altair.datasets.Loader

class altair.datasets.Loader

Load example datasets remotely from vega-datasets, with caching.

A new Loader must be initialized by specifying a backend:

from altair.datasets import Loader

load = Loader.from_backend("polars")
load
Loader[polars]

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
from_backend([backend_name])	Initialize a new loader, with the specified backend.
from_reader(reader, /)
url(name[, suffix])	Return the address of a remote dataset.

Attributes

cache

Caching of remote dataset requests.