Export Chart to SVG/PNG

[LucasNmn]

Hi,
is there an easy way to export a plotted chart directly from code as PNG or SVG?
I tried it using the ".toChartImage" function from the api but didn't find a working solution yet.

[kMutagene]

To export charts created with Plotly.NET directly as an image file, you need some kind of headless browser to do the javascript execution to render the chart first. There is a package out there using Pupeteer for that which might work for you, check #21 for that. However, there is an in-house solution by plotly which we still need to wrap for .NET use - It is on the roadmap but not quite here yet.

Related/possible duplicates: #21 and #65.

[LucasNmn]

Thanks for your advice,
I will test that.

[kMutagene]

closed via #94. @LucasNmn if you have time and interest you might check out the docs for the new Plotly.NET.ImageExport package here.

[LucasNmn]

I'm having problems getting the function to work in C#. SaveJPG seems to be unknown while I'm using Preview 6. But I already made my own workaround with Pupperteer as you mentioned in #21 and #65 .

[kMutagene]

Thanks for checking it out, i will test this in C# now to see if there's an issue.

Just to be clear, Plotly.NET.ImageExport is a separate nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Plotly.NET.ImageExport/. Maybe i should add this to the docs. If you want access to .SaveJP you also have to open the GenericChartExtensions namespace.

But if you have an approach that works for you already, thats just as fine.

[LucasNmn]

Thanks for checking it out, i will test this in C# now to see if there's an issue.

Just to be clear, Plotly.NET.ImageExport is a separate nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Plotly.NET.ImageExport/. Maybe i should add this to the docs. If you want access to .SaveJP you also have to open the GenericChartExtensions namespace.

But if you have an approach that works for you already, thats just as fine.

Thanks for that. I thought it was inside the same package. X)
It's working now. But I have to fix authorization problems with my proxy.