py4cytoscape.tables.get_table_value

get_table_value(table, row_name, column, namespace='default', network=None, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]

Retrieve the value from a specific row and column from node, edge or network tables.

Parameters

  • table (str) – Name of table, e.g., node (default), edge, network

  • row_name (str) – Node, edge or network name, i.e., the value in the “name” column

  • column (str) – Name of column to retrieve values from

  • 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

the value of the table cell, cast to float, int, bool or str depending on column type

Return type

obj

Raises

  • HTTPError – if table or namespace doesn’t exist in network or if cell contains a numeric type but no number

  • 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_value('node', 'YDL194W', 'COMMON')
'SNF3'
>>> get_table_value('edge', 'YLR197W (pp) YOR310C', 'EdgeBetweenness', network='My Network')
2.0
>>> get_table_value('node', 'YDL194W', 'IsSingleNode')
False