The Pyplot class allows you to display a Matplotlib pyplot chart in the chatbot UI. This class takes a pyplot figure.

The difference of between this element and the Plotly element is that the user is shown a static image of the chart when using Pyplot.

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Attributes

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name
str

The name of the chart to be displayed in the UI.

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display
ElementDisplay

Determines how the chart element should be displayed in the UI. Choices are “side”, “inline”, or “page”.

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size
ElementSize

Determines the size of the chart. Only works with display=“inline”. Choices are “small”, “medium” (default), or “large”.

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figure
str

The matplotlib.figure.Figure instance that you want to display.

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Example

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import chainlit as cl


@cl.on_chat_start
async def main():
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 4, 2, 3])

    elements = [
        cl.Pyplot(name="plot", figure=fig, display="inline"),
    ]
    await cl.Message(
        content="Here is a simple plot",
        elements=elements,
    ).send()