Setting graph attributes in pygraph

Question

I found in the documentation of pygraph how to change the attributes of the nodes and the edges, but I found no help on how to change the attributes of the graphs.

I tried without luck:

gr = graph()
gr.__setattr__('aspect',2)

What do you recommend?

Thanks!

[update] I also tried:

gr = graph()
gr.__setattr__('rotate',90)
gr.rotate = 90
gr.color = 'red'
setattr(gr,'bgcolor','red')

[update 2] Example code from the website with the different ideas to change the attributes:

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Pedro Matiello <pmatiello@gmail.com>
# License: MIT (see COPYING file)

# Import graphviz
import sys
sys.path.append('..')
sys.path.append('/usr/lib/graphviz/python/')
sys.path.append('/usr/lib64/graphviz/python/')
import gv

# Import pygraph
from pygraph.classes.graph import graph
from pygraph.classes.digraph import digraph
from pygraph.algorithms.searching import breadth_first_search
from pygraph.readwrite.dot import write

# Graph creation
gr = graph()

gr.__setattr__('rotate',90)
gr.rotate = 90
gr.color = 'red'
setattr(gr,'bgcolor','red')

# Add nodes and edges
gr.add_nodes(["Portugal","Spain","France","Germany","Belgium","Netherlands","Italy"])
gr.add_nodes(["Switzerland","Austria","Denmark","Poland","Czech Republic","Slovakia","Hungary"])
gr.add_nodes(["England","Ireland","Scotland","Wales"])

gr.add_edge(("Portugal", "Spain"))
gr.add_edge(("Spain","France"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Belgium"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Belgium","Netherlands"))
gr.add_edge(("Germany","Belgium"))
gr.add_edge(("Germany","Netherlands"))
gr.add_edge(("England","Wales"))
gr.add_edge(("England","Scotland"))
gr.add_edge(("Scotland","Wales"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Austria"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","France"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Czech Republic"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Hungary"))
gr.add_edge(("Denmark","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Czech Republic"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Czech Republic","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Czech Republic","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Slovakia","Hungary"))

# Draw as PNG
dot = write(gr)
gvv = gv.readstring(dot)
gv.layout(gvv,'dot')
gv.render(gvv,'png','europe.png')

I know its not what you are asking for, but I like matplotlib. It has the same look and feel of math lab plots — Richard, Apr 12 '11 at 17:16
@phooji - Thanks, I corrected the link. @Andrew - Thanks for the input. I just tried. It does not give an error, but the output is without change. :/ — Framester, Apr 12 '11 at 17:20
What happens when you try to set these attributes? Does the interpreter return an error? If so, what is it? — JoshAdel, Apr 12 '11 at 17:30
Hi Josh, the interpreter does not return an error. It runs through and prints the expected output disregarding the attributes. — Framester, Apr 12 '11 at 17:39
@Framester: It looks like those are attributes of the graphviz object rather than the pygraph object. Plus the original example is http://code.google.com/p/python-graph/wiki/Example. It should be clear that they aren't trying to set the attributes as you have. — JoshAdel, Apr 12 '11 at 17:47

Inactivist · Answer 1 · 2013-02-08T23:52:52.110

Apparently you can use gv.setv() to set attributes on a graph.

import gv
g = gv.digraph('19261920')
gv.setv(g, 'overlap', 'compress')

I found gv.setv() by examining the gv.py interface definition file at /usr/include/graphviz/gv.i

Searching the interwebz for "import gv" overlap setv led me to this old post which demonstrates use of gv.setv().

And I found this PDF gv_python man page which contains more documentation on setv.

That's quite a lot of sleuthing for such a simple thing, eh?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '11 at 15:37

So, doing more research on my own, I found that pygraphviz is offering what I need. Here is the pygraph example using pygraphviz and accepting attributes. It is also shorter, as you don't have to specify the nodes if all of them are connected via edges.

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Pedro Matiello <pmatiello@gmail.com>
# License: MIT (see COPYING file)

# Import pygraphviz
import pygraphviz as pgv

# Graph creation and setting of attributes
gr = pgv.AGraph(rotate='90',bgcolor='lightgray')

# Add nodes and edges
gr.add_edge(("Portugal", "Spain"))
gr.add_edge(("Spain","France"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Belgium"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("France","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Belgium","Netherlands"))
gr.add_edge(("Germany","Belgium"))
gr.add_edge(("Germany","Netherlands"))
gr.add_edge(("England","Wales"))
gr.add_edge(("England","Scotland"))
gr.add_edge(("Scotland","Wales"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Austria"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","France"))
gr.add_edge(("Switzerland","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Italy"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Czech Republic"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Austria","Hungary"))
gr.add_edge(("Denmark","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Czech Republic"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Poland","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Czech Republic","Slovakia"))
gr.add_edge(("Czech Republic","Germany"))
gr.add_edge(("Slovakia","Hungary"))

# Draw as PNG
gr.layout(prog='dot')
gr.draw('europe.png')

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 23 '14 at 14:59

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Try the following

import pydot

dot = write(gr)
dotG = pydot.graph_from_dot_data(dot)
params = { 'rotate': 10, 'color': 'red'}
dotG.set_graph_defaults(**params)
dot = dotG.to_string()

edited Jan 23 '14 at 14:59

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answered Jan 23 '14 at 14:37

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 12 '11 at 17:21

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I don't know about pygraph, but I think the way you set attributes in python was:

setattr(object, attr, value)
setattr(gr, 'aspect', 2)

I mean, you have tried gr.aspect = 2, right?

answered Apr 12 '11 at 17:21

x10

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Hi x10, thanks for this new idea. I tried both your ideas (see Q update), but the output stays the same. – Framester Apr 12 '11 at 17:27

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