Plotly Dash callback output array of graphs to a single Div in layout?

Question

I'd like to create multiple similar histograms in my Dash layout with a single callback output to a single div instead of repetitively copying and pasting code. Below is an example of my current code:

# In app.layout
html.Div([
    html.H3('Plots'),
    html.Div(dcc.Graph(id='A')),
    html.Div(dcc.Graph(id='B')),
    html.Div(dcc.Graph(id='C'))
])

# Callback
@app.callback(
    [Output('A', 'figure'),
     Output('B', 'figure'),
     Output('C', 'figure')]
    [Input('filtered-data-hidden', 'children')]
)
def plot_data(df):
    dff = pd.read_json(df, orient='split')
    figure_a = px.histogram(dff, x="A", nbins=20)
    figure_b = px.histogram(dff, x="B", nbins=20)
    figure_c = px.histogram(dff, x="C", nbins=20)
    return figure_a, figure_b, figure_c

I tried the following:

# In app.layout
html.Div([
    html.H3('Plots'),
    html.Div(dcc.Graph(id='figures'))
])

# Callback
@app.callback(
    Output('figures', 'figure'),
    [Input('filtered-data-hidden', 'children')]
)
def plot_data(df):
    dff = pd.read_json(df, orient='split')
    figures = []
    for feature in FEATURES.keys():
        figures.append(px.histogram(dff, x=features, nbins=20))
    return figures

But got an error:

Invalid argument `figure` passed into Graph with ID "figures".
Expected `object`.
Was supplied type `array`.

So what is wrong with the first code snippet? Seems all right to me. — NotAName
– NotAName, Commented Feb 24, 2021 at 6:53
@pavel it works fine but it gets clunky when I have to add a lot of graphs. I'm looking for a cleaner, more efficient way of plotting multiple graphs. — jko0401
– jko0401, Commented Feb 24, 2021 at 8:26

bas · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-24 22:55:18Z

2

You've left out some implementation details in your question so I will give more general examples here to highlight an approach you could take.

An idea is to dynamically create lists of elements based on your keys something like this:

graphs_from_keys = [dcc.Graph(id=key) for key in keys]
outputs_from_keys = [Output(key, "figure") for key in keys]
figures_from_keys = [px.histogram(df, x=key, nbins=20) for key in keys]

This allows us to pass each graph in the graphs_from_keys list to the layout like this:

app.layout = html.Div(
    [
        html.H3("Plots"),
        *graphs_from_keys,
        # ...
    ]
)

and then the callback could look something like this:

@app.callback(
    outputs_from_keys,
    [Input('filtered-data-hidden', 'children')],
)
def plot_data(df):
    # ...
    return figures_from_keys

answered Feb 24, 2021 at 22:55

bas

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jko0401 Over a year ago

seems straightforward and simple enough, thank you! I would just like to note that there is another solution involving pattern matching callbacks, if anyone else looking at this and is interested in learning about it. dash.plotly.com/pattern-matching-callbacks

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