py4cytoscape.styles.get_visual_property_names

get_visual_property_names(base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')

Retrieve the names of all possible visual properties.

Parameters

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

[visual property names]

Return type

list

Raises

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

Examples

>>> get_visual_property_names()
['COMPOUND_NODE_PADDING', 'COMPOUND_NODE_SHAPE', 'DING_RENDERING_ENGINE_ROOT', 'EDGE', ...]