Table
A semantic table for presenting tabular data.
If you just want to represent static data then the rx.data_table might be a better fit for your use case as it comes with in-built pagination, search and sorting.
Basic Example
rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Full name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Group"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.row_header_cell("Danilo Sousa"),
rx.table.cell("danilo@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Developer"),
),
rx.table.row(
rx.table.row_header_cell("Zahra Ambessa"),
rx.table.cell("zahra@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Admin"),
),
rx.table.row(
rx.table.row_header_cell("Jasper Eriks"),
rx.table.cell("jasper@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Developer"),
),
),
width="100%",
) Set the table width to fit within its container and prevent it from overflowing.
Showing State data (using foreach)
Many times there is a need for the data we represent in our table to be dynamic. Dynamic data must be in State. Later we will show an example of how to access data from a database and how to load data from a source file.
In this example there is a people data structure in State that is iterated through using rx.foreach.
class TableForEachState(rx.State):
people: list[list] = [
["Danilo Sousa", "danilo@example.com", "Developer"],
["Zahra Ambessa", "zahra@example.com", "Admin"],
["Jasper Eriks", "jasper@example.com", "Developer"],
]
def show_person(person: list):
"""Show a person in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(person[0]),
rx.table.cell(person[1]),
rx.table.cell(person[2]),
)
def foreach_table_example():
return rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Full name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Group"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
TableForEachState.people, show_person
)
),
width="100%",
)It is also possible to define a class such as Person below and then iterate through this data structure, as a list[Person].
class Person(rx.Base): full_name: str email: str group: str
Sorting and Filtering (Searching)
In this example we sort and filter the data.
The state variable _people is set to be a backend-only variable. This is done incase the variable is very large in order to reduce network traffic and improve performance.
For sorting the rx.select component is used. The data is sorted based on the attributes of the Person class. When a select item is selected, as the on_change event trigger is hooked up to the set_sort_value event handler, the data is sorted based on the state variable sort_value attribute selected. (Every base var has a built-in event handler to set it's value for convenience, called set_VARNAME.)
For filtering the rx.input component is used. The data is filtered based on the search query entered into the rx.input component. When a search query is entered, as the on_change event trigger is hooked up to the set_search_value event handler, the data is filtered based on if the state variable search_value is present in any of the data in that specific Person.
current_people is an rx.var(cache=True). It is a var that is only recomputed when the other state vars it depends on change. This is to ensure that the People shown in the table are always up to date whenever they are searched or sorted.
class Person(rx.Base):
full_name: str
email: str
group: str
class TableSortingState(rx.State):
_people: list[Person] = [
Person(
full_name="Danilo Sousa",
email="danilo@example.com",
group="Developer",
),
Person(
full_name="Zahra Ambessa",
email="zahra@example.com",
group="Admin",
),
Person(
full_name="Jasper Eriks",
email="zjasper@example.com",
group="B-Developer",
),
]
sort_value = ""
search_value = ""
@rx.var(cache=True)
def current_people(self) -> list[Person]:
people = self._people
if self.sort_value != "":
people = sorted(
people,
key=lambda user: getattr(
user, self.sort_value
).lower(),
)
if self.search_value != "":
people = [
person
for person in people
if any(
self.search_value
in getattr(person, attr).lower()
for attr in [
"full_name",
"email",
"group",
]
)
]
return people
def show_person(person: list):
"""Show a person in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(person.full_name),
rx.table.cell(person.email),
rx.table.cell(person.group),
)
def sorting_table_example():
return rx.vstack(
rx.select(
["full_name", "email", "group"],
placeholder="Sort By: full_name",
on_change=TableSortingState.set_sort_value,
),
rx.input(
placeholder="Search here...",
on_change=TableSortingState.set_search_value,
),
rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell(
"Full name"
),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Group"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
TableSortingState.current_people,
show_person,
)
),
width="100%",
),
width="100%",
)Database
The more common use case for building an rx.table is to use data from a database.
The code below shows how to load data from a database and place it in an rx.table.
Loading data into table
A Customer model is defined that inherits from rx.Model.
The load_entries event handler executes a query that is used to request information from a database table. This load_entries event handler is called on the on_mount event trigger of the rx.table.root.
If you want to load the data when the page in the app loads you can set on_load in app.add_page() to equal this event handler, like app.add_page(page_name, on_load=State.load_entries).
class Customer(rx.Model, table=True): """The customer model.""" name: str email: str phone: str address: str
from sqlmodel import select
class DatabaseTableState(rx.State):
users: list[Customer] = []
def load_entries(self) -> list[Customer]:
"""Get all users from the database."""
with rx.session() as session:
self.users = session.exec(
select(Customer)
).all()
def show_customer(user: Customer):
"""Show a customer in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(user.name),
rx.table.cell(user.email),
rx.table.cell(user.phone),
rx.table.cell(user.address),
)
def loading_data_table_example():
return rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Phone"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Address"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
DatabaseTableState.users, show_customer
)
),
on_mount=DatabaseTableState.load_entries,
width="100%",
)Filtering (Searching) and Sorting
In this example we sort and filter the data.
