g6/docs/api/graph/data.en.md

title	order
Read/Save/Load Data	0

Load the data for graph.

graph.data(data)

Object required

Graph data, it should be an object containing an array of nodes and an array of edges. |

Usage

const data = {
  nodes: [
    {
      id: 'node1',
      label: 'node1',
    },
    {
      id: 'node2',
      label: 'node2',
    },
  ],
  edges: [
    {
      source: 'node1',
      target: 'node2',
    },
  ],
};

// graph is an instance of Graph
graph.data(data);

graph.save()

Get the graph data.

Return

• Type of the return value: Object;
• The return value has all the nodes and edges as below:

{
	nodes: [],
  edges: [],
  groups: [],
}

Usage

graph.save();

graph.read(data)

Read the data and render the graph. It is equal to combining graph.data(data) and graph.render().

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
data	Object	true	Graph data, it should be an object containing an array of nodes and an array of edges.

Usage

const data = {
  nodes: [
    {
      id: 'node1',
      label: 'node1',
    },
    {
      id: 'node2',
      label: 'node2',
    },
  ],
  edges: [
    {
      source: 'node1',
      target: 'node2',
    },
  ],
};

// graph is an instance of Graph
graph.read(data);

graph.changeData(data, stack)

Change the data source, and render the graph according to the new data. If there is layout configured on the graph, the new data will be placed according to the layout algorithm. If you do not want to layout the new data with origin layout algorithm, call graph.destroyLayout, ref to destroyLayout.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
data	Object	false	Graph data, it should be an object containing an array of nodes and an array of edges. If it is not assigned, the graph will be re-rendered with the current data on the graph
stack	boolean	false	Whether to push the operator into the undo & redo stack. If the enableStack is true, this operation will be automatically pushed into the stack by default. Set stack to be false if you do not want it.

Usage

const data = {
  nodes: [
    {
      id: 'node1',
      label: 'node1',
    },
    {
      id: 'node2',
      label: 'node2',
    },
  ],
  edges: [
    {
      source: 'node1',
      target: 'node2',
    },
  ],
};

// graph is an instance of Graph
graph.changeData(data);

// If there is no parameter, the graph will be re-rendered with the current data on the graph
graph.changeData();

destroyLayout()

Destroy the layout algorithm. After that, the changeData will not place the new nodes with origin layout configurations.

Usage

const graph = new G6.Graph({
  container: 'mountNode',
  width: 1000,
  height: 600,
  modes: {
    default: ['drag-canvas', 'drag-node'],
  },
  layout: {
    type: 'circular',
    center: [500, 300],
  },
  animate: true,
});
graph.data(data);
graph.render();
graph.destroyLayout();
// If there is no position info in data2, the new nodes will be placed according to position initing problem. If the position info exists, the new node will be placed according to its position info
graph.changeData(data2);