def make_plot2(): from numpy import pi, arange, sin, cos import numpy as np from bokeh.objects import ( Plot, DataRange1d, LinearAxis, ColumnDataSource, GlyphRenderer, PanTool, PreviewSaveTool) from bokeh.glyphs import Circle from bokeh import session x = arange(-2*pi, 2*pi, 0.1) y = sin(x) z = cos(x) widths = np.ones_like(x) * 0.02 heights = np.ones_like(x) * 0.2 source = ColumnDataSource(data=dict(x=x,y=y,z=z,widths=widths, heights=heights)) xdr = DataRange1d(sources=[source.columns("x")]) ydr = DataRange1d(sources=[source.columns("y")]) circle = Circle(x="x", y="y", fill="red", radius=5, line_color="black") glyph_renderer = GlyphRenderer( data_source = source, xdata_range = xdr, ydata_range = ydr, glyph = circle) pantool = PanTool(dataranges = [xdr, ydr], dimensions=["width","height"]) previewtool = PreviewSaveTool(dataranges=[xdr,ydr], dimensions=("width","height")) plot = Plot(x_range=xdr, y_range=ydr, data_sources=[source], border= 80) #by setting our own name plot._id = "make_plot" xaxis = LinearAxis(plot=plot, dimension=0) yaxis = LinearAxis(plot=plot, dimension=1) plot.renderers.append(glyph_renderer) plot.tools = [pantool, previewtool] sess = session.HTMLFileSession() sess.add(plot, glyph_renderer, xaxis, yaxis, # xgrid, ygrid, source, xdr, ydr, pantool, previewtool) sess.plotcontext.children.append(plot) sess.plotcontext._dirty = True # not so nice.. but set the model doens't know # that we appended to children return plot