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@JohnCH, thanks for the comment, but I couldn't clearly understand which folder the image file saved. –
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12 import plotly.offline
import plotly.graph_objs as go

plotly.offline.plot({"data": [go.Scatter(x=[1, 2, 3, 4], y=[4, 3, 2, 1])],

"layout": go.Layout(title="hello world")}, Linked
image='jpeg', image_filename='test')
11 How to save Plotly Offline graph in format
png?
and open it in Chrome
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0 Offline (no internet) conversion of local
Hendy LordK .html file (with JavaScript) to .png file from
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While it sucks to have to open the browser, from a lot of reading around SO and the plotly forums, this is Related
the only/best way to do this with offline at the moment. – Hendy Dec 26 '17 at 17:15
4208 Which “href” value should I use for
Would you consider making this fully reproducible? Edit: deleted my suggestions/request and just did it for
JavaScript links, “#” or “javascript:void(0)”?
you. Feel free to change anything you want. Just thought it would let people try without being confused
about potential import/naming errors. – Hendy Dec 26 '17 at 17:16
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@LordK, where the image file saved? – Cloud Cho Aug 22 '19 at 22:27 to use?
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11 How to save Plotly Offline graph in format
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import plotly.plotly as py
2 python offline plotly saves the file always in
import plotly.graph_objs as go
default file name how to save in differrent
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I saw this, too, but it isn't saving the image from the Notebook, but rather from their server. – essentially self-adjoint operator
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Well, apparently you do need a connection to the server, but the graph does not appear afterwards in your
plotly account, so it is not public. Could it be ok for you? – Benares Jan 28 '16 at 17:35 Photo Competition 2021-05-03: Typography

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all, but rather a chart will be saved in a pdf behind the scenes. – Matt Cremeens Jan 28 '16 at 19:52 R᠎e᠎d᠎u᠎n᠎d᠎ancy

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let us save offline in the future. – Benares Jan 29 '16 at 10:21 from deleting *.tmpl files?

It is now possible if you add Plotly's orca to your website @Matt. See here. You can make an image Does Polymorph break attunements with
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2 1) Write import statements
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fig = px.bar(data_canada, x='year', y='pop',
hover_data=['lifeExp', 'gdpPercap'], color='lifeExp',
labels={'pop':'population of Canada'}, height=400)

3) name your figure (provide reader-friendly name :) )

plotly.offline.plot(fig, filename= output_filename + ".html")

4) Well-done! Please add comments, if you like my answer!

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Yes, for saving the file as .png format simply do : plotly.offline.plot(fig, filename= output_filename + ".png")
– Shantanu Deshmukh Nov 16 '19 at 19:09

Nope that just generate an html file with the name output_filename.png.html – Prashant Kumar
Nov 17 '19 at 12:13

remove .html at the end and replace that with .png – Shantanu Deshmukh Nov 17 '19 at 22:06

@ShantanuDeshmukh and where this file will be saved? Actually i am using plotly.offline.iplot() –
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one possibility using ipython notebook is to display the graph and then choose the option
"Download plot as png" manually.
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Except I don't want it displayed. The program is part of a website that generates the graphs as part of a
pdf that gets emailed to a client. Thanks for the response, by the way. – Matt Cremeens Jan 26 '16 at
17:29

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Here says to use

-2 import plotly.plotly as py
# Generate the figure

trace = Bar(x=[1,2,3],y=[4,5,6])
data = [trace]
layout = Layout(title='My Plot')
fig = Figure(data=data,layout=layout)

# Save the figure as a png image:

py.image.save_as(fig, 'my_plot.png')

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1 Did you actually try this? It's not reproducible (you need plotly.graph_objs , which you likely
imported locally) and it isn't offline as the user requested. Running this yields PlotlyRequestError:
You must be authenticated to generate an image via json. – Hendy Dec 26 '17 at
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