export_graph {DiagrammeR}R Documentation

Export a graph to various image formats

Description

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

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.

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.

See Also

Other Display and Save: render_graph(), render_graph_from_graph_series(), save_graph()

Examples

# 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"
#   )


[Package DiagrammeR version 1.0.11 Index]