R: Export a graph to various file formats

export_graph {DiagrammeR}

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Export a graph to various file formats

Description

Export a graph to a variety of file formats, including image formats such as PNG, PDF, SVG, and PostScript, and graph file formats such as GEXF.

Usage

export_graph(graph, file_name = NULL, file_type = NULL, title = NULL,
  width = NULL, height = NULL)

Arguments

`graph`	a graph object of class `dgr_graph`.
`file_name`	the name of the exported file (including it's extension).
`file_type`	the type of file to be exported. Options for graph files are: `png`, `pdf`, `svg`, and `ps`. Options for graph file formats are: `gexf`.
`title`	an optional title for the output graph.
`width`	output width in pixels or `NULL` for default. Only useful for export to image file formats `png`, `pdf`, `svg`, and `ps`.
`height`	output height in pixels or `NULL` for default. Only useful for export to image file formats `png`, `pdf`, `svg`, and `ps`.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Create a simple graph
graph <-
  create_graph() %>%
    add_path(
      n = 5,
      edge_aes = edge_aes(
        arrowhead = c(
          "normal", "vee",
          "tee", "dot"),
        color = c(
        "red", "blue",
        "orange", "purple")))

# Create a PDF file for
# the graph (`graph.pdf`)
graph %>%
  export_graph(
    file_name = "graph.pdf",
    title = "Simple Graph")

# Create a PNG file for
# the graph (`mypng.png`)
graph %>%
  export_graph(
    file_name = "mypng.png",
    file_type = "PNG")

## End(Not run)

[Package DiagrammeR version 1.0.1 Index]