py4cytoscape.network_selection.select_nodes¶
- select_nodes(nodes, by_col='SUID', preserve_current_selection=True, network=None, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]¶
Select nodes in the network by SUID, name or other column values.
- Parameters
nodes (list) – List of node SUIDs, names or other column values
by_col (str) – Node table column to lookup up provide node values. Default is ‘SUID’.
preserve_current_selection (bool) – Whether to maintain previously selected nodes.
network (SUID or str or None) – Name or SUID of a network or view. Default is the “current” network active in Cytoscape.
base_url (str) – Ignore unless you need to specify a custom domain, port or version to connect to the CyREST API. Default is http://127.0.0.1:1234 and the latest version of the CyREST API supported by this version of py4cytoscape.
- Returns
{‘nodes’: [node list], ‘edges’: [edge list]}
- Return type
dict
- Raises
CyError – if network name or SUID doesn’t exist
requests.exceptions.RequestException – if can’t connect to Cytoscape or Cytoscape returns an error
Examples
>>> select_nodes(None) {} >>> select_nodes(['RAP1'], by_col='COMMON') {'nodes': [107514], 'edges': []}
Note
In the return value, node list is the SUIDs of newly selected nodes and edge list is always empty – dict is {} if no nodes were selected