Remove streaming validation.

plotly/plotly/plotly.py

@@ -576,17 +576,6 @@ def write(self, trace, layout=None, validate=True,
                     "to 'your_stream.write()'. Here's why the object is "
                     "invalid:\n\n{1}".format(stream_object['type'], err)
                 )
-            try:
-                tools.validate_stream(stream_object, stream_object['type'])
-            except exceptions.PlotlyError as err:
-                raise exceptions.PlotlyError(
-                    "Part of the data object with type, '{0}', cannot yet be "
-                    "streamed into Plotly. If you do not want to validate "
-                    "your data objects when streaming, you can set "
-                    "'validate=False' in the call to 'your_stream.write()'. "
-                    "Here's why the object cannot be streamed:\n\n{1}"
-                    .format(stream_object['type'], err)
-                )
             if layout is not None:
                 try:
                     tools.validate(layout, 'Layout')

plotly/tests/test_core/test_stream/test_stream.py

@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ def test_stream_validate_layout():
     my_stream.close()
 
 
-@raises(exceptions.PlotlyError)
 def test_stream_unstreamable():
+
+    # even though `name` isn't streamable, we don't validate it --> should pass
+
     py.sign_in(un, ak)
     my_stream = py.Stream(tk)
     my_stream.open()

plotly/tools.py

@@ -1328,41 +1328,6 @@ def validate(obj, obj_type):
             format(obj_type))
 
 
-def validate_stream(obj, obj_type):
-    """Validate a data dictionary (only) for use with streaming.
-
-    An error is raised if a key within (or nested within) is not streamable.
-
-    """
-    try:
-        obj_type = graph_objs.KEY_TO_NAME[obj_type]
-    except KeyError:
-        pass
-    info = graph_objs.INFO[graph_objs.NAME_TO_KEY[obj_type]]
-    for key, val in list(obj.items()):
-        if key == 'type':
-            continue
-        if 'streamable' in info['keymeta'][key].keys():
-            if not info['keymeta'][key]['streamable']:
-                raise exceptions.PlotlyError(
-                    "The '{0}' key is not streamable in the '{1}' "
-                    "object".format(
-                        key, obj_type
-                    )
-                )
-        else:
-            raise exceptions.PlotlyError(
-                "The '{0}' key is not streamable in the '{1}' object".format(
-                    key, obj_type
-                )
-            )
-        try:
-            sub_obj_type = graph_objs.KEY_TO_NAME[key]
-            validate_stream(val, sub_obj_type)
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
-
-
 def _replace_newline(obj):
     """Replaces '\n' with '<br>' for all strings in a collection."""
     if isinstance(obj, dict):