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description: How to make Bar Charts in Python with Plotly.
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title: Bar Charts | plotly
+ v4upgrade: true
---
-#### New to Plotly?
-Plotly's Python library is free and open source! [Get started](https://plot.ly/python/getting-started/) by downloading the client and [reading the primer](https://plot.ly/python/getting-started/).
-
You can set up Plotly to work in [online](https://plot.ly/python/getting-started/#initialization-for-online-plotting) or [offline](https://plot.ly/python/getting-started/#initialization-for-offline-plotting) mode, or in [jupyter notebooks](https://plot.ly/python/getting-started/#start-plotting-online).
-
We also have a quick-reference [cheatsheet](https://images.plot.ly/plotly-documentation/images/python_cheat_sheet.pdf) (new!) to help you get started!
-#### Version Check
-Plotly's python package is updated frequently. Run `pip install plotly --upgrade` to use the latest version.
+### Bar chart with plotly express
+
+Plotly express functions (here needs link to stable px doc entry) take as argument a tidy [pandas DataFrame](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/getting_started/10min.html).
+
+In a bar plot, each row of the DataFrame is represented as a rectangular mark.
```python
-import plotly
-plotly.__version__
+import plotly.express as px
+data_canada = px.data.gapminder().query("country == 'Canada'")
+fig = px.bar(data_canada, x='year', y='pop')
+fig.show()
```
-#### Basic Bar Chart
-
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+data_canada
+```
+
+### Customize bar chart with plotly express
-data = [go.Bar(
- x=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys'],
- y=[20, 14, 23]
- )]
+The bar plot can be customized using keyword arguments *TODO here link to meta doc page on customizing plotly plots?*.
-py.iplot(data, filename='basic-bar')
+```python
+import plotly.express as px
+data = px.data.gapminder()
+
+data_canada = data[data.country == 'Canada']
+fig = px.bar(data_canada, x='year', y='pop',
+ hover_data=['lifeExp', 'gdpPercap'], color='lifeExp',
+ labels={'pop':'population of Canada'}, height=400)
+fig.show()
```
-#### Grouped Bar Chart
+When several rows share the same value of `x` (here Female or Male), the rectangles are stacked on top of one another by default.
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.express as px
+tips = px.data.tips()
+fig = px.bar(tips, x="sex", y="total_bill", color='time')
+fig.show()
+```
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys'],
- y=[20, 14, 23],
- name='SF Zoo'
-)
-trace2 = go.Bar(
- x=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys'],
- y=[12, 18, 29],
- name='LA Zoo'
-)
+```python
+# Change the default stacking
+import plotly.express as px
+fig = px.bar(tips, x="sex", y="total_bill", color='smoker', barmode='group',
+ height=400)
+fig.show()
+```
-data = [trace1, trace2]
-layout = go.Layout(
- barmode='group'
-)
+#### Facetted subplots
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='grouped-bar')
+Use the keyword arguments `facet_row` (resp. `facet_col`) to create facetted subplots, where different rows (resp. columns) correspond to different values of the dataframe column specified in `facet_row`.
+
+```python
+import plotly.express as px
+fig = px.bar(tips, x="sex", y="total_bill", color="smoker", barmode="group",
+ facet_row="time", facet_col="day",
+ category_orders={"day": ["Thur", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"],
+ "time": ["Lunch", "Dinner"]})
+fig.show()
```
-### Stacked Bar Chart
+To learn more, see the *link to px.bar reference page*.
-```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys'],
- y=[20, 14, 23],
- name='SF Zoo'
-)
-trace2 = go.Bar(
- x=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys'],
- y=[12, 18, 29],
- name='LA Zoo'
-)
+#### Basic Bar Chart with plotly.graph_objects
-data = [trace1, trace2]
-layout = go.Layout(
- barmode='stack'
-)
+When data are not available as tidy dataframes, it is also possible to use the more generic `go.Bar` function from `plotly.graph_objects`.
+
+```python
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+animals=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys']
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='stacked-bar')
+fig = go.Figure([go.Bar(x=animals, y=[20, 14, 23])])
+fig.show()
```
-### Bar Chart with Hover Text
+#### Grouped Bar Chart
+
+Customize the figure using `fig.update`.
