# draw_networkx¶

draw_networkx(G, pos=None, arrows=True, with_labels=True, **kwds)[source]

Draw the graph G using Matplotlib.

Draw the graph with Matplotlib with options for node positions, labeling, titles, and many other drawing features. See draw() for simple drawing without labels or axes.

Parameters: G (graph) – A networkx graph pos (dictionary, optional) – A dictionary with nodes as keys and positions as values. If not specified a spring layout positioning will be computed. See networkx.layout for functions that compute node positions. arrows (bool, optional (default=True)) – For directed graphs, if True draw arrowheads. with_labels (bool, optional (default=True)) – Set to True to draw labels on the nodes. ax (Matplotlib Axes object, optional) – Draw the graph in the specified Matplotlib axes. nodelist (list, optional (default G.nodes())) – Draw only specified nodes edgelist (list, optional (default=G.edges())) – Draw only specified edges node_size (scalar or array, optional (default=300)) – Size of nodes. If an array is specified it must be the same length as nodelist. node_color (color string, or array of floats, (default=’r’)) – Node color. Can be a single color format string, or a sequence of colors with the same length as nodelist. If numeric values are specified they will be mapped to colors using the cmap and vmin,vmax parameters. See matplotlib.scatter for more details. node_shape (string, optional (default=’o’)) – The shape of the node. Specification is as matplotlib.scatter marker, one of ‘so^>v

Notes

For directed graphs, “arrows” (actually just thicker stubs) are drawn at the head end. Arrows can be turned off with keyword arrows=False. Yes, it is ugly but drawing proper arrows with Matplotlib this way is tricky.

Examples

>>> G=nx.dodecahedral_graph()
>>> nx.draw(G)
>>> nx.draw(G,pos=nx.spring_layout(G)) # use spring layout

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> limits=plt.axis('off') # turn of axis


Also see the NetworkX drawing examples at http://networkx.github.io/documentation/latest/gallery.html