This page will guide you through getting started with PyScript.
PyScript does not require any development environment other then a web browser (we recommend using Chrome) and a text editor, even though using your IDE of choice might be convenient.
If you're using VSCode, the Live Server extension can be used to reload the page as you edit the HTML file.
There is no installation required. In this document, we'll use the PyScript assets served on https://pyscript.net.
If you want to download the source and build it yourself, follow the instructions in the README.md file.
Here's a "Hello, world!" example using PyScript.
Using your favorite editor, create a new file called hello.html
in
the same directory as your PyScript, JavaScript, and CSS files with the
following content, and open the file in your web browser. You can typically
open an HTML by double-clicking it in your file explorer.
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<py-script>
print('Hello, World!')
</py-script>
</body>
</html>
Now that we know how you can create a simple 'Hello, World!' example, let's see a more complex example. This example will use the Demo created by Cheuk Ting Ho. In this example, we will use more features from PyScript.
Let's create a new file called index.html
and add the following content:
<html>
<head>
<title>Ice Cream Picker</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
In this first step, we have created the index file, imported pyscript.css
and pyscript.js
. We are ready to start adding the elements we need for our application.
For this example, we will need to install pandas
and matplotlib
. We can install libraries using the <py-config>
tag so we can import them later. Please refer to the <py-config>
documentation for more information.
<html>
<head>
<title>Ice Cream Picker</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<py-config>
packages = ["matplotlib", "pandas"]
</py-config>
</body>
</html>
Now that we have installed the needed libraries, we can import and explore the data. In this step, we need to create a <py-script>
tag to import our dependencies, read the data with pandas and then use py-repl
to explore the data.
You may want to read the <py-script>
and <py-repl>
documentation for more information about these elements.
<html>
<head>
<title>Ice Cream Picker</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<py-config>
packages = ["matplotlib", "pandas"]
</py-config>
<py-script>
import pandas as pd
from pyodide.http import open_url
url = (
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cheukting/pyscript-ice-cream/main/bj-products.csv"
)
ice_data = pd.read_csv(open_url(url))
</py-script>
<py-repl>
ice_data
</py-repl>
</body>
</html>
Note that we are adding ice_data
to py-repl
to pre-populate the REPL with this variable, so you don't have to type it yourself.
Now that we have the data, we can create the plot. We will use the matplotlib
library to make the plot. We will use the display
API to display the plot on the page. You may want to read the display
documentation for more information.
<html>
<head>
<title>Ice Cream Picker</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<py-config>
packages = ["matplotlib", "pandas"]
</py-config>
<py-script>
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pyodide.http import open_url
url = (
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cheukting/pyscript-ice-cream/main/bj-products.csv"
)
ice_data = pd.read_csv(open_url(url))
def plot(data):
plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = (22,20)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
bars = ax.barh(data["name"], data["rating"], height=0.7)
ax.bar_label(bars)
plt.title("Rating of ice cream flavours of your choice")
display(fig, target="graph-area", append=False)
plot(ice_data)
</py-script>
<py-repl>
ice_data
</py-repl>
<div id="graph-area"></div>
</body>
</html>
Now that we have a way to explore the data using py-repl
and a way to create the plot using all of the data, it's time for us to add a way to select specific flavours.
<html>
<head>
<title>Ice Cream Picker</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.css" />
<script defer src="https://pyscript.net/latest/pyscript.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<py-config>
packages = ["matplotlib", "pandas"]
</py-config>
<py-script>
import js
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pyodide.http import open_url
from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy
url = (
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cheukting/pyscript-ice-cream/main/bj-products.csv"
)
ice_data = pd.read_csv(open_url(url))
current_selected = []
flavour_elements = js.document.getElementsByName("flavour")
def plot(data):
plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = (22,20)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
bars = ax.barh(data["name"], data["rating"], height=0.7)
ax.bar_label(bars)
plt.title("Rating of ice cream flavours of your choice")
display(fig, target="graph-area", append=False)
def select_flavour(event):
for ele in flavour_elements:
if ele.checked:
current_selected = ele.value
break
if current_selected == "ALL":
plot(ice_data)
else:
filter = ice_data.apply(lambda x: ele.value in x["ingredients"], axis=1)
plot(ice_data[filter])
ele_proxy = create_proxy(select_flavour)
for ele in flavour_elements:
if ele.value == "ALL":
ele.checked = True
current_selected = ele.value
ele.addEventListener("change", ele_proxy)
plot(ice_data)
</py-script>
<div id="input" style="margin: 20px;">
Select your 🍨 flavour: <br/>
<input type="radio" id="all" name="flavour" value="ALL">
<label for="all"> All 🍧</label>
<input type="radio" id="chocolate" name="flavour" value="COCOA">
<label for="chocolate"> Chocolate 🍫</label>
<input type="radio" id="cherrie" name="flavour" value="CHERRIES">
<label for="cherrie"> Cherries 🍒</label>
<input type="radio" id="berries" name="flavour" value="BERRY">
<label for="berries"> Berries 🍓</label>
<input type="radio" id="cheese" name="flavour" value="CHEESE">
<label for="cheese"> Cheese 🧀</label>
<input type="radio" id="peanut" name="flavour" value="PEANUT">
<label for="peanut"> Peanut 🥜</label>
</div>
<py-repl>
ice_data
</py-repl>
<div id="graph-area"></div>
</body>
</html>