Graphvix

Graphviz in Elixir

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add graphvix to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:graphvix, "~> 0.5.0"}]
end

Usage

See the wiki for examples.

1. Alias the included modules for ease of use

    alias Graphvix.{Graph, Node, Edge, Cluster}
   

2. Create a new graph.

   Graph.new(:first_graph)
   

3. Add a single node

    Node.new(label: "Start")
   

4. Add an edge between two existing nodes

    {node1_id, _node} = Node.new(label: "Start")
    {node2_id, _node} = Node.new(label: "End")
    {edge_id, _edge} = Edge.new(node1_id, node2_id, color: "blue")
   

5. Add a cluster containing one or more nodes

    {cluster_id, _cluster} = Cluster.new([node1_id, node2_id])
   

6. Update settings to nodes and edges

    Node.update(node1_id, color: "red")
    Edge.update(edge_id, label: "My connector")
   

7. Show the internal structure of the graph

    Graph.get
   %{
      nodes: %{ ... },
      edges: %{ ... },
      clusters: %{ ... },
      attrs: [ ... ]
   }
   

8. Convert the graph to DOT format

    Graph.write
   """
   digraph G {
     node_1 [label="Start",color="red"];
     node_2 [label="End"];
   
     node_1 -> node_2 [color="blue",label="My connector"];
   }
   """
   

9. Save the graph to a .dot file, with an optional filename

    Graph.save #=> creates "first_graph.dot"
   

10. Compile the graph to a PDF or PNG

     Graph.compile #=> creates first_graph.dot and first_graph.pdf
     Graph.compile(:png) #=> creates first_graph.dot and first_graph.png
    

11. Compile and open the graph as a PDF/PNG from IEx

     Graph.graph #=> creates first_graph.dot and first_graph.pdf; opens first_graph.pdf
     Graph.graph(:png) #=> creates first_graph.dot and first_graph.png; opens first_graph.png
    

12. Load a previously created graph.

     Graph.switch(:old_graph)