Charts

a chart generator service for easy embed collections of charts in emails

Installation

$ [sudo] npm install charts -g

Useage

just run charts as a service

$ charts

run chart server on selected port [9999]

$ charts 9999

then embed your chart image like this, which your will get this img

<img src="http://localhost:3001/sparkline/300x100/1,4,4,7,5,9,10,10,10,10,10,100,20,12" />

Was that easy? We'll take a look at this very href.

http://localhost:3001/sparkline/300x100/1,4,4,7,5,9,10,10,10,10,10,100,20,12
http://{{host}}/{{solution or solution shorthand}}/{{width}}x{{height}}/{{data}}

TIPS: 1x1 means auto-width and auto-height

Write your solutions

Chart is made to be working with as many client charts solutions as you like. using Theme module, Chart is able to load solutions as a NPM module. So feel free to write your solutions.

Use seed project (the default solution of jquery Sparklines) of Charts are recommended:

$ git clone https://github.com/turingou/charts.git
$ cd charts
$ mkdir node_modules/charts-theme-mime
$ cd node_modules/charts-theme-mime
$ charts init
$ vi index.jade

then start the dev server

$ node ../../bin/cli

then open http://localhost:3001/mime/300x300/{{yourData}}?preview=true you will see the result

Theme Structure

Charts using Theme module to support multiple solutions in the backend. All solutions should follow Theme Module Structure:

• charts-theme-mime
  • index.jade (or index.html) your chart html page
  • package.json (define your view engine and static path)
  • static (it contains your libs and scripts)

Example

var Charts = require('charts');
var chart = new Charts();
var data = {
    width: 300,
    height: 300,
    data: {
        x: [1,2,3,4,5],
        y: [10,20,30,40,50]
    }
};

chart.render('charts-theme-mysolution', data, function(err, html){
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log(html);
});

chart.capture( 'http://localhost:3001/mysolution/300x300/{{yourData}}', data, function(err, shot) {
    console.log(shot);
});

API

chart#render

chart#capture

check this file: index.js

Contributing

• Fork this repo
• Clone your repo
• Install dependencies
• Checkout a feature branch
• Feel free to add your features
• Make sure your features are fully tested
• Open a pull request, and enjoy <3

MIT license

Copyright (c) 2014 turing <[email protected]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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