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-
-trace0 = go.Bar(
- x=['Product A', 'Product B', 'Product C'],
- y=[20, 14, 23],
- text=['27% market share', '24% market share', '19% market share'],
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(158,202,225)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgb(8,48,107)',
- width=1.5,
- )
- ),
- opacity=0.6
-)
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+animals=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys']
+
+fig = go.Figure(data=[
+ go.Bar(name='SF Zoo', x=animals, y=[20, 14, 23]),
+ go.Bar(name='LA Zoo', x=animals, y=[12, 18, 29])
+])
+# Change the bar mode
+fig.update_layout(barmode='group')
+fig.show()
+```
-data = [trace0]
-layout = go.Layout(
- title='January 2013 Sales Report',
-)
+### Stacked Bar Chart
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='text-hover-bar')
+```python
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+animals=['giraffes', 'orangutans', 'monkeys']
+
+fig = go.Figure(data=[
+ go.Bar(name='SF Zoo', x=animals, y=[20, 14, 23]),
+ go.Bar(name='LA Zoo', x=animals, y=[12, 18, 29])
+])
+# Change the bar mode
+fig.update_layout(barmode='stack')
+fig.show()
```
-### Bar Chart with Direct Labels
+### Bar Chart with Hover Text
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
x = ['Product A', 'Product B', 'Product C']
y = [20, 14, 23]
-data = [go.Bar(
- x=x,
- y=y,
- text=y,
- textposition = 'auto',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(158,202,225)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgb(8,48,107)',
- width=1.5),
- ),
- opacity=0.6
- )]
-
-py.iplot(data, filename='bar-direct-labels')
+# Use the hovertext kw argument for hover text
+fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Bar(x=x, y=y,
+ hovertext=['27% market share', '24% market share', '19% market share'])])
+# Customize aspect
+fig.update_traces(marker_color='rgb(158,202,225)', marker_line_color='rgb(8,48,107)',
+ marker_line_width=1.5, opacity=0.6)
+fig.update_layout(title_text='January 2013 Sales Report')
+fig.show()
```
-### Grouped Bar Chart with Direct Labels
+### Bar Chart with Direct Labels
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
x = ['Product A', 'Product B', 'Product C']
y = [20, 14, 23]
-y2 = [16,12,27]
-
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=x,
- y=y,
- text=y,
- textposition = 'auto',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(158,202,225)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgb(8,48,107)',
- width=1.5),
- ),
- opacity=0.6
-)
-
-trace2 = go.Bar(
- x=x,
- y=y2,
- text=y2,
- textposition = 'auto',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(58,200,225)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgb(8,48,107)',
- width=1.5),
- ),
- opacity=0.6
-)
-data = [trace1,trace2]
+# Use textposition='auto' for direct text
+fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Bar(
+ x=x, y=y,
+ text=y,
+ textposition='auto',
+ )])
-py.iplot(data, filename='grouped-bar-direct-labels')
+fig.show()
```
### Rotated Bar Chart Labels
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+
+months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
+ 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
-trace0 = go.Bar(
- x=['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
- 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
+fig = go.Figure()
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(
+ x=months,
y=[20, 14, 25, 16, 18, 22, 19, 15, 12, 16, 14, 17],
name='Primary Product',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(49,130,189)'
- )
-)
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
- 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
+ marker_color='indianred'
+))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(
+ x=months,
y=[19, 14, 22, 14, 16, 19, 15, 14, 10, 12, 12, 16],
name='Secondary Product',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(204,204,204)',
- )
-)
+ marker_color='lightsalmon'
+))
-data = [trace0, trace1]
-layout = go.Layout(
- xaxis=dict(tickangle=-45),
- barmode='group',
-)
-
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='angled-text-bar')
+# Here we modify the tickangle of the xaxis, resulting in rotated labels.
