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Grid View Spec

grid-view-spec describes dashboard pages as a tree of blocks: tables, filters, KPIs, charts, actions, and layout areas. The Python package grid_view_spec validates specs, renders HTML, and exposes export hooks. Host applications supply rows and business logic; the spec describes structure only.

The PyPI distribution is grid-view-spec. The Python package imports as grid_view_spec. See the live Interactive Demo Showcase to explore working multi-backend dashboards.

pip install "grid-view-spec[django]"

What you build

from grid_view_spec import GridViewSpec, validate_spec
from grid_view_spec.render import render_grid_view_spec

spec = GridViewSpec(id="orders", blocks=(...), layout=...)
validate_spec(spec)
html = render_grid_view_spec(spec, rows, host=host)

{% load grid_view_spec %}
{% render_grid_view_spec page.spec page.rows %}

One loader boots the page: {% grid_view_spec_assets part='js' force_core=True %} → GridView.bootScope().

Layer model: rows + GridViewSpec → HTML

KPI and chart numbers always come from Python rows — never from untrusted spec input.

Documentation map

Group Start here
Install and first page Getting started
Concepts Architecture overview
Spec contract GridViewSpec
Blocks Block catalog
Tables Tables overview
Filtering Filter semantics
Visualization KPI and charts
Integration Django
Export Page pattern
Tools MCP server
Reference Python types

Backends

Backend Use when
Django Templates, GridPreference, export views
Jinja2 / Starlette / FastAPI Headless HTML hosts
Wire / MCP JSON storage, IDE validation

Backends detail

Optional extras

Extra Purpose
[django] Django template tags, URL routes, ORM preference model
[fastapi] / [starlette] ASGI page routes & helper middleware
[mcp] gridviewspec-mcp CLI & AI assistant tools
[pdf] WeasyPrint PDF export pipeline
[xlsx] XlsxWriter Excel export pipeline
[static-charts] Matplotlib static chart rendering