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[Plotly.js](https://plotly.com/javascript) is a standalone Javascript data visualization library, and it also powers the Python and R modules named `plotly` in those respective ecosystems (referred to as [Plotly.py](https://plotly.com/python) and [Plotly.R](http://plotly.com/r)).
Plotly.js can be used to produce dozens of chart types and visualizations, including statistical charts, 3D graphs, scientific charts, SVG and tile maps, financial charts and more.
[Contact us](https://plotly.com/products/consulting-and-oem/) for Plotly.js consulting, dashboard development, application integration, and feature additions.
## Table of contents
* [Load as a node module](#load-as-a-node-module)
* [Load via script tag](#load-via-script-tag)
* [Bundles](#bundles)
* [Alternative ways to load and build plotly.js](#alternative-ways-to-load-and-build-plotlyjs)
* [Documentation](#documentation)
* [Bugs and feature requests](#bugs-and-feature-requests)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [Notable contributors](#notable-contributors)
* [Copyright and license](#copyright-and-license)
* [Community](#community)
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## Load as a node module
Install [a ready-to-use distributed bundle](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/dist/README.md)
```sh
npm i --save plotly.js-dist-min
```
and use import or require in node.js
```js
// ES6 module
import Plotly from 'plotly.js-dist-min'
// CommonJS
var Plotly = require('plotly.js-dist-min')
```
You may also consider using [`plotly.js-dist`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/plotly.js-dist) if you prefer using an unminified package.
---
## Load via script tag
### The script HTML element
> In the examples below `Plotly` object is added to the window scope by `script`. The `newPlot` method is then used to draw an interactive figure as described by `data` and `layout` into the desired `div` here named `gd`. As demonstrated in the example above basic knowledge of `html` and [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON) syntax is enough to get started i.e. with/without JavaScript! To learn and build more with plotly.js please visit [plotly.js documentation](https://plotly.com/javascript).
```html
```
Alternatively you may consider using [native ES6 import](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) in the script tag.
```html
```
Fastly supports Plotly.js with free CDN service. Read more at .
### Un-minified versions are also available on CDN
While non-minified source files may contain characters outside UTF-8, it is recommended that you specify the `charset` when loading those bundles.
```html
```
> Please note that as of v2 the "plotly-latest" outputs (e.g. https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js) will no longer be updated on the CDN, and will stay at the last v1 patch v1.58.5. Therefore, to use the CDN with plotly.js v2 and higher, you must specify an exact plotly.js version.
### MathJax
You could load either version two or version three of MathJax files, for example:
```html
```
```html
```
> When using MathJax version 3, it is also possible to use `chtml` output on the other parts of the page in addition to `svg` output for the plotly graph.
Please refer to `devtools/test_dashboard/index-mathjax3chtml.html` to see an example.
### Need to have several WebGL graphs on a page?
You may simply load [virtual-webgl](https://github.com/greggman/virtual-webgl) script for WebGL 1 (not WebGL 2) before loading other scripts.
```html
```
## Bundles
There are two kinds of plotly.js bundles:
1. Complete and partial official bundles that are distributed to `npm` and the `CDN`, described in [the dist README](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/dist/README.md).
2. Custom bundles you can create yourself to optimize the size of bundle depending on your needs. Please visit [CUSTOM_BUNDLE](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/CUSTOM_BUNDLE.md) for more information.
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## Alternative ways to load and build plotly.js
If your library needs to bundle or directly load [plotly.js/lib/index.js](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/lib/index.js) or parts of its modules similar to [index-basic](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/lib/index-basic.js) in some other way than via an official or a custom bundle, or in case you want to tweak the default build configurations, then please visit [`BUILDING.md`](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/BUILDING.md).
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## Documentation
Official plotly.js documentation is hosted at [https://plotly.com/javascript](https://plotly.com/javascript).
These pages are generated by the Plotly [graphing-library-docs repo](https://github.com/plotly/graphing-library-docs) built with [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) and publicly hosted on GitHub Pages.
For more info about contributing to Plotly documentation, please read through [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/plotly/graphing-library-docs/blob/master/README.md).
