py4cytoscape.tables.get_table_column_types

get_table_column_types(table='node', namespace='default', network=None, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]

Retrieve the types of all columns in a table.

Parameters

table (str) – Name of table, e.g., node, edge, network; default is “node”
namespace (str) – Namespace of table. Default is “default”.
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.

Returns

where the column name is the key and the data type is the value

Return type

dict

Raises

HTTPError – if table or namespace or table doesn’t exist in network
CyError – if network name or SUID doesn’t exist
requests.exceptions.RequestException – if can’t connect to Cytoscape or Cytoscape returns an error

Examples

>>> get_table_column_types()
{'SUID': 'Long', 'shared name': 'String', 'name': 'String', 'selected': 'Boolean', 'AverageShortestPathLength': 'Double', ...}
>>> get_table_column_types('edge')
{'SUID': 'Long', 'shared name': 'String', 'shared interaction': 'String', 'name': 'String', ... }
>>> get_table_column_types('network', network='My Network')
{'SUID': 'Long', 'shared name': 'String', 'name': 'String', 'selected': 'Boolean', '__Annotations': 'List', ...}