graphviz2drawio

Convert graphviz (dot) files into draw.io (mxGraph) format

Getting Started

Prerequisites

graphviz2drawio requires Python 3 and Graphviz

• On Mac OS these can be installed with Homebrew:

brew update; brew install python3 graphviz
pip3 install pygraphviz --install-option="--include-path=/usr/local/include/graphviz" --install-option="--library-path=/usr/local/lib/graphviz/"

• On Ubuntu / Debian based Linux, install graphviz using:

sudo apt install python3-pip graphviz graphviz-dev

If you encounter installation errors you may need to manually install pygraphviz with links to the graphviz libraries

Installation / Upgrade

pip3 install graphviz2drawio --upgrade

Usage

Run the conversion app on your graphviz file

graphviz2drawio example.dot

You can them import the output XML file into draw.io

Python Usage

from graphviz2drawio import graphviz2drawio

xml = graphviz2drawio.convert(graph_to_convert)
print(xml)

where graph_to_convert can be any of a file path, file handle, string of dot language, or PyGraphviz.AGraph object

Limitations

Please open an issue with your dot file to report crashes or incorrectect conversions.

Built With

• PyGraphviz - Python interface to Graphviz

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Code Formatting

This project is linted with pyflakes and makes strict use of Black for code formatting.

Authors

• Harold Martin - harold.martin at gmail
• Jonah Caplan

License

GPLv3