Converting dot to png in python

python png dot
user506710 picture user506710 · Mar 15, 2011 · Viewed 75.8k times · Source

I have a dot file generated from my code and want to render it in my output. For this i have seen on the net that the command is something like this on cmd

dot -Tpng InputFile.dot -o OutputFile.png  for Graphviz

But my problem is that I want to use this inbuilt in my python program.

How can i do so ??

I looked at pydot but can't seem to find an answer in there.....

Answer

Judge Maygarden picture Judge Maygarden · Mar 15, 2011

Load the file with pydot.graph_from_dot_file to get a pydot.Dot class instance. Then write it to a PNG file with the write_png method.

import pydot

(graph,) = pydot.graph_from_dot_file('somefile.dot')
graph.write_png('somefile.png')

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