we can add node names by setting the nodes attribute in the display variable

a node in the adjacency list (e.g., 0 here) will have the metadata of the entry under the same key in the nodes dictionary (if one exists)

showing:

from webweb import Web

web = Web(
    adjacency=[[0, 1], [1, 2]],
    display={
        'nodes' : {
            0 : {
                'name' : 'Huberg',
            },
            1 : {
                'name' : 'Pierot',
            },
            2 : {
                'name' : 'Slartibertfast',
            },
        },
    },
)

# show the visualization
web.show()
from webweb import Web
import networkx as nx

G = nx.Graph()
G.add_edges_from([[0, 1], [1, 2]])

G.nodes[0]['name'] = 'Huberg'
G.nodes[1]['name'] = 'Pierot'
G.nodes[2]['name'] = 'Slartibertfast'

# create the web
web = Web(nx_G=G)

# show the visualization
web.show()
% define a couple edges
edges = [...
    1,2;
    2,3;...
    ];
% Place the edges in a webweb struct called ww
ww.networks.network.edgeList = edges;

% Define some names in an array of cells containing strings
names = {'Huberg','Pierot','Slartibertfast'};

% Put the names in metadata with the special key "names"
ww.display.metadata.name.values = names;

% Call webweb
webweb(ww)
{
    "display": {
        "nodes": {
            "0": {
                "name": "Huberg"
            },
            "1": {
                "name": "Pierot"
            },
            "2": {
                "name": "Slartibertfast"
            }
        }
    },
    "networks": {
        "webweb": {
            "layers": [
                {
                    "edgeList": [
                        [
                            0,
                            1
                        ],
                        [
                            1,
                            2
                        ]
                    ],
                    "metadata": null,
                    "nodes": {}
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "title": "webweb"
}