Working With Chart Studio Graphs in Python

How to download Chart Studio users' public graphs and data into Python.

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Get and Change a Public Figure¶

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import chart_studio.plotly as py
# Learn about API authentication here: https://plotly.com/python/getting-started
# Find your api_key here: https://plotly.com/settings/api

fig = py.get_figure("https://plotly.com/~PlotBot/5")

fig['layout']['title'] = "Never forget that title!"

py.iplot(fig, filename="python-change_plot")

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Get Data and Change Plot¶

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import chart_studio.plotly as py
import plotly.graph_objects as go
# Learn about API authentication here: https://plotly.com/python/getting-started
# Find your api_key here: https://plotly.com/settings/api

data = py.get_figure("https://plotly.com/~PythonPlotBot/3483").data
distance = [d['y'][0] for d in data]  # check out the data for yourself!

fig = go.Figure()
fig.add_histogram(y=distance, name="flyby distance", histnorm='probability')
xaxis = dict(title="Probability for Flyby at this Distance")
yaxis = dict(title="Distance from Earth (Earth Radii)")
fig.update_layout(title="data source: https://plotly.com/~AlexHP/68", xaxis=xaxis, yaxis=yaxis)

plot_url = py.plot(fig, filename="python-get-data")

Get and Replot a Public Figure with URL¶

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import chart_studio.plotly as py
# Learn about API authentication here: https://plotly.com/python/getting-started
# Find your api_key here: https://plotly.com/settings/api

fig = py.get_figure("https://plotly.com/~PlotBot/5")

plot_url = py.plot(fig, filename="python-replot1")

Get and Replot a Public Figure with ID¶

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import chart_studio.plotly as py
# Learn about API authentication here: https://plotly.com/python/getting-started
# Find your api_key here: https://plotly.com/settings/api

fig = py.get_figure("PlotBot", 5)

plot_url = py.plot(fig, filename="python-replot2")