working on plotlyjs integration

src/backends/plotly.jl

@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ function plotlyaxis(d::Dict, isx::Bool)
   ax
 end
 
-function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
-  d = plt.plotargs
+# function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
+#   d = plt.plotargs
+function plotly_layout(d::Dict)
   d_out = Dict()
 
   bgcolor = webcolor(d[:background_color])
@@ -210,8 +211,11 @@ function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
     d_out[:annotations] = [get_annotation_dict(ann...) for ann in anns]
   end
 
-  # finally build and return the json
-  JSON.json(d_out)
+  d_out
+end
+
+function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
+  JSON.json(plotly_layout(plt.plotargs))
 end
 
 
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ const _plotly_markers = Dict(
   )
 
 # get a dictionary representing the series params (d is the Plots-dict, d_out is the Plotly-dict)
-function get_series_json(d::Dict; plot_index = nothing)
+function plotly_series(d::Dict; plot_index = nothing)
   d_out = Dict()
 
   x, y = collect(d[:x]), collect(d[:y])
@@ -360,14 +364,14 @@ end
 
 # get a list of dictionaries, each representing the series params
 function get_series_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
-  JSON.json(map(get_series_json, plt.seriesargs))
+  JSON.json(map(plotly_series, plt.seriesargs))
 end
 
 function get_series_json(subplt::Subplot{PlotlyPackage})
   ds = Dict[]
   for (i,plt) in enumerate(subplt.plts)
     for d in plt.seriesargs
-      push!(ds, get_series_json(d, plot_index = i))
+      push!(ds, plotly_series(d, plot_index = i))
     end
   end
   JSON.json(ds)

src/backends/plotly_blink.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+# override some methods to use Plotlyjs/Blink
+
+import Plotlyjs
+
+function _create_plot(pkg::PlotlyPackage; kw...)
+    d = Dict(kw)
+    # TODO: create the window/canvas/context that is the plot within the backend (call it `o`)
+    # TODO: initialize the plot... title, xlabel, bgcolor, etc
+    o = Plotlyjs.Plot()
+
+    Plot(o, pkg, 0, d, Dict[])
+end
+
+
+function _add_series(::PlotlyPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
+    d = Dict(kw)
+
+    # add to the data array
+    pdict = plotly_series(d)
+    gt = Plotlyjs.GenericTrace(pdict[:type], pdict)
+    push!(plt.o.data, gt)
+    if !isnull(plt.o.window)
+        Plotlyjs.addtraces!(plt.o, gt)
+    end
+
+    push!(plt.seriesargs, d)
+    plt
+end
+
+# TODO: override this to update plot items (title, xlabel, etc) after creation
+function _update_plot(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage}, d::Dict)
+    pdict = plotly_layout(d)
+    plt.o.layout = Plotlyjs.Layout(pdict)
+    if !isnull(plt.o.window)
+        Plotlyjs.relayout!(plt.o, pdict...)
+    end
+end
+
+
+function Base.display(::PlotsDisplay, plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
+    dump(plt.o)
+    show(plt.o)
+end
+
+function Base.display(::PlotsDisplay, plt::Subplot{PlotlyPackage})
+    error()    
+end

src/plotter.jl

@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ function backend()
           # end borrowing (thanks :)
           ###########################
 
+          try
+            include(joinpath(Pkg.dir("Plots"), "src", "backends", "plotly_blink.jl"))
+          catch err
+            warn("Error including Plotlyjs: $err\n  Note: Will fall back to built-in display.")
+          end
+
         end
       catch err
         warn("Couldn't setup Plotly")