py4cytoscape.style_mappings.update_style_mapping

update_style_mapping(style_name, mapping, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]

Update a visual property mapping in a style.

Updates the visual property mapping, overriding any prior mapping. Creates a visual property mapping if it doesn’t already exist in the style. Requires visual property mappings to be previously created, see map_visual_property().

Parameters

  • style_name (str) – name for style

  • mapping (dict) – a single visual property mapping, see map_visual_property()

  • 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

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Return type

str

Raises

  • CyError – if style doesn’t exist

  • TypeError – if mapping isn’t a visual property mapping

  • requests.exceptions.RequestException – if can’t connect to Cytoscape or Cytoscape returns an error

Examples

>>> update_style_mapping('galFiltered Style', map_visual_property('node label', 'name', 'p'))
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See also

map_visual_property()