Add a method to convert plots to dict?
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- Python
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Description
It may be useful to have the ability to convert plots to a dict that would fully specify the figure.
Just like Scipp has .to_dict(), we could have something that would convert the plot to a dict which would be interpretable and plotted using any plotting library, not just Matplotlib.
The dict would contain all the info needed to build the figure (non-exhaustive list):
- the number of axes
- the limits of the axes
- the axes labels
- the type of plot (lines or image or contours...)
- the data to plot
- the font sizes
- the figure title
A python dict is easily convertible to JSON, making sending the data somewhere else more easy.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing how plots and figures are represented, then review Scipp's existing .to_dict() behavior and the library's Matplotlib integration. Done means defining and implementing a dict representation containing the specified figure, axes, plot, styling, and data information, with coverage for conversion to JSON or use by another plotting library.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100