+fig.update_layout(barmode='group', xaxis_tickangle=-45)
+fig.show()
```
### Customizing Individual Bar Colors
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
-trace0 = go.Bar(
+colors = ['lightslategray',] * 5
+colors[1] = 'crimson'
+
+fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Bar(
x=['Feature A', 'Feature B', 'Feature C',
'Feature D', 'Feature E'],
y=[20, 14, 23, 25, 22],
- marker=dict(
- color=['rgba(204,204,204,1)', 'rgba(222,45,38,0.8)',
- 'rgba(204,204,204,1)', 'rgba(204,204,204,1)',
- 'rgba(204,204,204,1)']),
-)
-
-data = [trace0]
-layout = go.Layout(
- title='Least Used Feature',
-)
-
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='color-bar')
+ marker_color=colors # marker color can be a single color value or an iterable
+)])
+fig.update_layout(title_text='Least Used Feature')
```
### Customizing Individual Bar Widths
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
-trace0 = go.Bar(
+fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Bar(
x=[1, 2, 3, 5.5, 10],
y=[10, 8, 6, 4, 2],
- width = [0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 3.5, 4]
-)
-
-data = [trace0]
+ width=[0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 3.5, 4] # customize width here
+)])
-fig = go.Figure(data=data)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='width-bar')
+fig.show()
```
### Customizing Individual Bar Base
+
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-
-data = [
- go.Bar(
- x = ['2016','2017','2018'],
- y = [500,600,700],
- base = [-500,-600,-700],
- marker = dict(
- color = 'red'
- ),
- name = 'expenses'
- ),
- go.Bar(
- x = ['2016','2017','2018'],
- y = [300,400,700],
- base = 0,
- marker = dict(
- color = 'blue'
- ),
- name = 'revenue'
- )
-]
-
-
-fig = go.Figure(data=data)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='base-bar')
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+
+years = ['2016','2017','2018']
+
+fig = go.Figure()
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=years, y=[500, 600, 700],
+ base=[-500,-600,-700],
+ marker_color='crimson',
+ name='expenses'))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=years, y=[300, 400, 700],
+ base=0,
+ marker_color='lightslategrey',
+ name='revenue'
+ ))
+
+fig.show()
```
### Colored and Styled Bar Chart
+In this example several parameters of the layout as customized, hence it is convenient to use directly the `go.Layout(...)` constructor instead of calling `fig.update`.
+
```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=[1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012],
- y=[219, 146, 112, 127, 124, 180, 236, 207, 236, 263,
- 350, 430, 474, 526, 488, 537, 500, 439],
- name='Rest of world',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(55, 83, 109)'
- )
-)
-trace2 = go.Bar(
- x=[1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012],
- y=[16, 13, 10, 11, 28, 37, 43, 55, 56, 88, 105, 156, 270,
- 299, 340, 403, 549, 499],
- name='China',
- marker=dict(
- color='rgb(26, 118, 255)'
- )
-)
-data = [trace1, trace2]
-layout = go.Layout(
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+
+years = [1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
+ 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012]
+
+fig = go.Figure()
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=years,
+ y=[219, 146, 112, 127, 124, 180, 236, 207, 236, 263,
+ 350, 430, 474, 526, 488, 537, 500, 439],
+ name='Rest of world',
+ marker_color='rgb(55, 83, 109)'
+ ))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=years,
+ y=[16, 13, 10, 11, 28, 37, 43, 55, 56, 88, 105, 156, 270,
+ 299, 340, 403, 549, 499],
+ name='China',
+ marker_color='rgb(26, 118, 255)'
+ ))
+
+fig.update_layout(
title='US Export of Plastic Scrap',
- xaxis=dict(
- tickfont=dict(
- size=14,
- color='rgb(107, 107, 107)'
- )
- ),
+ xaxis_tickfont_size=14,
yaxis=dict(
title='USD (millions)',
- titlefont=dict(
- size=16,
- color='rgb(107, 107, 107)'
- ),
- tickfont=dict(
- size=14,
- color='rgb(107, 107, 107)'
- )
+ titlefont_size=16,
+ tickfont_size=14,
),
legend=dict(
x=0,
@@ -364,131 +301,29 @@ layout = go.Layout(
bordercolor='rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)'
),
barmode='group',
- bargap=0.15,
- bargroupgap=0.1
-)
-
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='style-bar')
-```
-
-### Waterfall Bar Chart
-
-```python
-import plotly.plotly as py
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-
-x_data = ['Product
Revenue', 'Services
Revenue',
- 'Total
Revenue', 'Fixed
Costs',
- 'Variable
Costs', 'Total
Costs', 'Total']
-y_data = [400, 660, 660, 590, 400, 400, 340]
-text = ['$430K', '$260K', '$690K', '$-120K', '$-200K', '$-320K', '$370K']
-
-# Base
-trace0 = go.Bar(
- x=x_data,
- y=[0, 430, 0, 570, 370, 370, 0],
- marker=dict(
- color='rgba(1,1,1, 0.0)',
- )
-)
-# Revenue
-trace1 = go.Bar(
- x=x_data,
- y=[430, 260, 690, 0, 0, 0, 0],
- marker=dict(
- color='rgba(55, 128, 191, 0.7)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgba(55, 128, 191, 1.0)',
- width=2,
- )
- )
+ bargap=0.15, # gap between bars of adjacent location coordinates.
