Animation Example is not working with Plotly 2.0.12

Hi All,

An animation example from this link Intro to animations in Python is not working with Plotly 2.0.12. I put the error output below. Is there any way to solve the problem except for downgrading the Plotly version?

PlotlyError: Invalid 'figure_or_data' argument. Plotly will not be able to properly parse the resulting JSON. If you want to send this 'figure_or_data' to Plotly anyway (not recommended), you can set 'validate=False' as a plot option.
Here's why you're seeing this error:

'slider' is not allowed in 'layout'

Path To Error: ['layout']['slider']

Valid attributes for 'layout' at path ['layout'] under parents ['figure']:

    ['angularaxis', 'annotations', 'autosize', 'bargap', 'bargroupgap',
    'barmode', 'barnorm', 'boxgap', 'boxgroupgap', 'boxmode', 'calendar',
    'direction', 'dragmode', 'font', 'geo', 'height', 'hiddenlabels',
    'hiddenlabelssrc', 'hidesources', 'hoverlabel', 'hovermode', 'images',
    'legend', 'mapbox', 'margin', 'orientation', 'paper_bgcolor',
    'plot_bgcolor', 'radialaxis', 'scene', 'separators', 'shapes',
    'showlegend', 'sliders', 'smith', 'ternary', 'title', 'titlefont',
    'updatemenus', 'width', 'xaxis', 'yaxis']

Run `<layout-object>.help('attribute')` on any of the above.
'<layout-object>' is the object at ['layout']
from plotly.offline import init_notebook_mode, iplot
from IPython.display import display, HTML

import pandas as pd

init_notebook_mode(connected=True)

url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/gapminderDataFiveYear.csv'
dataset = pd.read_csv(url)

years = ['1952', '1962', '1967', '1972', '1977', '1982', '1987', '1992', '1997', '2002', '2007']
# make list of continents
continents = []
for continent in dataset['continent']:
    if continent not in continents:
        continents.append(continent)
# make figure
figure = {
    'data': [],
    'layout': {},
    'frames': [],
    'config': {'scrollzoom': True}
}

# fill in most of layout
figure['layout']['xaxis'] = {'range': [30, 85], 'title': 'Life Expectancy'}
figure['layout']['yaxis'] = {'title': 'GDP per Capita', 'type': 'log'}
figure['layout']['hovermode'] = 'closest'
figure['layout']['slider'] = {
    'args': [
        'slider.value', {
            'duration': 400,
            'ease': 'cubic-in-out'
        }
    ],
    'initialValue': '1952',
    'plotlycommand': 'animate',
    'values': years,
    'visible': True
}
figure['layout']['updatemenus'] = [
    {
        'buttons': [
            {
                'args': [None, {'frame': {'duration': 500, 'redraw': False},
                         'fromcurrent': True, 'transition': {'duration': 300, 'easing': 'quadratic-in-out'}}],
                'label': 'Play',
                'method': 'animate'
            },
            {
                'args': [[None], {'frame': {'duration': 0, 'redraw': False}, 'mode': 'immediate',
                'transition': {'duration': 0}}],
                'label': 'Pause',
                'method': 'animate'
            }
        ],
        'direction': 'left',
        'pad': {'r': 10, 't': 87},
        'showactive': False,
        'type': 'buttons',
        'x': 0.1,
        'xanchor': 'right',
        'y': 0,
        'yanchor': 'top'
    }
]

sliders_dict = {
    'active': 0,
    'yanchor': 'top',
    'xanchor': 'left',
    'currentvalue': {
        'font': {'size': 20},
        'prefix': 'Year:',
        'visible': True,
        'xanchor': 'right'
    },
    'transition': {'duration': 300, 'easing': 'cubic-in-out'},
    'pad': {'b': 10, 't': 50},
    'len': 0.9,
    'x': 0.1,
    'y': 0,
    'steps': []
}

# make data
year = 1952
for continent in continents:
    dataset_by_year = dataset[dataset['year'] == year]
    dataset_by_year_and_cont = dataset_by_year[dataset_by_year['continent'] == continent]

    data_dict = {
        'x': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['lifeExp']),
        'y': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['gdpPercap']),
        'mode': 'markers',
        'text': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['country']),
        'marker': {
            'sizemode': 'area',
            'sizeref': 200000,
            'size': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['pop'])
        },
        'name': continent
    }
    figure['data'].append(data_dict)
    
# make frames
for year in years:
    frame = {'data': [], 'name': str(year)}
    for continent in continents:
        dataset_by_year = dataset[dataset['year'] == int(year)]
        dataset_by_year_and_cont = dataset_by_year[dataset_by_year['continent'] == continent]

        data_dict = {
            'x': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['lifeExp']),
            'y': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['gdpPercap']),
            'mode': 'markers',
            'text': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['country']),
            'marker': {
                'sizemode': 'area',
                'sizeref': 200000,
                'size': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['pop'])
            },
            'name': continent
        }
        frame['data'].append(data_dict)

    figure['frames'].append(frame)
    slider_step = {'args': [
        [year],
        {'frame': {'duration': 300, 'redraw': False},
         'mode': 'immediate',
       'transition': {'duration': 300}}
     ],
     'label': year,
     'method': 'animate'}
    sliders_dict['steps'].append(slider_step)

    
figure['layout']['sliders'] = [sliders_dict]

iplot(figure)

Hi, I am experiencing the very same issue. Did you solve it?

Hi there,
The example has been updated. The config can be called in the iplot() call rather than set in figure. Additionally it looked like slider was used instead of sliders.

from plotly.offline import init_notebook_mode, iplot
from IPython.display import display, HTML

import pandas as pd

init_notebook_mode(connected=True)

url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/gapminderDataFiveYear.csv'
dataset = pd.read_csv(url)

years = ['1952', '1962', '1967', '1972', '1977', '1982', '1987', '1992', '1997', '2002', '2007']
# make list of continents
continents = []
for continent in dataset['continent']:
    if continent not in continents:
        continents.append(continent)
# make figure
figure = {
    'data': [],
    'layout': {},
    'frames': [],
}

# fill in most of layout
figure['layout']['xaxis'] = {'range': [30, 85], 'title': 'Life Expectancy'}
figure['layout']['yaxis'] = {'title': 'GDP per Capita', 'type': 'log'}
figure['layout']['hovermode'] = 'closest'
figure['layout']['sliders'] = {
    'args': [
        'slider.value', {
            'duration': 400,
            'ease': 'cubic-in-out'
        }
    ],
    'initialValue': '1952',
    'plotlycommand': 'animate',
    'values': years,
    'visible': True
}
figure['layout']['updatemenus'] = [
    {
        'buttons': [
            {
                'args': [None, {'frame': {'duration': 500, 'redraw': False},
                         'fromcurrent': True, 'transition': {'duration': 300, 'easing': 'quadratic-in-out'}}],
                'label': 'Play',
                'method': 'animate'
            },
            {
                'args': [[None], {'frame': {'duration': 0, 'redraw': False}, 'mode': 'immediate',
                'transition': {'duration': 0}}],
                'label': 'Pause',
                'method': 'animate'
            }
        ],
        'direction': 'left',
        'pad': {'r': 10, 't': 87},
        'showactive': False,
        'type': 'buttons',
        'x': 0.1,
        'xanchor': 'right',
        'y': 0,
        'yanchor': 'top'
    }
]

sliders_dict = {
    'active': 0,
    'yanchor': 'top',
    'xanchor': 'left',
    'currentvalue': {
        'font': {'size': 20},
        'prefix': 'Year:',
        'visible': True,
        'xanchor': 'right'
    },
    'transition': {'duration': 300, 'easing': 'cubic-in-out'},
    'pad': {'b': 10, 't': 50},
    'len': 0.9,
    'x': 0.1,
    'y': 0,
    'steps': []
}

# make data
year = 1952
for continent in continents:
    dataset_by_year = dataset[dataset['year'] == year]
    dataset_by_year_and_cont = dataset_by_year[dataset_by_year['continent'] == continent]

    data_dict = {
        'x': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['lifeExp']),
        'y': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['gdpPercap']),
        'mode': 'markers',
        'text': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['country']),
        'marker': {
            'sizemode': 'area',
            'sizeref': 200000,
            'size': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['pop'])
        },
        'name': continent
    }
    figure['data'].append(data_dict)
    
# make frames
for year in years:
    frame = {'data': [], 'name': str(year)}
    for continent in continents:
        dataset_by_year = dataset[dataset['year'] == int(year)]
        dataset_by_year_and_cont = dataset_by_year[dataset_by_year['continent'] == continent]

        data_dict = {
            'x': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['lifeExp']),
            'y': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['gdpPercap']),
            'mode': 'markers',
            'text': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['country']),
            'marker': {
                'sizemode': 'area',
                'sizeref': 200000,
                'size': list(dataset_by_year_and_cont['pop'])
            },
            'name': continent
        }
        frame['data'].append(data_dict)

    figure['frames'].append(frame)
    slider_step = {'args': [
        [year],
        {'frame': {'duration': 300, 'redraw': False},
         'mode': 'immediate',
       'transition': {'duration': 300}}
     ],
     'label': year,
     'method': 'animate'}
    sliders_dict['steps'].append(slider_step)

    
figure['layout']['sliders'] = [sliders_dict]

iplot(figure, {'config':{'scrollzoom': True}})

I figured it out and arrived at the same conclusions. Thanks a lot.