PyDiGraph¶

class PyDiGraph(check_cycle=False, multigraph=True, attrs=None, /)¶

Bases: object

A class for creating directed graphs

The PyDiGraph class is used to create a directed graph. It can be a multigraph (have multiple edges between nodes). Each node and edge (although rarely used for edges) is indexed by an integer id. These ids are stable for the lifetime of the graph object and on node or edge deletions you can have holes in the list of indices for the graph. Node indices will be reused on additions after removal. For example:

import rustworkx as rx

graph = rx.PyDiGraph()
graph.add_nodes_from(list(range(5)))
graph.add_nodes_from(list(range(2)))
graph.remove_node(2)
print("After deletion:", graph.node_indices())
res_manual = graph.add_parent(6, None, None)
print("After adding a new node:", graph.node_indices())

After deletion: NodeIndices[0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
After adding a new node: NodeIndices[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Additionally, each node and edge contains an arbitrary Python object as a weight/data payload. You can use the index for access to the data payload as in the following example:

import rustworkx as rx

graph = rx.PyDiGraph()
data_payload = "An arbitrary Python object"
node_index = graph.add_node(data_payload)
print("Node Index: %s" % node_index)
print(graph[node_index])

Node Index: 0
An arbitrary Python object

The PyDiGraph implements the Python mapping protocol for nodes so in addition to access you can also update the data payload with:

import rustworkx as rx

graph = rx.PyDiGraph()
data_payload = "An arbitrary Python object"
node_index = graph.add_node(data_payload)
graph[node_index] = "New Payload"
print("Node Index: %s" % node_index)
print(graph[node_index])

Node Index: 0
New Payload

The PyDiGraph class has an option for real time cycle checking which can be used to ensure any edges added to the graph does not introduce a cycle. By default the real time cycle checking feature is disabled for performance, however you can enable it by setting the check_cycle attribute to True. For example:

import rustworkx as rx
dag = rx.PyDiGraph()
dag.check_cycle = True

or at object creation:

import rustworkx as rx
dag = rx.PyDiGraph(check_cycle=True)

With check_cycle set to true any calls to PyDiGraph.add_edge() will ensure that no cycles are added, ensuring that the PyDiGraph class truly represents a directed acyclic graph. Do note that this cycle checking on add_edge(), add_edges_from(), add_edges_from_no_data(), extend_from_edge_list(), and extend_from_weighted_edge_list() comes with a performance penalty that grows as the graph does. If you’re adding a node and edge at the same time leveraging PyDiGraph.add_child() or PyDiGraph.add_parent() will avoid this overhead.

By default a PyDiGraph is a multigraph (meaning there can be parallel edges between nodes) however this can be disabled by setting the multigraph kwarg to False when calling the PyDiGraph constructor. For example:

import rustworkx as rx
graph = rx.PyDiGraph(multigraph=False)

This can only be set at PyDiGraph initialization and not adjusted after creation. When multigraph is set to False if a method call is made that would add a parallel edge it will instead update the existing edge’s weight/data payload.

Each PyDiGraph object has an attrs attribute which is used to contain additional attributes/metadata of the graph instance. By default this is set to None but can optionally be specified by using the attrs keyword argument when constructing a new graph:

graph = rustworkx.PyDiGraph(attrs=dict(source_path='/tmp/graph.csv'))

This attribute can be set to any Python object. Additionally, you can access and modify this attribute after creating an object. For example:

source_path = graph.attrs
graph.attrs = {'new_path': '/tmp/new.csv', 'old_path': source_path}

The maximum number of nodes and edges allowed on a PyGraph object is \(2^{32} - 1\) (4,294,967,294) each. Attempting to add more nodes or edges than this will result in an exception being raised.

Parameters:

check_cycle (bool) – When this is set to True the created PyDiGraph has runtime cycle detection enabled.
multgraph (bool) – When this is set to False the created PyDiGraph object will not be a multigraph. When False if a method call is made that would add parallel edges the the weight/weight from that method call will be used to update the existing edge in place.
attrs – An optional attributes payload to assign to the attrs attribute. This can be any Python object. If it is not specified attrs will be set to None.

