vi;

  std::deque< typename graph_traits < DirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor > vert;
  std::cout << "DIRECTED GRAPH DEMO\n";
  for (int i=0; i < count; ++i) {
    if (edges[i].cost >= 0)
      add_edge(edges[i].source, edges[i].target, Weight(edges[i].cost), digraph);

    if (edges[i].reverse_cost >= 0)
      add_edge(edges[i].target, edges[i].source, Weight(edges[i].reverse_cost), digraph);
  }

  for (vi = vertices(digraph).first; vi!=vertices(digraph).second; ++vi) {
    std::cout << "out_edges(" << *vi << "):";
    for (boost::tie(out, out_end) = out_edges(*vi, digraph); out != out_end; ++out) {
      std::cout << ' ' << *out << "=" << get(weight, *out);
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }
  std::cout << std::endl;

}

template < typename UndirectedGraph > void
undirected_graph_demo(pgr_edge_t *edges, int count)
{
  const int V = 3;
  UndirectedGraph undigraph(V);
  typename graph_traits < UndirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor vd;
  typedef typename UndirectedGraph::edge_property_type Weight;
  typename property_map < UndirectedGraph, edge_weight_t >::type
    weight = get(edge_weight, undigraph);
  typename graph_traits < UndirectedGraph >::out_edge_iterator out, out_end;
  typename graph_traits < UndirectedGraph >::edge_iterator e, ei;
  typename graph_traits < UndirectedGraph >::vertex_iterator vi;

  std::deque< typename graph_traits < UndirectedGraph >::vertex_descriptor > vert;
  std::cout << "UNDIRECTED GRAPH DEMO\n";
  for (int i=0; i < count; ++i) {
    if (edges[i].cost >= 0)
      add_edge(edges[i].source, edges[i].target, Weight(edges[i].cost), undigraph);

    if (edges[i].reverse_cost >= 0)
      add_edge(edges[i].target, edges[i].source, Weight(edges[i].reverse_cost), undigraph);
  }


  for (vi = vertices(undigraph).first; vi!=vertices(undigraph).second; ++vi) {
    std::cout << "out_edges(" << *vi << "):";
    for (boost::tie(out, out_end) = out_edges(*vi,undigraph); out != out_end; ++out) {
      std::cout << ' ' << *out << "=" << get(weight, *out);
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }
  std::cout << std::endl;

}

int
main()
{
  pgr_edge_t edges[100];
  unsigned int count = 0;

  std::string fileName("./sampledata.data");
  import_from_file(fileName, edges, &count);

  typedef property < edge_weight_t, double >Weight;
  typedef adjacency_list < listS, vecS, undirectedS,
    no_property, Weight > UndirectedGraph;
  typedef adjacency_list < listS, vecS, directedS,
    no_property, Weight > DirectedGraph;

  undirected_graph_demo < UndirectedGraph > (edges, count);
  directed_graph_demo < DirectedGraph > (edges, count);
  simulation_undirected_in_directed_graph < DirectedGraph > (edges, count);
  return 0;
}

sampledata.data

18
1 1 2 1 2
2 2 3 -1 2
3 3 4 -1 2
4 2 5 1 2
5 3 6 1 -1
6 7 8 1 2
7 8 5 1 2
8 5 6 1 2
9 6 9 1 2
10 5 10 1 2
11 6 11 1 -1
12 10 11 1 -1
13 11 12 1 -1
14 10 13 1 2
15 9 12 1 2
16 4 9 1 2
17 14 15 1 2
18 16 17 1 2
-1