# Altair Charts This is a simple example of an Altair chart using the [fh-altair](https://github.com/koaning/fh-altair) plugin.

Source Code

             from fh_altair import altair2fasthml, altair_headers
from fasthtml.common import *
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import altair as alt

app, rt = fast_app(hdrs=altair_headers)

count = 0
plotdata = []

def generate_chart():
    global plotdata
    if len(plotdata) > 250:
        plotdata = plotdata[-250:]

    pltr = pd.DataFrame({'y': plotdata, 'x': range(len(plotdata))})
    chart = alt.Chart(pltr).mark_line().encode(x='x', y='y').properties(width=400, height=200)
    return altair2fasthml(chart)

@app.get("/")
def homepage():
    return Title("Altair Demo"), Main(
        H1("Altair Demo"),
        Div(id="chart"),
        Button("Increment", get=increment, hx_target="#chart", hx_swap="innerHTML"),
        style="margin: 20px"
    )

@app.get("/increment")
def increment():
    global plotdata, count
    count += 1
    plotdata.append(np.random.exponential(1))
    return Div(
        generate_chart(),
        P(f"You have pressed the button {count} times."),
    )
           

Live Demo

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