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# JobClient.visualize

```python theme={"system"}
def JobClient.visualize(
  job_or_id: Job | str,
  direction: str = "down",
  layout: str = "dagre",
  sketchy: bool = True
)
```

Create a visualization of a job as a diagram.

<Tip>
  If you are working in an interactive environment, such as Jupyter notebooks, you can use the `display` method to display the visualized job diagram directly in the notebook.
</Tip>

## Parameters

<ParamField path="job_or_id" type="Job | str">
  The job to visualize.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="direction" type="str">
  The direction for the diagram to flow. For more details, see the relevant section in the [D2 documentation](https://d2lang.com/tour/layouts/#direction). Valid values are `up`, `down`, `right`, and `left`. The default value is `down`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="layout" type="str">
  The layout engine for the diagram. For further information, refer to the [D2 layout engines](https://d2lang.com/tour/layouts). Valid values are `dagre` and `elk`, with the default being `dagre`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="sketchy" type="bool">
  Indicates whether to use a sketchy, hand-drawn style for the diagram. The default is `True`.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```python Python theme={"system"}
  svg = job_client.visualize(job)
  Path("diagram.svg").write_text(svg)

  # in a notebook
  job_client.display(job)
  ```
</RequestExample>