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Right way to plot live data with django and bokeh

RedBeardCodeApr 26, 2016 #1

Hello,
i have a bokeh plot embedded in a django app. I create the plot in the django view and push the plot to the bokeh server to show the plot in my webpage.

#view.py
def view_plot(request):
    f=figure()
    f.plot(#some data#)
    session = push_session(curdoc())
    context = {'script': autoload_server(f, session_id=session.id)}
    return render_to_response('plot.html', context=context)

It all works quite good. Now I want to do a live plot, every time when a new DB-Entry is created the plot should be updated. I'm not sure what is the best way.

Is it a good practice to use a timer on the webpage to ask for now data?

Or is there a way to push the update form the server so that every currently connected client gets the plot update?

I would be very thankful for every hint.

Thanks a lot.

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birdsarah_continuumApr 27, 2016 #2

Hi,

I would recommend checking out the happiness demo which does exactly that: https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh-demos/tree/master/happiness

Also check out the notebook where i document my learnings in making the app and how to update the data.

Basically you're going to need to keep track of your open sessions and put the new data in them, maybe using a django signal.

Best,

Sarah Bird
sbird@continuum.io

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On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:35 AM, das.ist.kein.spam@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,
i have a bokeh plot embedded in a django app. I create the plot in the django view and push the plot to the bokeh server to show the plot in my webpage.

#view.py
def view_plot(request):
   f=figure()
   f.plot(#some data#)
   session = push_session(curdoc())
   context = {'script': autoload_server(f, session_id=session.id)}
   return render_to_response('plot.html', context=context)

It all works quite good. Now I want to do a live plot, every time when a new DB-Entry is created the plot should be updated. I'm not sure what is the best way.

Is it a good practice to use a timer on the webpage to ask for now data?

Or is there a way to push the update form the server so that every currently connected client gets the plot update?

I would be very thankful for every hint.

Thanks a lot.

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Stefan_FarmbauerApr 27, 2016 #3

Hello Sarah,

thank you for fast and perfect answer. It looks like it is exactly what I need. Thanks for that and for the great work of the bokeh team.

Best,

S. Farm

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Sarah Bird sbird@continuum.io schrieb am Mi., 27. Apr. 2016 um 05:33 Uhr:

Hi,

I would recommend checking out the happiness demo which does exactly that: https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh-demos/tree/master/happiness

Also check out the notebook where i document my learnings in making the app and how to update the data.

Basically you’re going to need to keep track of your open sessions and put the new data in them, maybe using a django signal.

Best,

Sarah Bird

sbird@continuum.io

On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:35 AM, das.ist.kein.spam@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

i have a bokeh plot embedded in a django app. I create the plot in the django view and push the plot to the bokeh server to show the plot in my webpage.

#view.py

def view_plot(request):

f=figure()

f.plot(#some data#)

session = push_session(curdoc())

context = {‘script’: autoload_server(f, session_id=session.id)}

return render_to_response(‘plot.html’, context=context)

It all works quite good. Now I want to do a live plot, every time when a new DB-Entry is created the plot should be updated. I’m not sure what is the best way.

Is it a good practice to use a timer on the webpage to ask for now data?

Or is there a way to push the update form the server so that every currently connected client gets the plot update?

I would be very thankful for every hint.

Thanks a lot.

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kevindesimoneAug 06, 2017 #4

Hi,

Links to that demo have 404’d. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 12:33:47 AM UTC-3, Sarah Bird wrote:

Hi,

I would recommend checking out the happiness demo which does exactly that: https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh-demos/tree/master/happiness

Also check out the notebook where i document my learnings in making the app and how to update the data.

Basically you’re going to need to keep track of your open sessions and put the new data in them, maybe using a django signal.

Best,

Sarah Bird

sb...@continuum.io

On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:35 AM, das.ist....@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

i have a bokeh plot embedded in a django app. I create the plot in the django view and push the plot to the bokeh server to show the plot in my webpage.

#view.py

def view_plot(request):

f=figure()

f.plot(#some data#)

session = push_session(curdoc())

context = {‘script’: autoload_server(f, session_id=session.id)}

return render_to_response(‘plot.html’, context=context)

It all works quite good. Now I want to do a live plot, every time when a new DB-Entry is created the plot should be updated. I’m not sure what is the best way.

Is it a good practice to use a timer on the webpage to ask for now data?

Or is there a way to push the update form the server so that every currently connected client gets the plot update?

I would be very thankful for every hint.

Thanks a lot.

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BryanAug 06, 2017 #5

Hi,

That early demo lapsed into non-functionality and was overly complicated by trying to do some specialized and advanced things with custom session creation. Most of these cases can probably now be more easily handled with things like HTTP request args. So I'd suggest starting with the general information about embedding, since embedding in Django is not going to be materially different from embedding in Flask or any other web framework:

http://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/docs/user_guide/embed.html

Bokeh server — Bokeh 3.3.2 Documentation

That said, an explicit Django example would be a welcome addition to the examples or docs, in case you'd like to submit a contrition. None of the current core devs have any experience with Django.

Thanks,

Bryan

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On Aug 5, 2017, at 21:18, kevindesimone@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

Links to that demo have 404'd. Can someone point me in the right direction?

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 12:33:47 AM UTC-3, Sarah Bird wrote:
Hi,

I would recommend checking out the happiness demo which does exactly that: https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh-demos/tree/master/happiness

Also check out the notebook where i document my learnings in making the app and how to update the data.

Basically you're going to need to keep track of your open sessions and put the new data in them, maybe using a django signal.

Best,

Sarah Bird
sb...@continuum.io

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:35 AM, das.ist....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> i have a bokeh plot embedded in a django app. I create the plot in the django view and push the plot to the bokeh server to show the plot in my webpage.
>
> #view.py
> def view_plot(request):
> f=figure()
> f.plot(#some data#)
> session = push_session(curdoc())
> context = {'script': autoload_server(f, session_id=session.id)}
> return render_to_response('plot.html', context=context)
>
>
> It all works quite good. Now I want to do a live plot, every time when a new DB-Entry is created the plot should be updated. I'm not sure what is the best way.
>
> Is it a good practice to use a timer on the webpage to ask for now data?
>
> Or is there a way to push the update form the server so that every currently connected client gets the plot update?
>
> I would be very thankful for every hint.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
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