For sorting the rx.select component is used. The data is sorted based on the attributes of the Customer class. When a select item is selected, as the on_change event trigger is hooked up to the sort_values event handler, the data is sorted based on the state variable sort_value attribute selected.
The sorting query gets the sort_column based on the state variable sort_value, it gets the order using the asc function from sql and finally uses the order_by function.
For filtering the rx.input component is used. The data is filtered based on the search query entered into the rx.input component. When a search query is entered, as the on_change event trigger is hooked up to the filter_values event handler, the data is filtered based on if the state variable search_value is present in any of the data in that specific Customer.
The % character before and after search_value makes it a wildcard pattern that matches any sequence of characters before or after the search_value. query.where(...) modifies the existing query to include a filtering condition. The or_ operator is a logical OR operator that combines multiple conditions. The query will return results that match any of these conditions. Customer.name.ilike(search_value) checks if the name column of the Customer table matches the search_value pattern in a case-insensitive manner (ilike stands for "case-insensitive like").
class Customer(rx.Model, table=True): """The customer model.""" name: str email: str phone: str address: str
from sqlmodel import select, asc, or_
class DatabaseTableState2(rx.State):
users: list[Customer] = []
sort_value = ""
search_value = ""
def load_entries(self) -> list[Customer]:
"""Get all users from the database."""
with rx.session() as session:
query = select(Customer)
if self.search_value != "":
search_value = (
f"%{self.search_value.lower()}%"
)
query = query.where(
or_(
Customer.name.ilike(search_value),
Customer.email.ilike(search_value),
Customer.phone.ilike(search_value),
Customer.address.ilike(
search_value
),
)
)
if self.sort_value != "":
sort_column = getattr(
Customer, self.sort_value
)
order = asc(sort_column)
query = query.order_by(order)
self.users = session.exec(query).all()
def sort_values(self, sort_value):
self.sort_value = sort_value
self.load_entries()
def filter_values(self, search_value):
self.search_value = search_value
self.load_entries()
def show_customer(user: Customer):
"""Show a customer in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(user.name),
rx.table.cell(user.email),
rx.table.cell(user.phone),
rx.table.cell(user.address),
)
def loading_data_table_example2():
return rx.vstack(
rx.select(
["name", "email", "phone", "address"],
placeholder="Sort By: Name",
on_change=lambda value: DatabaseTableState2.sort_values(
value
),
),
rx.input(
placeholder="Search here...",
on_change=lambda value: DatabaseTableState2.filter_values(
value
),
),
rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Phone"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Address"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
DatabaseTableState2.users, show_customer
)
),
on_mount=DatabaseTableState2.load_entries,
width="100%",
),
width="100%",
)Pagination
Pagination is an important part of database management, especially when working with large datasets. It helps in enabling efficient data retrieval by breaking down results into manageable loads.
The purpose of this code is to retrieve a specific subset of rows from the Customer table based on the specified pagination parameters offset and limit.
query.offset(self.offset) modifies the query to skip a certain number of rows before returning the results. The number of rows to skip is specified by self.offset.
query.limit(self.limit) modifies the query to limit the number of rows returned. The maximum number of rows to return is specified by self.limit.
Page 1 / 0
from sqlmodel import select, func
class DatabaseTableState3(rx.State):
users: list[Customer] = []
total_items: int
offset: int = 0
limit: int = 3
@rx.var(cache=True)
def page_number(self) -> int:
return (
(self.offset // self.limit)
+ 1
+ (1 if self.offset % self.limit else 0)
)
@rx.var(cache=True)
def total_pages(self) -> int:
return self.total_items // self.limit + (
1 if self.total_items % self.limit else 0
)
def prev_page(self):
self.offset = max(self.offset - self.limit, 0)
self.load_entries()
def next_page(self):
if self.offset + self.limit < self.total_items:
self.offset += self.limit
self.load_entries()
def _get_total_items(self, session):
"""Return the total number of items in the Customer table."""
self.total_items = session.exec(
select(func.count(Customer.id))
).one()
def load_entries(self) -> list[Customer]:
"""Get all users from the database."""
