xgi.readwrite.json

Read from and write to JSON.

Functions

xgi.readwrite.json.read_json(path, nodetype=None, edgetype=None)

A function to read a file in a standardized JSON format.

Parameters:

• data (dict) – A dictionary in the hypergraph JSON format

• nodetype (type, optional) – type that the node IDs will be cast to

• edgetype (type, optional) – type that the edge IDs will be cast to

Returns:

The loaded hypergraph

Return type:

A Hypergraph object

Raises:

XGIError – If the JSON is not in a format that can be loaded.

xgi.readwrite.json.write_json(H, path)

A function to write a file in a standardized JSON format.

Parameters:

• H (Hypergraph object) – The specified hypergraph object

• path (string) – The path of the file to read from