Rudimentary MPFile Viewer about mpcontribs HOT 5 CLOSED

@ATNDiaye and @henry-wu (FYI @kristinpersson): MPContribs now provides a basic MPFile viewer which renders the contents of an MPFile similar to the format used on MP's web site (but without any database interaction). The web app allows you to render and improve MPFiles locally on your machine until ready for official submission. Install MPContribs and run the viewer via

pip install -e git+git://github.com/materialsproject/MPContribs.git#egg=mpcontribs
mgc viewer

Please give it a try and let me know if you have any questions or find bugs.

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Thanks @tschaume !
It had some unmet dependencies and I needed a plotly account.
Now it runs - many thanks! Very useful!
Is there an offline switch so the viewer would run without internet access as well?

(PH edit: see separate issue #13 for the "offline switch")

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The cleanest way to install MPContribs is within a dedicated virtual environment. I'd suggest you set it up using virtualenvwrapper (mkvirtualenv) which also adds the correct bin directory to your PATH. After installing MPContribs you can check which mgc to confirm.

Also, find below an animated gif demonstrating the MPFile viewer.

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I am able to install MPContribs and run mgc viewer. I am also able to load the MPFile you updated (hwu_test_input.txt). Here a screenshot.

Is there a better way to set the organization of the data table? In the file the temperature column is on the leftmost side, but in the expanded viewer table, it's hidden in the middle somehow.

Also, regarding the plot, I am able to go to plot.ly and make changes to the plot layout there. But how should I go about having those changes reflected in the MPFile? Plot title, log axis, etc..

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@henry-wu
I've improved the grid layout for your case where there's no hierarchical data (i.e., meta-data), yet. Also the issue with the preservation of the column order in the table should be fixed now.
As for the plot styling, below is a short screen gif that demonstrates how the changes you implement in Plotly will automatically translate to the MP site. In the MPFileViewer, which serves as a non-persistent testing ground for the official submission, this is not supported (yet). Please subscribe to issue #22 if you'd like to be notified on my progress.

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