uplt-py 0.9.1
Unified API and style for Python plotting libraries
Requires Python: >=3.10

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Unified API and style for Python plotting libraries.

## Usage

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    <td><b>plotly</b></td>
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```python
import numpy as np
import uplt

x = np.linspace(0, np.pi*4, num=100)
phi = np.pi/4

fig = uplt.figure('plotly')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 0*phi), name='#1')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 1*phi), name='#2')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 2*phi), name='#3')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 3*phi), name='#4')
fig.xlabel('X').ylabel('Y')
fig.legend().show()
```

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```python
import numpy as np
import uplt

x = np.linspace(0, np.pi*4, num=100)
phi = np.pi/4

fig = uplt.figure('matplot')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 0*phi), name='#1')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 1*phi), name='#2')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 2*phi), name='#3')
fig.plot(x, np.sin(x - 3*phi), name='#4')
fig.xlabel('X').ylabel('Y')
fig.legend().show()
```

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> [!TIP] 
> See [gallery](https://github.com/makarovdi/uplt/blob/main/gallery/gallery.md) for more examples.  


## Install

Recent stable version (without any plotting library):
```bash
pip install uplt-py
```
To automatically install all optional dependencies (matplotlib, plotly, ...):
```bash
pip install "uplt-py[all]"
```

If you need only `matplotlib` support:
```bash
pip install "uplt-py[matplot]"
```
> [!TIP]
> Replace `[matplot]` with `[plotly]` for plotly-only installation


## Plotting Libs - Pros & Cons

### [Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/)

🟢 Highly configurable.  
🟢 Good documentation and a lot of ready-to-use recipes (e.g. on StackOverflow).  
🟡 Common API (MATLAB legacy).  


🔴 Limited interactivity (especially for Jupyter).  
🔴 API, behavior and parameter names are inconsistent (e.g. plt.xlim and axis.set_xlim).  
🔴 Slow and limited 3D rendering.  


### [Plotly](https://plotly.com/python/)

🟢 Very good interactivity.  
🟢 Native compatibility with Jupyter.  
🟢 Possibility to save interactive plot (html-file).  
🟢 Fast and interactive 3D plot.  

🔴 Not well documented (a lot of parameters, small amount of examples).  
🔴 High memory consumption (limited number of plots in Jupyter).  
🔴 Some expected API functions are missing (e.g. imshow).  
🔴 3D and 2D axis parameters are not unified (e.g. layout.xaxis doesn't work for 3D).  

## Functions

| Function                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                   |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `plot(x, y, z)` <br/> `plot(obj)`                                   | Plot 2D or 3D line. <br/>Line plot for custom class (supported by a plugin).                                                                                  |
| `scatter(x, y, z)` <br/> `scatter(obj)`                             | Scatter plot for 2D or 3D data points. <br/> Scatter plot for custom class (supported by a plugin).                                                           |
| `surface3d(x, y, z)`                                                | Plot a surface in 3D space where the color scale corresponds to the z-values.                                                                                 |
| `bar(x, y)`                                                         | Create a bar plot.                                                                                                                                            |
| `imshow(image)`                                                     | Display an image.                                                                                                                                             |
| `heatmap(data)`                                                     | Display 2D heatmap with colorbar.                                                                                                                             |
| `hline(y)` <br/> `vline(x)`                                         | Plot horizontal or vertical line. `2D only`                                                                                                                   |
| `title(text)`                                                       | Set the title of the figure.                                                                                                                                  |
| `legend(show)`                                                      | Show or hide the legend on the figure.                                                                                                                        |
| `grid(show)`                                                        | Show or hide the grid on the figure.                                                                                                                          |
| `xlabel(text)` <br/> `ylabel(text)` <br/> `zlabel(text)`            | Set the label for the x, y, z-axis.                                                                                                                           |
| `xlim(min, max)` <br/> `ylim(min, max)` <br/> `zlim(min, max)`      | Set limits for the x, y, z-axis.                                                                                                                              |
| `xscale()` <br/> `yscale()`                                         | Set scale for the x, y-axis: 'linear' or 'log'.                                                                                                               |
| `current_color()` <br/> `scroll_color(count)` <br/> `reset_color()` | Get the color which will be used for the next plot. <br/> Scroll a list of predefined colors for plots. <br/> Set the current color to the start of the list. |
| `axis_aspect(mode)`                                                 | Set the aspect ratio of the axis.                                                                                                                             |
| `as_image()`                                                        | Get the figure as a NumPy array.                                                                                                                              |
| `save(filename)`                                                    | Save the figure to a file.                                                                                                                                    |
| `close()`                                                           | Close the figure. Free allocated resources.                                                                                                                   |
| `show(block)`                                                       | Display the figure.                                                                                                                                           |


## Plugin System

`uplt` is designed to be extensible. You can register `plugins` to visualize  custom objects via `plot()` or `scatter()` functions. 
E.g. if plugin for `pd.DataFrame` is registered, you can plot DataFrame columns directly:

```python
import uplt
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwaskom/seaborn-data/master/car_crashes.csv')

fig = uplt.figure()
fig.plot(df[['total', 'speeding', 'alcohol']])
fig.show()
```

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> [!TIP]
> For detailed instructions on creating plugins, please see [PLUGIN.md](https://github.com/makarovdi/uplt/blob/main/PLUGIN.md).

## Dependencies

- `Python` ≥ 3.10
- `NumPy` ≥ 1.21 `v2.0 supported`
- `pillow` ≥ 10.3

### Optional
- `matplotlib` ≥ 3.7
- `plotly` ≥  5.17


## License

This software is licensed under the `BSD-3-Clause` license.
See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/makarovdi/uplt/blob/main/LICENSE) file for details.