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Creates interactive Python visualizations with Plotly Express or Graph Objects. Use for dashboards, exploratory analysis, presentations needing hover, zoom, pan, 40+ chart types.
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Python graphing library for creating interactive, publication-quality visualizations with 40+ chart types.
Creates interactive Python visualizations with 40+ chart types, hover, zoom, pan, and web embedding. Use for dashboards, exploratory analysis, and presentations via Express or Graph Objects APIs.
Creates interactive scientific and statistical visualizations in Python using Plotly Express for quick charts or Graph Objects for custom plots including scatter, heatmaps, 3D, maps, and dashboards. Outputs HTML or static images.
Creates interactive Plotly visualizations in Python: 40+ chart types (scatter, line, heatmap, 3D, geographic) with hover, zoom, pan. Uses Plotly Express for DataFrames or Graph Objects for customization.
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Python graphing library for creating interactive, publication-quality visualizations with 40+ chart types.
Install Plotly:
uv pip install plotly
Basic usage with Plotly Express (high-level API):
import plotly.express as px
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({
'x': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'y': [10, 11, 12, 13]
})
fig = px.scatter(df, x='x', y='y', title='My First Plot')
fig.show()
For quick, standard visualizations with sensible defaults:
See reference/plotly-express.md for complete guide.
For fine-grained control and custom visualizations:
See reference/graph-objects.md for complete guide.
Note: Plotly Express returns graph objects Figure, so you can combine approaches:
fig = px.scatter(df, x='x', y='y')
fig.update_layout(title='Custom Title') # Use go methods on px figure
fig.add_hline(y=10) # Add shapes
Plotly supports 40+ chart types organized into categories:
Basic Charts: scatter, line, bar, pie, area, bubble
Statistical Charts: histogram, box plot, violin, distribution, error bars
Scientific Charts: heatmap, contour, ternary, image display
Financial Charts: candlestick, OHLC, waterfall, funnel, time series
Maps: scatter maps, choropleth, density maps (geographic visualization)
3D Charts: scatter3d, surface, mesh, cone, volume
Specialized: sunburst, treemap, sankey, parallel coordinates, gauge
For detailed examples and usage of all chart types, see reference/chart-types.md.
Subplots: Create multi-plot figures with shared axes:
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = make_subplots(rows=2, cols=2, subplot_titles=('A', 'B', 'C', 'D'))
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[3, 4]), row=1, col=1)
Templates: Apply coordinated styling:
fig = px.scatter(df, x='x', y='y', template='plotly_dark')
# Built-in: plotly_white, plotly_dark, ggplot2, seaborn, simple_white
Customization: Control every aspect of appearance:
For complete layout and styling options, see reference/layouts-styling.md.
Built-in interactive features:
# Custom hover template
fig.update_traces(
hovertemplate='<b>%{x}</b><br>Value: %{y:.2f}<extra></extra>'
)
# Add rangeslider
fig.update_xaxes(rangeslider_visible=True)
# Animations
fig = px.scatter(df, x='x', y='y', animation_frame='year')
For complete interactivity guide, see reference/export-interactivity.md.
Interactive HTML:
fig.write_html('chart.html') # Full standalone
fig.write_html('chart.html', include_plotlyjs='cdn') # Smaller file
Static Images (requires kaleido):
uv pip install kaleido
fig.write_image('chart.png') # PNG
fig.write_image('chart.pdf') # PDF
fig.write_image('chart.svg') # SVG
For complete export options, see reference/export-interactivity.md.
import plotly.express as px
# Scatter plot with trendline
fig = px.scatter(df, x='temperature', y='yield', trendline='ols')
# Heatmap from matrix
fig = px.imshow(correlation_matrix, text_auto=True, color_continuous_scale='RdBu')
# 3D surface plot
import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Surface(z=z_data, x=x_data, y=y_data)])
# Distribution comparison
fig = px.histogram(df, x='values', color='group', marginal='box', nbins=30)
# Box plot with all points
fig = px.box(df, x='category', y='value', points='all')
# Violin plot
fig = px.violin(df, x='group', y='measurement', box=True)
# Time series with rangeslider
fig = px.line(df, x='date', y='price')
fig.update_xaxes(rangeslider_visible=True)
# Candlestick chart
import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Candlestick(
x=df['date'],
open=df['open'],
high=df['high'],
low=df['low'],
close=df['close']
)])
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = make_subplots(
rows=2, cols=2,
subplot_titles=('Scatter', 'Bar', 'Histogram', 'Box'),
specs=[[{'type': 'scatter'}, {'type': 'bar'}],
[{'type': 'histogram'}, {'type': 'box'}]]
)
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(x=[1, 2, 3], y=[4, 5, 6]), row=1, col=1)
fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=['A', 'B'], y=[1, 2]), row=1, col=2)
fig.add_trace(go.Histogram(x=data), row=2, col=1)
fig.add_trace(go.Box(y=data), row=2, col=2)
fig.update_layout(height=800, showlegend=False)
For interactive web applications, use Dash (Plotly's web app framework):
uv pip install dash
import dash
from dash import dcc, html
import plotly.express as px
app = dash.Dash(__name__)
fig = px.scatter(df, x='x', y='y')
app.layout = html.Div([
html.H1('Dashboard'),
dcc.Graph(figure=fig)
])
app.run_server(debug=True)
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