py4cytoscape.network_selection.delete_duplicate_edges

delete_duplicate_edges(network=None, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1', *, ignore_direction=False)[source]

Remove edges with duplicate names.

Only considers cases with identical source, target, interaction and directionality. Duplicate edges are first selected and then deleted. Prior edge selections will be lost; node selections will not be affected.

Parameters

  • network (SUID or str or None) – Name or SUID of a network. 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.

  • ignore_direction (bool) – True to treat x->y as equal to y->x

Returns

{‘nodes’: [node list], ‘edges’: [edge list]} where node list is always empty, and edge list is the SUIDs of deleted edges – dict is {} if no edges were deleted

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

>>> delete_duplicate_edges()
{}
>>> delete_duplicate_edges(network='My Network')
{'nodes': [], 'edges': [104432, 104431, ...]}
>>> delete_duplicate_edges(network=52, ignore_direction=True)
{'nodes': [], 'edges': [104432, 104431, ...]}