.connect

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class: DataConnection

class DataConnection(**kwargs)

Configuration of the connection between two data points.

Class Inheritance

copy(other=None, overwrite=True, **kwargs)

Copy the configuration settings from this instance to the other instance.

Parameters:

• other (HighchartsMeta) – The target instance to which the properties of this instance should be copied. If None, will create a new instance and populate it with properties copied from self. Defaults to None.

• overwrite (bool) – if True, properties in other that are already set will be overwritten by their counterparts in self. Defaults to True.

• kwargs – Additional keyword arguments. Some special descendents of HighchartsMeta may have special implementations of this method which rely on additional keyword arguments.

Returns:

A mutated version of other with new property values

classmethod from_dict(as_dict: dict, allow_snake_case: bool = True)

Construct an instance of the class from a dict object.

Parameters:

• as_dict (dict) – A dict representation of the object.

• allow_snake_case (bool) – If True, interprets snake_case keys as equivalent to camelCase keys. Defaults to True.

Returns:

A Python object representation of as_dict.

Return type:

HighchartsMeta

classmethod from_js_literal(as_str_or_file, allow_snake_case: bool = True, _break_loop_on_failure: bool = False)

Return a Python object representation of a Highcharts JavaScript object literal.

Parameters:

• as_str_or_file (str) – The JavaScript object literal, represented either as a str or as a filename which contains the JS object literal.

• allow_snake_case (bool) – If True, interprets snake_case keys as equivalent to camelCase keys. Defaults to True.

• _break_loop_on_failure (bool) – If True, will break any looping operations in the event of a failure. Otherwise, will attempt to repair the failure. Defaults to False.

Returns:

A Python object representation of the Highcharts JavaScript object literal.

Return type:

HighchartsMeta

classmethod from_json(as_json_or_file, allow_snake_case: bool = True)

Construct an instance of the class from a JSON string.

Parameters:

• as_json_or_file – The JSON string for the object or the filename of a file that contains the JSON string.

• allow_snake_case (bool) – If True, interprets snake_case keys as equivalent to camelCase keys. Defaults to True.

Returns:

A Python objcet representation of as_json.

Return type:

HighchartsMeta

get_required_modules(include_extension=False) → List[str]

Return the list of URLs from which the Highcharts JavaScript modules needed to render the chart can be retrieved.

Parameters:

include_extension (bool) – if True, will return script names with the '.js' extension included. Defaults to False.

Return type:

list of str

to_dict() → dict

Generate a dict representation of the object compatible with the Highcharts JavaScript library.

Note

The dict representation has a property structure and naming convention that is intentionally consistent with the Highcharts JavaScript library. This is not Pythonic, but it makes managing the interplay between the two languages much, much simpler.

Returns:

A dict representation of the object.

Return type:

dict

to_js_literal(filename=None, encoding='utf-8', careful_validation=False) → str | None

Return the object represented as a str containing the JavaScript object literal.

Parameters:

• filename (Path-like) – The name of a file to which the JavaScript object literal should be persisted. Defaults to None

• encoding (str) – The character encoding to apply to the resulting object. Defaults to 'utf-8'.

• careful_validation – if True, will carefully validate JavaScript values

along the way using the esprima-python library. Defaults to False.

Warning

Setting this value to True will significantly degrade serialization performance, though it may prove useful for debugging purposes.

Return type:

str or None

to_json(filename=None, encoding='utf-8')

Generate a JSON string/byte string representation of the object compatible with the Highcharts JavaScript library.

Note

This method will either return a standard str or a bytes object depending on the JSON serialization library you are using. For example, if your environment has orjson, the result will be a bytes representation of the string.

Parameters:

• filename (Path-like) – The name of a file to which the JSON string should be persisted. Defaults to None

• encoding (str) – The character encoding to apply to the resulting object. Defaults to 'utf-8'.

Returns:

A JSON representation of the object compatible with the Highcharts library.

Return type:

str or bytes

static trim_dict(untrimmed: dict, to_json: bool = False, context: str = None) → dict

Remove keys from untrimmed whose values are None and convert values that have .to_dict() methods.

Parameters:

• untrimmed (dict) – The dict whose values may still be None or Python objects.

• to_json (bool) – If True, will remove all keys from untrimmed that are not serializable to JSON. Defaults to False.

• context (str or None) – If provided, will inform the method of the context in which it is being run which may inform special handling cases (e.g. where empty strings may be important / allowable). Defaults to None.

Returns:

Trimmed dict

Return type:

dict

static trim_iterable(untrimmed, to_json=False, context: str = None)

Convert any EnforcedNullType values in untrimmed to 'null'.

Parameters:

• untrimmed (iterable) – The iterable whose members may still be None or Python objects.

• to_json (bool) – If True, will remove all members from untrimmed that are not serializable to JSON. Defaults to False.

• context (str or None) – If provided, will inform the method of the context in which it is being run which may inform special handling cases (e.g. where empty strings may be important / allowable). Defaults to None.

Return type:

iterable

property dash_style: str | None

Name of the dash style to use for the lines. Defaults to Solid.

Accepts one of the following values:

• ‘Dash’,

• ‘DashDot’,

• ‘Dot’,

• ‘LongDash’,

• ‘LongDashDot’,

• ‘LongDashDotDot’,

• ‘ShortDash’,

• ‘ShortDashDot’,

• ‘ShortDashDotDot’,

• ‘ShortDot’,

• ‘Solid’

Return type:

str or None

property end_marker: Marker | None

Configuration of the marker to use at the end of the connector.

Note

If not None, overrides the generic .marker property.

Return type:

Marker or None

property line_color: str | None

The color of the connector line. Defaults to None.

Return type:

str or None

property line_width: int | float | Decimal | None

The width of the connector line, in pixels. Defaults to 1.

Return type:

numeric or None

property marker: Marker | None

Configuration of the markers to use at both the start and end of the connector.

Note

Will be overridden by both .end_marker and .start_marker if they are not None

Return type:

Marker or None

property radius: int | float | Decimal | None

The corner radius for the connector line.

Return type:

numeric or None

property start_marker: Marker | None

Configuration of the marker to use at the start of the connector.

Note

If not None, overrides the generic .marker property.

Return type:

Marker or None

property to: str | None

The ID of the data point to connect to. Defaults to None

Return type:

str or None

property type: str | None

Determines the pathfinder algorithm to use to find a connection between the data points. By default, accepts the following values:

• 'straight' which draws a straight line between the connecting points. Does not avoid other data points when drawing.

• 'simpleConnect' which draws a path between the two points using right angles only. Takes only the starting/ending points into account, and will not avoid other points.

• 'fastAvoid' which draws a path between the two points using right angles only. Will attempt to avoid other data points, but it priorities performance over accuracy. Best to use for less-dense datasets.

Note

It is possible to define your own custom pathfinder algorithm by using the chart.add_pathfinder_algorithm() method.

Warning

This method does not validate that the value supplied matches a defined algorithm name.

Defaults to None, which applies 'straight' for most series types and 'simpleConnect' for GanttSeries.

Return type:

str or None