Basic Plotly usage for lines and scatters, that can be both interactively shown or stored

base_plotly.py

import plotly as pl
import plotly.graph_objects as pl_go


class PlotlyUtils:
    def __init__(self):
        self.figure = pl.graph_objs.Figure()

    def insert_line(self, data, **kwargs):
        obj = pl_go.Scatter(data, mode='lines+markers', *kwargs)
        self.figure.add_trace(obj)

    def insert_scatter(self, data, **kwargs):
        obj = pl_go.Scatter(data, mode='markers', *kwargs)
        self.figure.add_trace(obj)

    def show(self):
        """ open a new browser page with the current figure (not storing it anywhere) """
        self.figure.update_layout(yaxis=dict(scaleanchor="x", scaleratio=1))  # axis equal
        self.figure.show()

    def store_and_show(self, filename):
        """ store a html file and open it """
        self.figure.update_layout(yaxis=dict(scaleanchor="x", scaleratio=1))  # axis equal
        pl.offline.plot(self.figure, filename=filename)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    data = {
        'x': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
        'y': [4, 6, 5, 8, 2]
    }

    plotly_utils = PlotlyUtils()
    plotly_utils.insert_line(data)
    plotly_utils.insert_scatter(data)
    plotly_utils.show()