How to export static images in formats other than "png" in the offline mode?

[xiaoweiz]

Right now, the interactive figure in IPython Notebook provides the option of exporting to the "png" format, e.g.

I'd like to save it as other formats such as "pdf", "eps", etc. Now what I do is to use the option save and edit plot in cloud, log in with my account, and then export as other formats.

Is there any other way to do it "offline" without going to cloud?

[chriddyp]

Hi @xiaoweiz - there isn't right now. Programatic and PDF/EPS image generation for web-based charts requires some pretty sophisticated infrastructure that we're only able to provide through the server/cloud service environment right now.
The image generation API is accessed through

import plotly.plotly as py
py.image.save_as(fig)

The image servers don't store any data and the data and image are encrypted through SSL.

[xiaoweiz]

I c. Thanks.

[elainethale]

@chirddyp The camara icon does not work for me in Firefox. I saw a support conversation suggesting it may work in Chrome. Hopefully a fully functioning programmatic option for offline mode will be implemented sometime (soon? fingers crossed). In the meantime, would it be possible to get the offline -> png feature working in multiple browsers? I am using Jupyter notebooks with python.

[jonmmease]

Update: Offline programmatic static image export support has been released in 3.2.0: See https://medium.com/@plotlygraphs/plotly-py-end-of-summer-updates-5422c98b9058