How to create a plot but not actually plot it. Javascript

plotly.js
1

I am using plotly javascript to draw some plots. But what I actually need is the url and I don’t really need the ploly to draw it on the web.

Here is an example, https://codepen.io/slfan2013/pen/xpWMyW. What I really need is the url and I don’t want the plot show on the website. How to do that? Thanks!

2

I don’t understand your question.

By URL, you mean something like https://plot.ly/~etpinard/7599/ ?

3

Thanks for your reply.

I mean when I export the graph, I need the code like

Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout).then(
                        function(gd)
                         {
                          Plotly.toImage(gd,{height:600,width:800})
                             .then(
                                function(url)
                             {
                                 console.log(url)// this is what i really need!! I dont want it to be ploted~!
                                 
                             }
                             )
                      })

The key is to get the url. However, when getting the url, the code needs to generate the plot first with Plotly.newPlot(). I wonder if it is possible not to generate the plot but get the url?

Sorry for the confusion.

4 
Plotly.toImage(
  {data: data, layout: layout}, 
  {height: 600, width: 800}
).then(url => {
  console.log(url)
})

should work.

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