python-igraph API reference

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igraph library.

Package	`app`	User interfaces of igraph
Module	`clustering`	Classes related to graph clustering.
Module	`configuration`	Configuration framework for igraph.
Module	`cut`	Classes representing cuts and flows on graphs.
Module	`datatypes`	Additional auxiliary data types
Package	`drawing`	Drawing and plotting routines for igraph.
Module	`formula`	Implementation of `igraph.Graph.Formula()`.
Module	`layout`	Layout-related code in the igraph library.
Module	`matching`	Classes representing matchings on graphs.
Module	`operators`	Implementation of union, disjoint union and intersection operators.
Package	`remote`	Classes that help igraph communicate with remote applications.
Module	`sparse_matrix`	Implementation of Python-level sparse matrix operations.
Module	`statistics`	Statistics related stuff in igraph
Module	`summary`	Summary representation of a graph.
Module	`utils`	Utility functions that cannot be categorised anywhere else.
Module	`version`	Undocumented
Module	`_igraph`	Low-level Python interface for the igraph library. Should not be used directly.

From __init__.py:

Class	`EdgeSeq`	Class representing a sequence of edges in the graph.
Class	`Graph`	Generic graph.
Class	`VertexSeq`	Class representing a sequence of vertices in the graph.
Function	`autocurve`	Calculates curvature values for each of the edges in the graph to make sure that multiple edges are shown properly on a graph plot.
Function	`deprecated`	Prints a warning message related to the deprecation of some igraph feature.
Function	`get_include`	Returns the folder that contains the C API headers of the Python interface of igraph.
Function	`read`	Loads a graph from the given filename.
Function	`write`	Saves a graph to the given file.
Variable	`__license__`	Undocumented
Variable	`config`	The main configuration object of igraph. Use this object to modify igraph's behaviour, typically when used in interactive mode.
Function	`_3d_version_for`	Creates an alias for the 3D version of the given layout algoritm.
Function	`_add_proxy_methods`	Undocumented
Function	`_graphmethod`	Auxiliary decorator
Function	`_layout_method_wrapper`	Wraps an existing layout method to ensure that it returns a Layout instead of a list of lists.

__license__: str = ¶

Undocumented

def deprecated(message): ¶

Prints a warning message related to the deprecation of some igraph feature.

def _graphmethod(func=None, name=None): ¶

Auxiliary decorator

This decorator allows some methods of VertexSeq and EdgeSeq to call their respective counterparts in Graph to avoid code duplication.

Parameters
func	the function being decorated. This function will be called on the results of the original `Graph` method. If `None`, defaults to the identity function.
name	the name of the corresponding method in `Graph`. If `None`, it defaults to the name of the decorated function.
Returns
the decorated function

def _add_proxy_methods(): ¶

Undocumented

def _layout_method_wrapper(func): ¶

Wraps an existing layout method to ensure that it returns a Layout instead of a list of lists.

Parameters
func	the method to wrap. Must be a method of the Graph object.
Returns
a new method

def _3d_version_for(func): ¶

Creates an alias for the 3D version of the given layout algoritm.

This function is a decorator that creates a method which calls func after attaching dim=3 to the list of keyword arguments.

Parameters
func	must be a method of the Graph object.
Returns
a new method

def autocurve(graph, attribute='curved', default=0): ¶

Calculates curvature values for each of the edges in the graph to make sure that multiple edges are shown properly on a graph plot.

This function checks the multiplicity of each edge in the graph and assigns curvature values (numbers between -1 and 1, corresponding to CCW (-1), straight (0) and CW (1) curved edges) to them. The assigned values are either stored in an edge attribute or returned as a list, depending on the value of the attribute argument.

Parameters
graph	the graph on which the calculation will be run
attribute	the name of the edge attribute to save the curvature values to. The default value is `curved`, which is the name of the edge attribute the default graph plotter checks to decide whether an edge should be curved on the plot or not. If attribute is `None`, the result will not be stored.
default	the default curvature for single edges. Zero means that single edges will be straight. If you want single edges to be curved as well, try passing 0.5 or -0.5 here.
Returns
the list of curvature values if attribute is `None`, otherwise `None`.

def get_include(): ¶

Returns the folder that contains the C API headers of the Python interface of igraph.

def read(filename, *args, **kwds): ¶

Loads a graph from the given filename.

This is just a convenience function, calls Graph.Read directly. All arguments are passed unchanged to Graph.Read

Parameters
filename	the name of the file to be loaded
*args	Undocumented
**kwds	Undocumented

def write(graph, filename, *args, **kwds): ¶

Saves a graph to the given file.

This is just a convenience function, calls Graph.write directly. All arguments are passed unchanged to Graph.write

Parameters
graph	the graph to be saved
filename	the name of the file to be written
*args	Undocumented
**kwds	Undocumented

config = ¶

The main configuration object of igraph. Use this object to modify igraph's behaviour, typically when used in interactive mode.