gify_plot

A simple Python package to turn your plots into gifs (Matplotlib, Seabron, Plotly).

This is the output of the example provided in "How to use it".

How to install it

pip install gify_plot

How to use it

# WARNING:

# Using more than 5/7 categories ends with a cluttered result.
# The fewer, the better.

# The following csv can be freely downlaoded at https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/sazidthe1/world-gdp-data?select=gdp_data.csv

df=pd.read_csv("gdp_data.csv")
temp_df=df[(df["country_name"].isin(["Italy","Spain","France","Germany"]))]
gify_plot(temp_df,
           plot_type="line", plot_library="px", name="test_output",
           plot_title="GDP per country", xaxis_title="year", yaxis_title="value", category="country_code",
           save_frames=False
          )

OUTPUT: It ouputs a list of png in the dedicated folder, along with the resulting gif.

Args

Mandatory

• original_df:pd.DataFrame ==> a dataset containing at least three columns:
  • xaxis_title (i.e., an int in YYYY format OR strings in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format ;a range >= 20 years is suggested)
  • yaxis_title (i.e., a list of int or float )
  • category (i.e., categorical variables, n groups <=7 suggested)
• plot_type:str ==> The plot_type changes according to plot_library
• plot_library:str ==> plt | sns | px (short forms for matplotlib.pyplot, seaborn and plotly.express)
• name:str ==> The name of pngs and gif given as output,
• plot_title:str
• xaxis_title:str ==> The name of the column with x values
• yaxis_title:str ==> The name of the column with y values

Optional

• colors = ["blue","red","green","orange","violet","yellow","black","brown","cyan"] ==> it must have at least the same length of groups provided in the data
• duration = 100 ==> The delay in skipping to the next frame in ms
• loop = 0
• save_frames = True ==> If False, delete all png files that have been used to create the gif
• sort_on_x = True
• tick_interval = it scales across x values, default 7.

Supported libraries and plots:

• plt (i.e., matplotlib.pyplot):
  • line
  • bar
  • scatter
  • stackplot (no legend)
• sns (i.e., seaborn):
  • lineplot
  • scatterplot
  • barplot
• px (i.e., plotly.express):
  • line
  • scatter
  • area
  • bar