datasette-plot

A Datasette plugin for making data visualizations with Observable Plot.

Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.

datasette install datasette-plot

Usage

Once installed, table pages and SQL query pages will have a new "Show plot" button that will open the datasette-plot.

Currently, datasette-plot only supports a few visualization marks from Plot, including dot, line, area, bar, and more.

dsc-plot-02.mp4

Use the Link to this plot URL to share visualization with others. The link will have your plot options encoded in the URL.

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd datasette-plot
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest