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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Introducing Templates/Themes","articleBody":"Going through the discussion in this thread: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/issues/217\n\nWe can add template functionality to the API Libraries. Some pointers:\n- `py.plot(fig, template='ggplot')`. Template can be a keyword ( 'ggplot', 'seaborn' etc.) or a `Figure` instance. This way a user can copy the theme from an existing chart the user has access to (which many people have been asking about, in support queries).\n- Copying the template from an existing Plotly chart will only work in online mode (inbuilt template can be used offline as well).\n- saving user's custom templates as JSON in `.plotly/user_templates` directory, and built-in templates in `.plotly/plotly_templates` directory.\n- Adding new built-in templates will require a valid `template.json` and a reference in a `templates.py` file.\n- A Template Parser, which will load template files, and convert them to `Figure` or `Layout` objects (basically deserialize them).\n- A _deep_ `update` method, which can work on Plotly's Graph Objects (as a utility method).\n\n@cldougl @jackparmer @theengineear : please provide comments/suggestions .. \n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tarzzz","@type":"Person","name":"tarzzz"},"datePublished":"2016-03-21T07:51:37.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/425/plotly.py/issues/425"}