---
id: uniedge
title: Directed edge functions
sidebar_label: Directed edges
slug: /api/uniedge
---

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Directed edges allow encoding the directed (that is, which cell is the origin and which is the destination can be determined)
edge from one cell to a neighboring cell.

## areNeighborCells

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```c
H3Error areNeighborCells(H3Index origin, H3Index destination, int *out);
```

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<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.are_neighbor_cells(origin, destination)
```

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<TabItem value="java">

```java
boolean areNeighborCells(long origin, long destination);
boolean areNeighborCells(String origin, String destination);
```

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<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.areNeighborCells(origin, destination)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const origin = '85283473fffffff';
  const destination = '85283477fffffff';
  return String(h3.areNeighborCells(origin, destination));
}
```

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Returns whether or not the provided H3 cell indexes are neighbors.

`out` will be 1 if the indexes are neighbors, 0 otherwise.

## cellsToDirectedEdge

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```c
H3Error cellsToDirectedEdge(H3Index origin, H3Index destination, H3Index *out);
```

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<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.cells_to_directed_edge(origin, destination)
```

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<TabItem value="java">

```java
long cellsToDirectedEdge(long origin, long destination);
String cellsToDirectedEdge(String origin, String destination);
```

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<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.cellsToDirectedEdge(h3Index)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const origin = '85283473fffffff';
  const destination = '85283477fffffff';
  return h3.cellsToDirectedEdge(origin, destination);
}
```

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Returns a unidirectional edge H3 index based on the provided origin and
destination.

Returns 0 on success.

## isValidDirectedEdge

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<TabItem value="c">

```c
int isValidDirectedEdge(H3Index edge);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.is_valid_directed_edge(edge)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
boolean isValidDirectedEdge(long edge);
boolean isValidDirectedEdge(String edgeAddress);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.isValidDirectedEdge(edge)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const edge = '115283473fffffff';
  return String(h3.isValidDirectedEdge(edge));
}
```

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Determines if the provided H3Index is a valid unidirectional edge index.

Returns 1 if it is a unidirectional edge H3Index, otherwise 0.

## getDirectedEdgeOrigin

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```c
H3Error getDirectedEdgeOrigin(H3Index edge, H3Index *out);
```

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<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.get_directed_edge_origin(edge)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
long getDirectedEdgeOrigin(long edge);
String getDirectedEdgeOrigin(String edgeAddress);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.getDirectedEdgeOrigin(h3Index)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const edge = '115283473fffffff';
  return h3.getDirectedEdgeOrigin(edge);
}
```

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Returns the origin hexagon from the unidirectional edge H3Index.

## getDirectedEdgeDestination

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<TabItem value="c">

```c
H3Error getDirectedEdgeDestination(H3Index edge, H3Index *out);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.get_directed_edge_destination(edge)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
long getDirectedEdgeDestination(long edge);
String getDirectedEdgeDestination(String edgeAddress);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.getDirectedEdgeDestination(edge)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const edge = '115283473fffffff';
  return h3.getDirectedEdgeDestination(edge);
}
```

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Returns the destination hexagon from the unidirectional edge H3Index.

## directedEdgeToCells

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<TabItem value="c">

```c
H3Error directedEdgeToCells(H3Index edge, H3Index* originDestination);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.directed_edge_to_cells(edge)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
List<Long> directedEdgeToCells(long edge);
List<String> directedEdgeToCells(String edgeAddress);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.directedEdgeToCells(edge)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const edge = '115283473fffffff';
  return h3.directedEdgeToCells(edge);
}
```

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Returns the origin, destination pair of hexagon IDs for the given edge ID, which are placed at `originDestination[0]` and
`originDestination[1]` respectively.

## originToDirectedEdges

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<TabItem value="c">

```c
H3Error originToDirectedEdges(H3Index origin, H3Index* edges);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.origin_to_directed_edges(h)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
List<Long> originToDirectedEdges(long h3);
List<String> originToDirectedEdges(String h3);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.originToDirectedEdges(h3Index)
```

```js live
function example() {
  const h = '85283473fffffff';
  return h3.originToDirectedEdges(h);
}
```

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Provides all of the directed edges from the current H3Index. `edges` must be of length 6,
and the number of directed edges placed in the array may be less than 6. If this is the case,
one of the members of the array will be `0`.

## directedEdgeToBoundary

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<TabItem value="c">

```c
H3Error directedEdgeToBoundary(H3Index edge, CellBoundary* gb);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="python">

```py
h3.directed_edge_to_boundary(edge, geo_json=False)
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

```java
List<LatLng> directedEdgeToBoundary(long edge);
List<LatLng> directedEdgeToBoundary(String edgeAddress);
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="javascript">

```js
h3.directedEdgeToBoundary(edge, [formatAsGeoJson])
```

```js live
function example() {
  const edge = '115283473fffffff';
  return h3.directedEdgeToBoundary(edge);
}
```

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Provides the coordinates defining the unidirectional edge.