with rx.session() as session:
query = select(Customer)
# Apply pagination
query = query.offset(self.offset).limit(
self.limit
)
self.users = session.exec(query).all()
self._get_total_items(session)
def show_customer(user: Customer):
"""Show a customer in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(user.name),
rx.table.cell(user.email),
rx.table.cell(user.phone),
rx.table.cell(user.address),
)
def loading_data_table_example3():
return rx.vstack(
rx.hstack(
rx.button(
"Prev",
on_click=DatabaseTableState3.prev_page,
),
rx.text(
f"Page {DatabaseTableState3.page_number} / {DatabaseTableState3.total_pages}"
),
rx.button(
"Next",
on_click=DatabaseTableState3.next_page,
),
),
rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Phone"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Address"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
DatabaseTableState3.users, show_customer
)
),
on_mount=DatabaseTableState3.load_entries,
width="100%",
),
width="100%",
)More advanced examples
The real power of the rx.table comes where you are able to visualise, add and edit data live in your app. Check out these apps and code to see how this is done: app: https://customer-data-app.reflex.run code: https://github.com/reflex-dev/reflex-examples/tree/main/customer_data_app and code: https://github.com/reflex-dev/data-viewer.
Download
Most users will want to download their data after they have got the subset that they would like in their table.
In this example there are buttons to download the data as a json and as a csv.
For the json download the rx.download is in the frontend code attached to the on_click event trigger for the button. This works because if the Var is not already a string, it will be converted to a string using JSON.stringify.
For the csv download the rx.download is in the backend code as an event_handler download_csv_data. There is also a helper function _convert_to_csv that converts the data in self.users to csv format.
import io
import csv
from sqlmodel import select
class TableDownloadState(rx.State):
users: list[Customer] = []
def load_entries(self) -> list[Customer]:
"""Get all users from the database."""
with rx.session() as session:
self.users = session.exec(
select(Customer)
).all()
def _convert_to_csv(self) -> str:
"""Convert the users data to CSV format."""
# Make sure to load the entries first
if not self.users:
self.load_entries()
# Define the CSV file header based on the Customer model's attributes
fieldnames = list(Customer.__fields__)
# Create a string buffer to hold the CSV data
output = io.StringIO()
writer = csv.DictWriter(
output, fieldnames=fieldnames
)
writer.writeheader()
for user in self.users:
writer.writerow(user.dict())
# Get the CSV data as a string
csv_data = output.getvalue()
output.close()
return csv_data
def download_csv_data(self):
csv_data = self._convert_to_csv()
return rx.download(
data=csv_data,
filename="data.csv",
)
def show_customer(user: Customer):
"""Show a customer in a table row."""
return rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(user.name),
rx.table.cell(user.email),
rx.table.cell(user.phone),
rx.table.cell(user.address),
)
def download_data_table_example():
return rx.vstack(
rx.table.root(
rx.table.header(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.column_header_cell("Name"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Email"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Phone"),
rx.table.column_header_cell("Address"),
),
),
rx.table.body(
rx.foreach(
TableDownloadState.users, show_customer
)
),
width="100%",
on_mount=TableDownloadState.load_entries,
),
rx.hstack(
rx.button(
"Download as JSON",
on_click=rx.download(
data=TableDownloadState.users,
filename="data.json",
),
),
rx.button(
"Download as CSV",
on_click=TableDownloadState.download_csv_data,
),
spacing="7",
),
width="100%",
spacing="5",
)Real World Example UI
Your Team
Invite and manage your team members
rx.flex(
rx.heading("Your Team"),
rx.text("Invite and manage your team members"),
rx.flex(
rx.input(placeholder="Email Address"),
rx.button("Invite"),
justify="center",
spacing="2",
),
rx.table.root(
rx.table.body(
rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(rx.avatar(fallback="DS")),
rx.table.row_header_cell(
rx.link("Danilo Sousa")
),
rx.table.cell("danilo@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Developer"),
align="center",
),
rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(rx.avatar(fallback="ZA")),
rx.table.row_header_cell(
rx.link("Zahra Ambessa")
),
rx.table.cell("zahra@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Admin"),
align="center",
),
rx.table.row(
rx.table.cell(rx.avatar(fallback="JE")),
rx.table.row_header_cell(
rx.link("Jasper Eriksson")
),
rx.table.cell("jasper@example.com"),
rx.table.cell("Developer"),
align="center",
),
),
width="100%",
),
width="100%",
direction="column",
spacing="2",
)API Reference
rx.table.root
A semantic table for presenting tabular data.
Event Triggers
See the full list of default event triggersrx.table.header
The header of the table defines column names and other non-data elements.
Event Triggers
See the full list of default event triggersrx.table.column_header_cell
A table cell that is semantically treated as a column header.
Event Triggers
See the full list of default event triggersrx.table.body
The body of the table contains the data rows.
Event Triggers
See the full list of default event triggersrx.table.row_header_cell
A table cell that is semantically treated as a row header.