barchart

barchart

Usage

var BarChart = require('barchart');

var bc = new BarChart({
  barColors: ['#00AB8E', '#33CCDD'],
  labelInsideColors: ['#FFF', '#333'],
  autoScale: true,
  minimum: 0,
  maximum: 100,
  container: document.getElementById('chart-container')
});

bc.data([[
    {"name": "#1", "value": 12},
    {"name": "#2", "value": 20},
    {"name": "#3", "value": 30},
    {"name": "#4", "value": 70},
    {"name": "#5", "value": 63},
    {"name": "#6", "value": 35}
  ],[
    {"name": "#1'", "value": 2},
    {"name": "#2'", "value": 10},
    {"name": "#3'", "value": 3},
    {"name": "#4'", "value": 7},
    {"name": "#5'", "value": 6},
    {"name": "#6'", "value": 3}
  ]]
);

demo

Methods

data(data)

Update the chart's data. Triggers a rendering of the chart.

render()

Renders the chart. If there is no data, you will simply get an empty <div> with the class no-data.

Config Options

Set config options when constructing chart object:

var bc = new BarChart({
  //opts
});

container

DOM element to render the chart into (default: document.body).

isAnimated

Set to false if you don't want animation (default: true).

animationDuration

Animation duration in ms (default: 400).

autoScale

Whether or not BarChart should scale to the width of the container (default: false).

minimum

The value which would be displayed at the bottom of the chart (default: computed from data).

maximum

The value which would be displayed at the top of the chart (default: computed from data).

heightScaleType

Which of d3's scale types to use (default: 'linear').

barColors

Color(s) to fill the bars with (also accepts an array for multi-dataset support) (default: generated).

barSpacing

Distance between each bar in pixels (default: 20).

chartPadding

Padding around the outer edges of the chart in pixels (default: 10).

dataValueKey

The key to use when looking up a value on an item in the data array (default: 'value').

height

Height of the chart in pixels (default: 300).

width

Width of the chart if not using autoScale (default: 700).

labelTopColors

Text color of the top labels (also accepts an array for multi-dataset support) (default: #003D4C).

labelInsideColors

Text color of the labels inside the bars (also accepts an array for multi-dataset support) (default: generated to constrast with barColors).

labelInsideKey

Should usually be the same as the dataValueKey (default: dataValueKey).

labelPadding

Padding in pixels around each label (default: 3).

labelSize

font size of the label texts in pixels (default: 16).

labelTopKey

The key to use when looking up the top label on an item in the data array (default: 'name').