Generating callback outputs and Inputs based on data from CSV dynamically

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Hi,

I am trying to solve an issue on my Dash Plotly app where the Outputs and Inputs for a callback gets generated based on the data from a CSV file. The problem happens when the said CSV file is updated by pulling it from S3 bucket. Since the data changes, but the Outputs and Inputs of the callback still remains same, the application does not respond to html input fields the same way. Here is how the callback is setup

@app.callback(
    output=g_table_hidden_outputs + [Output('total-master-table', 'children'), entry_cell_placeholder_outputs,
                                        sp_status_value_outputs, sp_status_style_outputs, tl_delta_value_outputs,
                                        tl_delta_name_outputs,
                                        r_extrap_value_outputs,
                                        r_extrap_name_outputs, entry_cell_outputs, entry_cell_name_outputs,
                                        Output("download-dataframe-csv", "data")],
    inputs={'d_value': Input('d-num-input', 'value'),
            'o_hori': Input('tl-outlook-input', 'value'),
            'g': Input('g-dropdown', 'value'),
            'fill_recommended': Input('fill-recommendations-button', 'n_clicks'),
            'download': Input("download-button", "n_clicks"),
            'entry_cell_inputs': entry_cell_inputs,
            'placeholder_inputs': entry_cell_placeholder_inputs
            }
)
def update_application(d_value, o_hori, g, fill_recommended, download, entry_cell_inputs,
                       placeholder_inputs):

The variables in the inputs and outputs above gets returned from a function that reads a CSV file, i.e g_table_hidden_outputs, entry_cell_placeholder_outputs should update when new CSV is downloaded from S3, but they do not at the moment. The issue occurs when I want to update the CSV from S3. As soon as a pull the new CSV, the UI changes (new table gets created with new data from the CSV as I have the app.layout function assigned to a function to update it), but the input and outputs are not connected to each other. The callback shows an error similar to below (i removed the full stack trace, but provided the two important lines):

[2023-11-17 12:54:04,902] ERROR in app: Exception on /_dash-update-component [POST]
.
.
.
Path: ()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Expected length: 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Received value of length 28:

I am not sure if something like this is possible where, after reading the CSV file I want to dynamically build html input elements and dropdowns that are connected to the callbacks’ decorator.

Apologies if my post is a bit confusing. Any help or pointer would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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Hi @zhossain ,

Maybe that you need is the mechanism to sharing data between callbacks.
Because you put multiples Outputs in one callbacks, this is may be will cause expensive tasks, and maybe will lead you to error.

This links below are two topics from the official docs.

Hope this references lead you to solve your problem.

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I don’t think what you are trying to achieve is possible (see Callback Gotchas - All callbacks must be defined before the server starts).

Without further details it’s hard to say how you should modify the logic, but building dynamic layouts can be achieved easily with Pattern-Matching Callbacks

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@valsorim You might be correct. I am new to this and I am trying to refactor code written by someone else and it seems like they did not follow best practices. The issues does get resolved when i restart the server, which totally makes sense. Let me take my time to give more context to see if anyone can provide any pointers.

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Hi @farispriadi Thanks for your response. I did take a look at those, but still trying to figure it out as I am new to Dash Plotly. Let me spend more time on Part 4 that you shared and see if I get somewhere. If not, will share again here. Thanks!!

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