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textplot

Enables text-based data visualization directly in SQL queries, including ASCII/Unicode bar charts, density plots, and sparklines for lightweight analytics and dashboards.

Maintainer(s): rustyconover

Installing and Loading

INSTALL textplot FROM community;
LOAD textplot;

About textplot

For more information regarding usage, see the documentation.

Added Functions

function_name function_type description comment examples
tp_bar scalar Creates a horizontal bar chart visualization from a numeric value. Supports customizable width, colors, shapes (square/circle/heart), and color thresholds. NULL [tp_bar(0.75), tp_bar(score, min := 0, max := 100, width := 20), tp_bar(value, on := '#', off := '-', width := 10), tp_bar(pct, shape := 'heart', on_color := 'red'), tp_bar(temp, thresholds := [{'threshold': 80, 'color': 'red'}, {'threshold': 50, 'color': 'yellow'}])]
tp_density scalar Creates a density plot (histogram) visualization from an array of numeric values. Supports multiple styles: shaded, dots, ascii, height, circles, safety, rainbow_circle, rainbow_square, moon, sparse, and white. NULL [tp_density(list(value)), tp_density(array_agg(score), width := 40), tp_density(data, style := 'height'), tp_density(temps, style := 'rainbow_square', width := 30)]
tp_qr scalar Generates a text-based QR code from a string or blob. Supports configurable error correction levels and custom on/off characters. NULL [tp_qr('https://duckdb.org'), tp_qr(url, ecc := 'high'), tp_qr(message, on := '##', off := ' ')]
tp_sparkline scalar Creates a sparkline visualization from an array of numeric values. Supports three modes: 'absolute' (height-based), 'delta' (up/down/same direction), and 'trend' (direction with magnitude). Multiple themes available per mode. NULL [tp_sparkline(list(value)), tp_sparkline(array_agg(price), width := 20), tp_sparkline(data, mode := 'delta', theme := 'arrows'), tp_sparkline(temps, mode := 'absolute', theme := 'utf8_blocks'), tp_sparkline(stocks, mode := 'trend', theme := 'faces')]

Added Settings

name description input_type scope aliases
auto_fallback_to_full_download Allows automatically falling back to full file downloads when possible. BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
ca_cert_file Path to a custom certificate file for self-signed certificates. VARCHAR GLOBAL []
enable_curl_server_cert_verification Enable server side certificate verification for CURL backend. BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
enable_server_cert_verification Enable server side certificate verification. BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
force_download Forces upfront download of file BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
hf_max_per_page Debug option to limit number of items returned in list requests UBIGINT GLOBAL []
http_keep_alive Keep alive connections. Setting this to false can help when running into connection failures BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
http_retries HTTP retries on I/O error UBIGINT GLOBAL []
http_retry_backoff Backoff factor for exponentially increasing retry wait time FLOAT GLOBAL []
http_retry_wait_ms Time between retries UBIGINT GLOBAL []
http_timeout HTTP timeout read/write/connection/retry (in seconds) UBIGINT GLOBAL []
httpfs_client_implementation Select which is the HTTPUtil implementation to be used VARCHAR GLOBAL []
merge_http_secret_into_s3_request Merges http secret params into S3 requests BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
s3_access_key_id S3 Access Key ID VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_endpoint S3 Endpoint VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_kms_key_id S3 KMS Key ID VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_region S3 Region VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_requester_pays S3 use requester pays mode BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
s3_secret_access_key S3 Access Key VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_session_token S3 Session Token VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_uploader_max_filesize S3 Uploader max filesize (between 50GB and 5TB) VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_uploader_max_parts_per_file S3 Uploader max parts per file (between 1 and 10000) UBIGINT GLOBAL []
s3_uploader_thread_limit S3 Uploader global thread limit UBIGINT GLOBAL []
s3_url_compatibility_mode Disable Globs and Query Parameters on S3 URLs BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
s3_url_style S3 URL style VARCHAR GLOBAL []
s3_use_ssl S3 use SSL BOOLEAN GLOBAL []
unsafe_disable_etag_checks Disable checks on ETag consistency BOOLEAN GLOBAL []