PyQtChart not displaying data

Question

I have been trying to build a chart using PyQtChart.

I have been following this implementation and it is what I would like to produce.

https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtcharts-datetimeaxis-example.html

The Chart displays but is missing the data and the X axis.

How can I get the Datetime displayed on the X-Axis and the Data Shown on the Plot?

from PyQt5.QtChart import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from datetime import datetime as dt

a = QApplication([])


#https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtcharts-datetimeaxis-example.html

x = ['2018-07-01 13:06:38', '2018-07-01 12:46:38', '2018-07-01 12:36:38', '2018-07-01 12:26:38', '2018-07-01 12:16:38', '2018-07-01 12:06:38', '2018-07-01 11:56:38', '2018-07-01 11:46:38', '2018-07-01 11:36:38', '2018-07-01 11:26:38', '2018-07-01 10:56:38', '2018-07-01 10:46:38', '2018-07-01 10:36:38'] 
y = [23.5, 20.8, 28.0, 28.1, 28.0, 27.8, 27.3, 27.2, 25.7, 24.7, 25.0, 25.0, 24.9]

#Chart Type
series = QLineSeries()

# Create Chart and set General Chart setting
chart = QChart()
chart.addSeries(series)
chart.setTitle("Temperature records in celcius")
chart.setAnimationOptions(QChart.SeriesAnimations)

# X Axis Settings   
axisX = QDateTimeAxis()
axisX.setTickCount(10)
axisX.setFormat("dd HH mm") #https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdatetime.html#toString-2
axisX.setTitleText("Day")


chart.addAxis(axisX, Qt.AlignBottom)
series.attachAxis(axisX)

# Y Axis Settings
axisY = QValueAxis()
axisY.setLabelFormat("%i")
axisY.setTitleText("Temperature C")

chart.addAxis(axisY, Qt.AlignLeft)
series.attachAxis(axisY)

# Create a QChartView object with QChart as a parameter. This way we don't need to create the QGraphicsView scene ourselves. We also set the Antialiasing on to have the rendered lines look nicer.

chartView = QChartView(chart)
chartView.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)

chart.createDefaultAxes()

chart.axisY(series).setRange(min(y)-5, max(y)+5)    

chart.legend().setVisible(True)
chart.legend().setAlignment(Qt.AlignBottom)

chartView = QChartView(chart)
chartView.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)   


window = QMainWindow()
window.setCentralWidget(chartView)
window.resize(600, 300)   
window.show()
a.exec_()

Answer 1

You have at least the following errors:

• You are creating 2 QChartView unnecessarily.
• do not call createDefaultAxes() since you delete the previous axes.

You have to convert the string to QDateTime and then to whole with QDateTime.fromString() and toMSecsSinceEpoch(), respectively.

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from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtChart import *

#https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtcharts-datetimeaxis-example.html

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys

    a = QApplication(sys.argv)

    x = ['2018-07-01 13:06:38', '2018-07-01 12:46:38', '2018-07-01 12:36:38', '2018-07-01 12:26:38', '2018-07-01 12:16:38', '2018-07-01 12:06:38', '2018-07-01 11:56:38', '2018-07-01 11:46:38', '2018-07-01 11:36:38', '2018-07-01 11:26:38', '2018-07-01 10:56:38', '2018-07-01 10:46:38', '2018-07-01 10:36:38'] 
    y = [23.5, 20.8, 28.0, 28.1, 28.0, 27.8, 27.3, 27.2, 25.7, 24.7, 25.0, 25.0, 24.9]

    #Chart Type
    series = QLineSeries()
    for t, val in zip(x, y):
        series.append(QDateTime.fromString(t, "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss").toMSecsSinceEpoch(), val)

    # Create Chart and set General Chart setting
    chart = QChart()
    chart.addSeries(series)
    chart.setTitle("Temperature records in celcius")
    chart.setAnimationOptions(QChart.SeriesAnimations)

    # X Axis Settings   
    axisX = QDateTimeAxis()
    axisX.setTickCount(10)
    axisX.setFormat("dd HH mm") #https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdatetime.html#toString-2
    axisX.setTitleText("Day")
    chart.addAxis(axisX, Qt.AlignBottom)
    series.attachAxis(axisX)

    # Y Axis Settings
    axisY = QValueAxis()
    axisY.setLabelFormat("%i")
    axisY.setTitleText("Temperature C")
    chart.addAxis(axisY, Qt.AlignLeft)
    series.attachAxis(axisY)

    # Create a QChartView object with QChart as a parameter. This way we don't need to create the QGraphicsView scene ourselves. We also set the Antialiasing on to have the rendered lines look nicer.
    chartView = QChartView(chart)
    chartView.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)

    chart.axisY(series).setRange(min(y)-5, max(y)+5)
    chart.legend().setVisible(True)
    chart.legend().setAlignment(Qt.AlignBottom)
    window = QMainWindow()
    window.setCentralWidget(chartView)
    window.resize(1280, 480)   
    window.show()
    sys.exit(a.exec_())