+ bargroupgap=0.1 # gap between bars of the same location coordinate.
)
-# Costs
-trace2 = go.Bar(
- x=x_data,
- y=[0, 0, 0, 120, 200, 320, 0],
- marker=dict(
- color='rgba(219, 64, 82, 0.7)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgba(219, 64, 82, 1.0)',
- width=2,
- )
- )
-)
-# Profit
-trace3 = go.Bar(
- x=x_data,
- y=[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 370],
- marker=dict(
- color='rgba(50, 171, 96, 0.7)',
- line=dict(
- color='rgba(50, 171, 96, 1.0)',
- width=2,
- )
- )
-)
-data = [trace0, trace1, trace2, trace3]
-layout = go.Layout(
- title='Annual Profit- 2015',
- barmode='stack',
- paper_bgcolor='rgba(245, 246, 249, 1)',
- plot_bgcolor='rgba(245, 246, 249, 1)',
- showlegend=False
-)
-
-annotations = []
-
-for i in range(0, 7):
- annotations.append(dict(x=x_data[i], y=y_data[i], text=text[i],
- font=dict(family='Arial', size=14,
- color='rgba(245, 246, 249, 1)'),
- showarrow=False,))
- layout['annotations'] = annotations
-
-fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
-py.iplot(fig, filename='waterfall-bar-profit')
+fig.show()
```
### Bar Chart with Relative Barmode
+With "relative" barmode, the bars are stacked on top of one another, with negative values
+below the axis, positive values above.
+
```python
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
x = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-trace1 = {
- 'x': x,
- 'y': [1, 4, 9, 16],
- 'name': 'Trace1',
- 'type': 'bar'
-};
-trace2 = {
- 'x': x,
- 'y': [6, -8, -4.5, 8],
- 'name': 'Trace2',
- 'type': 'bar'
-};
-trace3 = {
- 'x': x,
- 'y': [-15, -3, 4.5, -8],
- 'name': 'Trace3',
- 'type': 'bar'
- }
-
-trace4 = {
- 'x': x,
- 'y': [-1, 3, -3, -4],
- 'name': 'Trace4',
- 'type': 'bar'
- }
-
-data = [trace1, trace2, trace3, trace4];
-layout = {
- 'xaxis': {'title': 'X axis'},
- 'yaxis': {'title': 'Y axis'},
- 'barmode': 'relative',
- 'title': 'Relative Barmode'
-};
-py.iplot({'data': data, 'layout': layout}, filename='barmode-relative')
+fig = go.Figure()
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=[1, 4, 9, 16]))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=[6, -8, -4.5, 8]))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=[-15, -3, 4.5, -8]))
+fig.add_trace(go.Bar(x=x, y=[-1, 3, -3, -4]))
+
+fig.update_layout(barmode='relative', title_text='Relative Barmode')
+fig.show()
```
### Horizontal Bar Charts
@@ -498,7 +333,7 @@ See examples of horizontal bar charts [here](https://plot.ly/python/horizontal-b
### Dash Example
-[Dash](https://plot.ly/products/dash/) is an Open Source Python library which can help you convert plotly figures into a reactive, web-based application. Below is a simple example of a dashboard created using Dash. Its [source code](https://github.com/plotly/simple-example-chart-apps/tree/master/dash-barplot) can easily be deployed to a PaaS.
+[Dash](https://plot.ly/products/dash/) is an Open Source Python library which can help you convert plotly figures into a reactive, web-based application. Below is a simple example of a dashboard created using Dash. Its [source code](https://github.com/plotly/simple-example-chart-apps/tree/master/dash-barplot) is also show below and can easily be deployed to a PaaS (platform as a service).
```python
from IPython.display import IFrame
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### Reference
See https://plot.ly/python/reference/#bar for more information and chart attribute options!
-```python
-from IPython.display import display, HTML
-
-display(HTML(''))
-display(HTML(''))
-
-#! pip install git+https://github.com/plotly/publisher.git --upgrade
-import publisher
-publisher.publish(
- 'bars.ipynb', 'python/bar-charts/', 'Python Bar Charts | plotly',
- 'How to make Bar Charts in Python with Plotly.',
- title = 'Bar Charts | plotly',
- name = 'Bar Charts',
- thumbnail='thumbnail/bar.jpg', language='python',
- page_type='example_index', has_thumbnail='true', display_as='basic', order=4,
- ipynb= '~notebook_demo/186')
-```
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