Display an interactive Plotly chart.
Plotly is a charting library for Python. The arguments to this function closely follow the ones for Plotly's plot() function.
To show Plotly charts in Streamlit, call st.plotly_chart wherever you would call Plotly's py.plot or py.iplot.
Important
You must install plotly to use this command. Your app's performance may be enhanced by installing orjson as well.
| Function signature[source] | |
|---|---|
st.plotly_chart(figure_or_data, use_container_width=False, *, theme="streamlit", key=None, on_select="ignore", selection_mode=('points', 'box', 'lasso'), **kwargs) | |
| Parameters | |
figure_or_data (plotly.graph_objs.Figure, plotly.graph_objs.Data, or dict/list of plotly.graph_objs.Figure/Data) | The Plotly Figure or Data object to render. See https://plot.ly/python/ for examples of graph descriptions. |
use_container_width (bool) | Whether to override the figure's native width with the width of the parent container. If use_container_width is False (default), Streamlit sets the width of the chart to fit its contents according to the plotting library, up to the width of the parent container. If use_container_width is True, Streamlit sets the width of the figure to match the width of the parent container. |
theme ("streamlit" or None) | The theme of the chart. If theme is "streamlit" (default), Streamlit uses its own design default. If theme is None, Streamlit falls back to the default behavior of the library. |
key (str) | An optional string to use for giving this element a stable identity. If key is None (default), this element's identity will be determined based on the values of the other parameters. Additionally, if selections are activated and key is provided, Streamlit will register the key in Session State to store the selection state. The selection state is read-only. |
on_select ("ignore" or "rerun" or callable) | How the figure should respond to user selection events. This controls whether or not the figure behaves like an input widget. on_select can be one of the following:
|
selection_mode ("points", "box", "lasso" or an Iterable of these) | The selection mode of the chart. This can be one of the following:
All selections modes are activated by default. |
**kwargs (null) | Any argument accepted by Plotly's plot() function. |
| Returns | |
(element or dict) | If on_select is "ignore" (default), this command returns an internal placeholder for the chart element. Otherwise, this command returns a dictionary-like object that supports both key and attribute notation. The attributes are described by the PlotlyState dictionary schema. |
Example
The example below comes straight from the examples at https://plot.ly/python. Note that plotly.figure_factory requires scipy to run.
import streamlit as st import numpy as np import plotly.figure_factory as ff # Add histogram data x1 = np.random.randn(200) - 2 x2 = np.random.randn(200) x3 = np.random.randn(200) + 2 # Group data together hist_data = [x1, x2, x3] group_labels = ['Group 1', 'Group 2', 'Group 3'] # Create distplot with custom bin_size fig = ff.create_distplot( hist_data, group_labels, bin_size=[.1, .25, .5]) # Plot! st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)
Chart selections
The schema for the Plotly chart event state.
The event state is stored in a dictionary-like object that supports both key and attribute notation. Event states cannot be programmatically changed or set through Session State.
Only selection events are supported at this time.
| Attributes | |
selection (dict) | The state of the on_select event. This attribute returns a dictionary-like object that supports both key and attribute notation. The attributes are described by the PlotlySelectionState dictionary schema. |
Example
Try selecting points by any of the three available methods (direct click, box, or lasso). The current selection state is available through Session State or as the output of the chart function.
import streamlit as st import plotly.express as px df = px.data.iris() # iris is a pandas DataFrame fig = px.scatter(df, x="sepal_width", y="sepal_length") event = st.plotly_chart(fig, key="iris", on_select="rerun") event
The schema for the Plotly chart selection state.
The selection state is stored in a dictionary-like object that supports both key and attribute notation. Selection states cannot be programmatically changed or set through Session State.
| Attributes | |
points (list[dict[str, Any]]) | The selected data points in the chart, including the data points selected by the box and lasso mode. The data includes the values associated to each point and a point index used to populate point_indices. If additional information has been assigned to your points, such as size or legend group, this is also included. |
point_indices (list[int]) | The numerical indices of all selected data points in the chart. The details of each identified point are included in points. |
box (list[dict[str, Any]]) | The metadata related to the box selection. This includes the coordinates of the selected area. |
lasso (list[dict[str, Any]]) | The metadata related to the lasso selection. This includes the coordinates of the selected area. |
Example
When working with more complicated graphs, the points attribute displays additional information. Try selecting points in the following example:
import streamlit as st
import plotly.express as px
df = px.data.iris()
fig = px.scatter(
df,
x="sepal_width",
y="sepal_length",
color="species",
size="petal_length",
hover_data=["petal_width"],
)
event = st.plotly_chart(fig, key="iris", on_select="rerun")
event.selection
This is an example of the selection state when selecting a single point:
{
"points": [
{
"curve_number": 2,
"point_number": 9,
"point_index": 9,
"x": 3.6,
"y": 7.2,
"customdata": [
2.5
],
"marker_size": 6.1,
"legendgroup": "virginica"
}
],
"point_indices": [
9
],
"box": [],
"lasso": []
}
Theming
Plotly charts are displayed using the Streamlit theme by default. This theme is sleek, user-friendly, and incorporates Streamlit's color palette. The added benefit is that your charts better integrate with the rest of your app's design.
The Streamlit theme is available from Streamlit 1.16.0 through the theme="streamlit" keyword argument. To disable it, and use Plotly's native theme, use theme=None instead.
Let's look at an example of charts with the Streamlit theme and the native Plotly theme:
import plotly.express as px
import streamlit as st
df = px.data.gapminder()
fig = px.scatter(
df.query("year==2007"),
x="gdpPercap",
y="lifeExp",
size="pop",
color="continent",
hover_name="country",
log_x=True,
size_max=60,
)
tab1, tab2 = st.tabs(["Streamlit theme (default)", "Plotly native theme"])
with tab1:
# Use the Streamlit theme.
# This is the default. So you can also omit the theme argument.
st.plotly_chart(fig, theme="streamlit", use_container_width=True)
with tab2:
# Use the native Plotly theme.
st.plotly_chart(fig, theme=None, use_container_width=True)
Click the tabs in the interactive app below to see the charts with the Streamlit theme enabled and disabled.
If you're wondering if your own customizations will still be taken into account, don't worry! You can still make changes to your chart configurations. In other words, although we now enable the Streamlit theme by default, you can overwrite it with custom colors or fonts. For example, if you want a chart line to be green instead of the default red, you can do it!
Here's an example of an Plotly chart where a custom color scale is defined and reflected:
import plotly.express as px
import streamlit as st
st.subheader("Define a custom colorscale")
df = px.data.iris()
fig = px.scatter(
df,
x="sepal_width",
y="sepal_length",
color="sepal_length",
color_continuous_scale="reds",
)
tab1, tab2 = st.tabs(["Streamlit theme (default)", "Plotly native theme"])
with tab1:
st.plotly_chart(fig, theme="streamlit", use_container_width=True)
with tab2:
st.plotly_chart(fig, theme=None, use_container_width=True)
Notice how the custom color scale is still reflected in the chart, even when the Streamlit theme is enabled 👇
For many more examples of Plotly charts with and without the Streamlit theme, check out the plotly.streamlit.app.
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