Directly save image (without opening in browser)

Referencing: #596 and #564 For saving an image you have first open it in the browser, for example in jupyter: plotly.offline.plot(fig, filename=filename, image='svg') opens a new tab and download immediately, when adding auto_open=False: plotly.offline.plot(fig, filename=filename, image='svg', auto_open=False) then it will not open a new tab, but it will not download the image as well. The jupyter command was only an example, of course this functionality would be more useful in text only scripts (python, javascript, R).

[cldougl]

~As previously mentioned in the issues you’ve referenced this feature is not possible at this time and we do not have a plan to add it in the immediate future. You can always submit feature requests here: https://support.plot.ly/libraries/python~

This is now supported 🎉 https://medium.com/@plotlygraphs/plotly-py-end-of-summer-updates-5422c98b9058

[jackparmer]

Happy holidays @jwhendy @bluprince13 @geniusupgrader !

Just wanted to let you know that Plotly is aware of this issue.

We’re currently testing a new image server on plotly cloud against more than 5 million user generated charts. If this goes well, we plan to open-source and package this server for easy, cross-platform use by Python users. Timeline is hopefully late February for a release.

since this is still open, could we do a quick thought experiment? Let’s say the plotly team did take this on as a feature request… could someone sketch out the potential implementation?

TLDR; We’re using Electron for the new image server. The previous image server on Plotly Cloud and Plotly On-Premises used Batik for vector images (PDF, SVG, EPS) and node webkit for raster images (PNG, JPEG). The Electron rewrite has simplified things to an extent where we feel comfortable maintaining this as a pip installable library for Python users without (hopefully) a nightmare of issues related to complexities you’ve already mentioned - cross-platform support, font families, sprawling dependencies, etc.

Stay tuned. This is taking a while, but we are taking the time to do it right. I’ll try to update this issue as things get closer!