add save_plots and introduce new ZnTypes.PLOTS

setup.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="zntrack",
-    version="0.4.0",
+    version="0.4.1",
     author="zincwarecode",
     author_email="zincwarecode@gmail.com",
     description="A Python package for parameter and data version control with DVC",

tests/integration_tests/test_zn_plots.py

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ def test_write_plots_type_error(proj_path):
         WritePlotsWrongData().run_and_save()
 
 
+def test_save_plots(proj_path):
+    write_plots = WritePlots()
+    write_plots.run()
+    write_plots.save_plots()
+
+    assert pathlib.Path("nodes/WritePlots/plots.csv").exists()
+
+
 class WriteTwoPlots(Node):
     plots_a: pd.DataFrame = zn.plots()
     plots_b: pd.DataFrame = zn.plots()

zntrack/__init__.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "getdeps",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(config.log_level)

zntrack/core/base.py

@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs):
         signature = inspect.Signature(parameters=signature_params)
         setattr(cls, "__signature__", signature)
 
+    def save_plots(self):
+        """Save the zn.plots
+
+        Similar to DVC Live this  can be used to save the plots during a run
+        for live output.
+        """
+        for option in self._descriptor_list:
+            if option.zn_type is utils.ZnTypes.PLOTS:
+                option.save(instance=self)
+
     def save(self, results: bool = False):
         """Save Class state to files
 

zntrack/core/dvcgraph.py

@@ -372,10 +372,7 @@ def write_graph(
                 value = getattr(self, option.name)
                 custom_args += handle_dvc(value, option.dvc_args)
             # Handle Zn Options
-            elif option.zn_type in [
-                utils.ZnTypes.RESULTS,
-                utils.ZnTypes.METADATA,
-            ]:
+            elif option.zn_type in utils.VALUE_DVC_TRACKED:
                 zn_options_set.add(
                     (
                         f"--{option.dvc_args}",

zntrack/utils/structs.py

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ class ZnTypes(enum.Enum):
     PARAMS = enum.auto()
     ITERABLE = enum.auto()
     RESULTS = enum.auto()
+    PLOTS = enum.auto()
 
 
 FILE_DVC_TRACKED = [ZnTypes.DVC]
 # if the getattr(instance, self.name) is an affected file,
 # e.g. the dvc.<outs> is a file / list of files
-VALUE_DVC_TRACKED = [ZnTypes.RESULTS, ZnTypes.METADATA]
+VALUE_DVC_TRACKED = [ZnTypes.RESULTS, ZnTypes.METADATA, ZnTypes.PLOTS]
 
 
 # if the internal file,

zntrack/zn/plots.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 class plots(PlotsModifyOption):
     dvc_option = utils.DVCOptions.PLOTS_NO_CACHE.value
-    zn_type = utils.ZnTypes.RESULTS
+    zn_type = utils.ZnTypes.PLOTS
 
     def get_filename(self, instance) -> pathlib.Path:
         """Overwrite filename to csv"""