Methods

`add_child`	Add a new child node to the graph.
`add_edge`	Add an edge between 2 nodes.
`add_edges_from`	Add new edges to the dag.
`add_edges_from_no_data`	Add new edges to the dag without python data.
`add_node`	Add a new node to the graph.
`add_nodes_from`	Add new nodes to the graph.
`add_parent`	Add a new parent node to the dag.
`adj`	Get the index and data for the neighbors of a node.
`adj_direction`	Get the index and data for either the parent or children of a node.
`compose`	Add another PyDiGraph object into this PyDiGraph
`contract_nodes`	Substitute a set of nodes with a single new node.
`copy`	Return a shallow copy of the graph
`edge_index_map`	Get an edge index map
`edge_indices`	Return a list of all edge indices.
`edge_list`	Get edge list
`edge_subgraph`	Return a new PyDiGraph object for an edge induced subgraph of this graph
`edges`	Return a list of all edge data.
`extend_from_edge_list`	Extend graph from an edge list
`extend_from_weighted_edge_list`	Extend graph from a weighted edge list
`find_adjacent_node_by_edge`	Find a target node with a specific edge
`find_node_by_weight`	Find node within this graph given a specific weight
`find_predecessors_by_edge`	Return a filtered list of predecessor data such that each node has at least one edge data which matches the filter.
`find_successors_by_edge`	Return a filtered list of successors data such that each node has at least one edge data which matches the filter.
`from_adjacency_matrix`	Create a new `PyDiGraph` object from an adjacency matrix with matrix elements of type `float`
`from_complex_adjacency_matrix`	Create a new `PyDiGraph` object from an adjacency matrix with matrix elements of type `complex`
`get_all_edge_data`	Return the edge data for all the edges between 2 nodes.
`get_edge_data`	Return the edge data for an edge between 2 nodes.
`get_edge_data_by_index`	Return the edge data for the edge by its given index
`get_edge_endpoints_by_index`	Return the edge endpoints for the edge by its given index
`get_node_data`	Return the node data for a given node index
`has_edge`	Return True if there is an edge from node_a to node_b.
`has_parallel_edges`	Detect if the graph has parallel edges or not
`in_degree`	Get the degree of a node for inbound edges.
`in_edges`	Get the index and edge data for all parents of a node.
`incident_edge_index_map`	Return the index map of edges incident to a provided node
`incident_edges`	Return the list of edge indices incident to a provided node
`insert_node_on_in_edges`	Insert a node between a reference node and all its predecessor nodes
`insert_node_on_in_edges_multiple`	Insert a node between a list of reference nodes and all their predecessors
`insert_node_on_out_edges`	Insert a node between a reference node and all its successor nodes
`insert_node_on_out_edges_multiple`	Insert a node between a list of reference nodes and all their successors
`is_symmetric`	Check if the graph is symmetric
`merge_nodes`	Merge two nodes in the graph.
`neighbors`	Get the neighbors (i.e.
`node_indexes`	Return a list of all node indices.
`node_indices`	Return a list of all node indices.
`nodes`	Return a list of all node data.
`num_edges`	Return the number of edges in the graph
`num_nodes`	Return the number of nodes in the graph
`out_degree`	Get the degree of a node for outbound edges.
`out_edges`	Get the index and edge data for all children of a node.
`predecessor_indices`	Get the predecessor indices of a node.
`predecessors`	Return a list of all the node predecessor data.
`read_edge_list`	Read an edge list file and create a new PyDiGraph object from the contents
`remove_edge`	Remove an edge between 2 nodes.
`remove_edge_from_index`	Remove an edge identified by the provided index
`remove_edges_from`	Remove edges from the graph.
`remove_node`	Remove a node from the graph.
`remove_node_retain_edges`	Remove a node from the graph and add edges from all predecessors to all successors
`remove_nodes_from`	Remove nodes from the graph.
`subgraph`	Return a new PyDiGraph object for a subgraph of this graph
`substitute_node_with_subgraph`	Substitute a node with a PyDigraph object
`successor_indices`	Get the successor indices of a node.
`successors`	Return a list of all the node successor data.
`to_dot`	Generate a dot file from the graph
`to_undirected`	Generate a new PyGraph object from this graph
`update_edge`	Update an edge's weight/payload inplace
`update_edge_by_index`	Update an edge's weight/payload by the edge index
`weighted_edge_list`	Get edge list with weights
`write_edge_list`	Write an edge list file from the PyDiGraph object

Attributes

attrs¶

check_cycle¶

Whether cycle checking is enabled for the DiGraph/DAG.

If set to True adding new edges that would introduce a cycle will raise a DAGWouldCycle exception.

multigraph¶

Whether the graph is a multigraph (allows multiple edges between nodes) or not

If set to False multiple edges between nodes are not allowed and calls that would add a parallel edge will instead update the existing edge