How to turn a dot file in html using python?

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Hi there!

I have a dot file and wanted to use python to automate it so it generates a graph in html. i was wondering if that’s possible to do and if anyone has an example i could look/learn from.

Thanks in advance!

2

I’m not sure what in html means here.
Most browsers (chrome, safari, …) can display files in svg, png or jpeg formats (along with others). Is that good enough?

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sorry, since english isn’t my first language i do quite struggle with expressing myself.

what i meant is basically having a dot file with the whole infrastructure info of a company and it generates (with the help of python for automation) a graph with html

that’s how my supervisor put it out:

grafik

hope this one helps out and if not that’s also okay still appreciate your effort

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Here is a link to the commonly-used Graphviz / Python library
Does this help?

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I have the same question as Steve. But if you just want something approximating your workflow diagram:

import pathlib
import subprocess
import sys

dot = sys.argv[1]
png = f"{dot}.png"

subprocess.check_call(["dot", "-Tpng", "-o", png, dot])

html = pathlib.Path("my_html.html")
html.write_text(f'<html><body><img src="{png}"/></body></html>\n',
                encoding="utf-8")

(untested)