Heatmap
Response Time Heatmap
Dark theme heatmap showing API response times by endpoint
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 7), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
endpoints = ['/api/users', '/api/orders', '/api/products', '/api/auth', '/api/search']
hours = [f'{h:02d}:00' for h in range(0, 24, 2)]
data = np.random.gamma(2, 50, (len(endpoints), len(hours)))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#065f46', '#22c55e', '#facc15', '#ef4444']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('latency', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.88, 0.82
for i in range(len(endpoints)):
for j in range(len(hours)):
val = data[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
facecolor=cmap(val/data.max()), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(hours)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(endpoints)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(len(hours)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(endpoints)))
ax.set_xticklabels(hours, rotation=45, ha='right', color='#64748b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(endpoints, color='#1e293b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500', family='monospace')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(0, data.max()))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Response Time (ms)', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('API Response Time by Endpoint', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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