Mind map from source-target tables (in Excel)

Python code that generates an interactive HTML mind map, based on a source-target table. The table must follow the Excel template provided.

Installation

Simply download the draw.py and template.xlsx files to a local directory.

Usage

1. Open template.xlsx and fill the "source" and "target" columns with text. Visually, these texts will be rendered as nodes, connected with arrows. Whenever you repeat the exact same text in either column, the program will interpret it as the very same node.
2. Rename the worksheet (within template.xlsx) with a customized name, for example map1. If you wish, create another map in another worksheet, with a different name (say, map2).
3. Open the bash terminal in my_dir and issue the command

python c/path/to/my_dir/draw.py template.xlsx

As a result, there will be HTML files saved to my_dir. They will be as many as the number of worksheets you created in template.xlsx.