chernandez7/react-simple-chartjs

Simple React ChartJS Library

react-simple-chartjs

ChartJS 2 wrapper that makes adding charts to React easy.

Chart Generator

Check out the chart generator I made for this package. Design your charts before coding!

Chart Generator

Installation

npm:

npm i react-simple-chartjs

yarn:

yarn install react-simple-chartjs

Example

import Chart from "react-simple-chartjs";

<Chart
  chartType={"Vertical Bar"}
  labels={["Jan", "Feb", "March"]}
  data={[1, 5, 8]}
  title={"Very cool chart"}
  options={{
    backgroundColor: "rgba(13,119,248,0.9)"
  }}
/>;

Props

Prop	Type	Required	Description
title	string		Title of the chart
chartType	string	✓	Type of chart. Current options are Vertical Bar, Horizontal Bar, Simple Line, Area Chart.
labels	array of strings	✓	Data labels that describe each data point.
data	array of numbers	✓	Data that you want to graph
options	object		Config object to control the look and functionality of the chart. More info below.

options object

Prop	Type	Description
backgroundColor	string	HEX or RGB string defining the background color of the data. Default value is "rgba(13,119,248,0.9)".
borderColor	string	HEX or RGB string defining the border color of the data. Default value is "rgba(13,119,248,0.9)".
fill	bool	Toggle to show or hide the background color. Default value is true.
responsive	bool	Toggle to make the chart responsive. Default value is true.
shouldMaintainAspectRatio	bool	Toggle to make the chart keep its aspect ratio. Default value is true.
shouldShowLegend	bool	Toggle to show or hide the legend is using multiple datasets. Default value is false.
shouldShowTitle	bool	Toggle to show or hide the chart title. Default value is true.
titleFontSize	number	Size of the title font. Default value is 18.
showTooltips	bool	Toggle to show or hide the tooltips on hover. Default value is true.
tooltipBackgroundColor	string	HEX or RGB string defining the background color of the tooltips. Default value is "rgba(255,255,255,1)".
tooltipTitleFontSize	number	Size of the tooltip title font. Default value is 20.
tooltipTitleFontColor	string	HEX or RGB string defining the color of the tooltip title. Default value is "rgba(0,0,0,0.8)".
tooltipBodyFontSize	number	Size of the tooltip body font. Default value is 18.
tooltipBodyFontColor	string	HEX or RGB string defining the color of the tooltip body. Default value is "rgba(0,0,0,0.8)".
displayXAxis	bool	Toggle to show or hide the X-axis. Default value is true.
displayXAxisGridlines	bool	Toggle to show or hide the X-axis gridlines. Default value is true.
displayXAxisTicks	bool	Toggle to show or hide the X-axis ticks. Default value is true.
beginXAxisAtZero	bool	Toggle to start the X-axis at 0. Default value is true.
displayYAxis	bool	Toggle to show or hide the Y-axis. Default value is true.
displayYAxisGridlines	bool	Toggle to show or hide the Y-axis gridlines. Default value is true.
displayYAxisTicks	bool	Toggle to show or hide the Y-axis ticks. Default value is true.
beginYAxisAtZero	bool	Toggle to start the Y-axis at 0. Default value is true.
width	number	Width of the chart component. Default value is 500.
height	number	Height of the chart component. Default value is 500.

Thanks to

Thanks to react-chartjs-2 and chart.js contributors!

TODO

• Cleanup Code
• Testing
• Support Multiple Datasets
• Support default fonts, fontSize, fontcolor
• Support More Chart Types
• Support custom formatting for callback functions
• Refine PropTypes (?)
• Better organize options prop (?)