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## Bugs and feature requests
Have a bug or a feature request? Please [open a Github issue](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/new) keeping in mind the [issue guidelines](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md). You may also want to read about [how changes get made to Plotly.js](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
---
## Contributing
Please read through our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). Included are directions for opening issues, using plotly.js in your project and notes on development.
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## Notable contributors
Plotly.js is at the core of a large and dynamic ecosystem with many contributors who file issues, reproduce bugs, suggest improvements, write code in this repo (and other upstream or downstream ones) and help users in the Plotly community forum. The following people deserve special recognition for their outsized contributions to this ecosystem:
| | GitHub | Twitter | Status |
|---|--------|---------|--------|
|**Alex C. Johnson**| [@alexcjohnson](https://github.com/alexcjohnson) | | Active, Maintainer |
|**Mojtaba Samimi** | [@archmoj](https://github.com/archmoj) | [@solarchvision](https://twitter.com/solarchvision) | Active, Maintainer |
|**Emily Kellison-Linn** | [@emilykl](https://github.com/emilykl) | | Active, Maintainer |
|**My-Tien Nguyen**| [@my-tien](https://github.com/my-tien) | | Active, Community Contributor |
|**Birk Skyum**| [@birkskyum](https://github.com/birkskyum) | | Active, Community Contributor |
|**Étienne Tétreault-Pinard**| [@etpinard](https://github.com/etpinard) | [@etpinard](https://twitter.com/etpinard) | Hall of Fame |
|**Antoine Roy-Gobeil** | [@antoinerg](https://github.com/antoinerg) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Jack Parmer**| [@jackparmer](https://github.com/jackparmer) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Nicolas Kruchten** | [@nicolaskruchten](https://github.com/nicolaskruchten) | [@nicolaskruchten](https://twitter.com/nicolaskruchten) | Hall of Fame |
|**Mikola Lysenko**| [@mikolalysenko](https://github.com/mikolalysenko) | [@MikolaLysenko](https://twitter.com/MikolaLysenko) | Hall of Fame |
|**Ricky Reusser**| [@rreusser](https://github.com/rreusser) | [@rickyreusser](https://twitter.com/rickyreusser) | Hall of Fame |
|**Dmitry Yv.** | [@dy](https://github.com/dy) | [@DimaYv](https://twitter.com/dimayv)| Hall of Fame |
|**Jon Mease** | [@jonmmease](https://github.com/jonmmease) | [@jonmmease](https://twitter.com/jonmmease) | Hall of Fame |
|**Robert Monfera**| [@monfera](https://github.com/monfera) | [@monfera](https://twitter.com/monfera) | Hall of Fame |
|**Robert Möstl** | [@rmoestl](https://github.com/rmoestl) | [@rmoestl](https://twitter.com/rmoestl) | Hall of Fame |
|**Nicolas Riesco**| [@n-riesco](https://github.com/n-riesco) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Miklós Tusz**| [@mdtusz](https://github.com/mdtusz) | [@mdtusz](https://twitter.com/mdtusz)| Hall of Fame |
|**Chelsea Douglas**| [@cldougl](https://github.com/cldougl) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Ben Postlethwaite**| [@bpostlethwaite](https://github.com/bpostlethwaite) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Hannah Ker** | [@hannahker](https://github.com/hannahker) | [@hannahker11](https://twitter.com/hannahker11)| Hall of Fame |
|**Chris Parmer**| [@chriddyp](https://github.com/chriddyp) | | Hall of Fame |
|**Alex Vados**| [@alexander-daniel](https://github.com/alexander-daniel) | | Hall of Fame |
---
## Copyright and license
Code and documentation copyright 2021 Plotly, Inc.
Code released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/LICENSE).
### Versioning
This project is maintained under the [Semantic Versioning guidelines](https://semver.org/).
See the [Releases section](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/releases) of our GitHub project for changelogs for each release version of plotly.js.
---
## Community
* Follow [@plotlygraphs](https://twitter.com/plotlygraphs) on Twitter for the latest Plotly news.
* Implementation help may be found on community.plot.com (tagged [`plotly-js`](https://community.plotly.com/c/plotly-js)) or
on Stack Overflow (tagged [`plotly`](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/plotly)).
* Developers should use the keyword `plotly` on packages which modify or add to the functionality of plotly.js when distributing through [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/keyword/plotly).