Embedding in a GUI

Tkinter

Because Tkinter does not (yet) natively support SVG graphics, to use Ziaplot in a Tkinter user interface requires the cairosvg package to convert to PNG images. Tk’s PhotoImage reads the PNG, which must be encoded in base-64.

import tkinter as tk
import random
import base64
import ziaplot as zp


class Window:
    def __init__(self, master):
        self.master = master
        master.title('Ziaplot in Tkinter')
        self.button = tk.Button(self.master, text='Generate Data', command=self.makedata)
        self.button.pack()
        self.plot = tk.PhotoImage()
        self.label = tk.Label(image=self.plot, height=400, width=600)
        self.label.pack()
        self.makedata()

    def makedata(self):
        ''' Generate some randomized data and plot it. Convert the plot
            to PNG bytes and encode in base64 for Tkinter.
        '''
        n = 15
        y = [(i*2) + random.normalvariate(10, 2) for i in range(n)]
        avg = sum(y)/len(y)
        x = list(range(n))

        p = zp.XyPlot()
        p += zp.Line(x, y).marker('o')
        p += zp.HLine(avg)
        img = base64.encodebytes(p.imagebytes('png'))
        self.plot = tk.PhotoImage(data=img)
        self.label.configure(image=self.plot)

root = tk.Tk()
gui = Window(root)
root.mainloop()

PyQt5

PyQt5 has a built-in SVG renderer in QtSvg.QSvgWidget(). It can load Ziaplot imagebytes() directly.

import sys
import random
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtSvg

import ziaplot as zp


class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    ''' Main Window '''

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(MainGUI, self).__init__(parent)
        self.setWindowTitle('Ziaplot in QT')

        self.button = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Generate Data')
        self.button.clicked.connect(self.makedata)
        self.image = QtSvg.QSvgWidget()
        self.image.setMinimumWidth(600)
        self.image.setMinimumHeight(400)

        layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(self.button)
        layout.addWidget(self.image)

        centralWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(self)
        centralWidget.setLayout(layout)
        self.setCentralWidget(centralWidget)

    def makedata(self):
        ''' Generate some randomized data and plot it, then
            display using QSvgWidget. '''
        n = 15
        y = [(i*2) + random.normalvariate(10, 2) for i in range(n)]
        avg = sum(y)/len(y)
        x = list(range(n))
        p = zp.XyPlot()
        p += zp.Line(x, y).marker('o')
        p += zp.HLine(avg)
        self.image.load(p.imagebytes())


app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
main = MainGUI()
main.show()
app.exec_()