HTML5 Matplotlib animations in SMC

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import animation
import numpy as np

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

x = np.arange(0, 2*np.pi, 0.01)
line, = ax.plot(x, np.sin(x))

def animate(i):
    line.set_ydata(np.sin(x + i/10.0))  # update the data
    return line,


# Init only required for blitting to give a clean slate.
def init():
    line.set_ydata(np.ma.array(x, mask=True))
    return line,

anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, np.arange(1, 200), init_func=init, interval=25, blit=True)

Saving the animation in a "WebM" file

filename = 'animation.webm'
anim.save(filename, fps=6, extra_args=['-vcodec', 'libvpx'])

Retrieving our project id in SMC

Which is in the path of the current directory we're in. Then we use it to construct the URL to the video file.

import os
dirs = os.getcwd().split('/')
project_id = dirs[2]
path = '/'.join(dirs[3:])
url = "/{project_id}/raw/{path}/{filename}".format(**locals())
print(url)

/14eed217-2d3c-4975-a381-b69edcb40e0e/raw/scratch/animation.webm

from IPython.display import HTML
HTML('''<video autoplay controls loop>
<source src="{url}" type="video/webm">
</video>'''.format(url = url))