graphviz-managed

Manipulate Graphviz graphs in Python prior to rendering

Graphviz wrapper that allows to manage graph objects in Python prior to translating them into dot language.

Rationale

Unfortunately, both graphviz and diagrams packages do not allow any operations on graphs besides adding nodes and edges. If you want to loop through all graph nodes or edges to calculate some extra attributes - you're out of luck.

This small library builds graphs as Python objects prior to translating them into dot language. That means you can manipulate your graphs programmatically in any way you want.

Usage

Basic usage

This is nothing special, diagrams offers a lot more possibilities here.

from graphviz_managed import Graph
graph = Graph(label='<<b>Sample Graph #1</b>>')
node = graph.node
foo = node(label='Foo!')
bar = node(label='BAR', fontcolor='red', penwidth=1.5)
foo >> bar >> foo
graph.render('basic.svg')

Change node style based on number of incoming/outgoing edges

Dynamic graph manipulation is impossible with graphviz or diagrams, but is rather straightforward with this library:

from graphviz_managed import Graph
graph = Graph(label='Highlight graph entry points', rankdir='LR')
node = graph.node

# Define a larger graph
a = node(label='a')
b = node(label='b')
c = node(label='c')
d = node(label='d')
e = node(label='e')
f = node(label='f')
a >> [b, e]
c >> [b, e]
d >> a
e >> f
f >> [b, a]

# Highlight nodes with no incoming edges
from collections import defaultdict
incoming_count = defaultdict(int)
for edge in graph.edges:
    incoming_count[edge.end] += 1
for node in graph.nodes:
    if incoming_count[node] == 0:
        node.attrs.color = 'darkgreen'
        node.attrs.fontcolor = 'darkgreen'
        node.attrs.style = 'filled'
        node.attrs.fillcolor = 'beige'

# Save output
graph.render('count.svg')

Break long labels into multiple lines

Providing custom factories for nodes and edges allows for some interesting customizations.

from graphviz_managed import Graph
from graphviz_managed.custom import WrapLongLabelNode
graph = Graph(node_cls=WrapLongLabelNode, rankdir='LR', node_attrs=dict(shape='box'))
a = graph.node(label='Short text')
b = graph.node(label='Long label that will be wrapped into multiple lines')
c = graph.node(label='CantWrapSpecialCamelCaseWordsWithoutSpaces')
d = graph.node(label='CantWrapSpecialCamelCaseWordsWithoutSpaces but can wrap elsewhere')
a >> b >> c >> d
graph.render('labels.svg')

Wrapper for diagrams package

graphviz-managed can be extended to support other graph rendering libraries. Here is how it's done for diagrams. Resulting objects may be manipulated in the same way, enjoying all pre-rendering freedoms demonstrated above.

from graphviz_managed.diagrams import Diagram
diag = Diagram(label='Fancy node templates from https://pypi.org/project/diagrams/', pad=0.1)
node = diag.node
lb = node(kind='aws.network.ELB', label='lb')
web = node(kind='aws.compute.EC2', label='web')
db = node(kind='aws.database.RDS', label='db')
store = node(kind='aws.storage.S3', label='store')
lb >> web >> db >> store
diag.render('diag.png')

More samples can be found in tests/ directory.

Support and contributing

If you need help with using this library or including it into your project, please create an issue. Issues are also the primary venue for reporting bugs and posting feature requests. General discussion related to this project is also acceptable and very welcome!

In case you wish to contribute code or documentation, feel free to open a pull request. That would certainly make my day!

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License and copyright

Copyright 2021 Vitaly Potyarkin

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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