plotly.plotly import error message

[nicolaskruchten]

Should have caught this before RC1, sorry... This message:

I think should provide a little more context and say something like:

The plotly.plotly module is deprecated.
To create figures using the Chart Studio service, please install the chart-studio package and use the chart_studio.plotly module instead. 
To create and display figures locally, please use the plotly.offline module which is based on the new version 4 rendering framework.

Basically give people more information and a stronger hint about using offline (which is arguably the smallest change to their code that lets them get on with their day)

[JobCollins]

I also have the same issue on Jupyter 5.7.8 . I downloaded the latest version of Anaconda and ran a notebook shared from my other computer [does not use current version of Anaconda] where it was working just fine.

[jonmmease]

Hi @JobCollins, when using plotly version 4 (released two days ago) and error message here is the expected behavior. See https://plot.ly/python/v4-migration/ for the version 4 migration guide, or downgrade your plotly version to 3.10.

This issue is concerned with adding more information to the error message.

[JobCollins]

Sorry, I did not realize that.

I downgraded and it works fine. Thanks

[zShores]

So I have come into the same issue - whereby the program I am using utilises pre-update plotly.plotly. I have attempted to update the code in the program to use the new chart_studio.plotly, however I am getting the same following error:

>>> plotESD_interactive(family)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\Aesop\lib\site-packages\aesop\aesop.py", line 4881, in plotESD_interactive
    import chart_studio.plotly as py
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\Aesop\lib\site-packages\plotly\plotly\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    _chart_studio_error("plotly")
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\Aesop\lib\site-packages\_plotly_future_\__init__.py", line 49, in _chart_studio_error
    submodule=submodule
ImportError:
The plotly.plotly module is deprecated,
please install the chart-studio package and use the
chart_studio.plotly module instead.

I'm not super skilled with Python, so this has thrown me for a bit of a curve.

[jonmmease]

Hi @zShores, thanks for letting us know. The stack trace you're getting is a bit confusing as it looks like import chart_studio.plotly as py is resulting in the import of plotly.plotly, which shouldn't be happening. Could you try fully uninstalling and reinstalling the plotly and chart-studio packages to see if that makes a difference?

$ pip uninstall plotly
$ conda uninstall plotly
$ pip uninstall chart-studio
$ conda uninstall chart-studio
$ conda install -c plotly plotly chart-studio

[sousablde]

Hi @zShores, thanks for letting us know. The stack trace you're getting is a bit confusing as it looks like import chart_studio.plotly as py is resulting in the import of plotly.plotly, which shouldn't be happening. Could you try fully uninstalling and reinstalling the plotly and chart-studio packages to see if that makes a difference?

$ pip uninstall plotly
$ conda uninstall plotly
$ pip uninstall chart-studio
$ conda uninstall chart-studio
$ conda install -c plotly plotly chart-studio

Hello Jonmease, I have the exact same issue described here and I attempted your solution but unfortunately it does not seem to be working for me.

Do you have any other suggestion for something I can try?
I accidentally updated plotly, which started causing issues and so far attempting to revert it back did not fix it.
Best B

[anki-code]

@jonmmease I have fresh installation of plotly and I've got the same error. I've tried to repeat "Pandas Basic Line Plot" (https://plot.ly/pandas/line-charts/) and I've got:

import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.graph_objs as go

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-5ca56d58b308> in <module>
----> 1 import plotly.plotly as py
      2 import plotly.graph_objs as go
      3 
      4 import pandas as pd
      5 import numpy as np

/opt/miniconda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/plotly/plotly/__init__.py in <module>
      2 from _plotly_future_ import _chart_studio_error
      3 
----> 4 _chart_studio_error("plotly")

/opt/miniconda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/_plotly_future_/__init__.py in _chart_studio_error(submodule)
     47 chart_studio.{submodule} module instead.
     48 """.format(
---> 49             submodule=submodule
     50         )
     51     )

ImportError: 
The plotly.plotly module is deprecated,
please install the chart-studio package and use the
chart_studio.plotly module instead. 

[JobCollins]

@anki-code here is what worked for me:
Downgraded from the latest plotly version
pip install plotly==3.10.0

[anki-code]

@JobCollins after downgrade to 3.10.0 I've got a new error for "Pandas Basic Line Plot" (https://plot.ly/pandas/line-charts/) :

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-44cc9d35eca1> in <module>
     21 # py.iplot(data, filename='pandas/basic-line-plot')
     22 
---> 23 url = py.plot(data, filename='pandas/basic-line-plot')

AttributeError: module 'plotly.plotly' has no attribute 'plot'

[jonmmease]

Hi @anki-code, the documentation page you linked to (https://plot.ly/pandas/line-charts/) is written for version 3 only (See purple text box at the top). So downgrading to version 3 is what you would need to do to follow this example.

The error you're getting indicates that there's something corrupt in the installation. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the plotly package. Or better yet, create a new virtual environment.

[vaibhavai]

$ pip install chart_studio
After successful installation
Run it
from chart_studio.plotly import iplot

[erdemalpkaya]

As one of Plotly fan, I am not happy at all.
Everything crash each other.

[jonmmease]

@vaibhavai, The import of plotly.plotly (as in your screenshot) is intended to raise that exception. Are you saying you also see the exception when importing chart_studio.plotly?