topolib 0.16.0
A compact Python library for modeling, analyzing, and visualizing optical network topologies.
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: network, topology, optical, analysis, visualization

# Topolib 🚀

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> **Topolib** is a compact, modular Python library for modeling, analyzing, and visualizing optical network topologies.  
> **Goal:** Provide researchers and engineers with a simple, extensible toolkit for working with nodes, links, metrics, and map-based visualizations.  
>   
> 🌐 **Model** | 📊 **Analyze** | 🗺️ **Visualize** | 🧩 **Extend**

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## 📂 Examples


Explore ready-to-run usage examples in the [`examples/`](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/tree/main/examples) folder!

- **[Jupyter Notebook - Complete Example](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/jupyter_notebook_example.ipynb) 📓** ⭐ NEW! Interactive example showing all features
- [Show topology on a map](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/show_topology_in_map.py) 🗺️
- [Show default topology in map](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/show_default_topology_in_map.py) 🗺️
- [Export topology as PNG](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/export_topology_png.py) 🖼️
- [Export topology in paper format](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/export_paper_format.py) 📄
- [Work with adjacency matrices](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/adjacency_matrices.py) 📊
- [Export topology to CSV and JSON](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/export_csv_json.py) 📄
- [Export topology and k-shortest paths for FlexNetSim](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/export_flexnetsim.py) 🔀
- [Generate traffic demand matrices](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/traffic_matrices.py) 📊
- [Generate multi-period traffic matrices with growth](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/examples/multiperiod_traffic_matrices.py) 📈

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## 🧭 Overview

Topolib is organized into four main modules:

- 🧱 **Elements:** `Node`, `Link` — basic building blocks
- 🕸️ **Topology:** `Topology`, `Path` — manage nodes, links, paths, and adjacency
- 📈 **Analysis:** `Metrics`, `TrafficMatrix` — compute node degree, link stats, connection matrices, and traffic demand matrices
- 🖼️ **Visualization:** `MapView` — interactive maps with Folium and PyQt6, clean PNG exports

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## ✨ Features

- Modular, extensible design
- Easy-to-use classes for nodes, links, and paths
- Built-in metrics and analysis helpers
- Traffic demand matrix generation with three models (gravitational, MPT, RAM)
- Returns NumPy arrays for efficient mathematical operations
- Interactive map visualization with Folium and PyQt6
- Clean PNG export without external dependencies (no Selenium required)
- Paper format export with white background for academic publications
- Resource caching for faster map rendering
- JSON import/export and interoperability
- **Fully compatible with Jupyter Notebook** - Folium maps display inline for interactive analysis
- Ready for Sphinx, Read the Docs, and PyPI

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## ⚡ Quickstart

```bash
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -U pip
pip install topolib
```

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## 📚 Documentation

Full documentation: [https://topolib.readthedocs.io/](https://topolib.readthedocs.io/)

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## 📝 Basic usage

### Creating a topology

```python
from topolib.elements.node import Node
from topolib.topology.topology import Topology

n1 = Node(1, 'A', 10.0, 20.0)
n2 = Node(2, 'B', 11.0, 21.0)
topo = Topology(nodes=[n1, n2])
# Add links, compute metrics, visualize, etc.
```

### Generating traffic matrices

```python
from topolib.topology import Topology
from topolib.analysis import TrafficMatrix

# Load a topology
topo = Topology.load_default_topology("Germany-14nodes")

# Generate traffic matrix using gravitational model
matrix = TrafficMatrix.gravitational(topo, rate=0.015)
# Returns NumPy array: matrix[i, j] = traffic from node i to j (Gbps)

# Export to CSV
TrafficMatrix.to_csv(matrix, topo, "traffic_matrix.csv")

# Export to JSON (list of demands with src, dst, required fields)
TrafficMatrix.to_json(matrix, topo, "traffic_matrix.json")
```

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## 🛠️ Development

See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for development guidelines, commit message rules, and pre-commit setup.

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## 📄 License

MIT — see [`LICENSE`](https://gitlab.com/DaniloBorquez/topolib/-/blob/main/LICENSE) for details.