Django Chartjs

Django Chartjs lets you manage charts in your Django application.

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This is compatible with Chart.js and Highcharts JS libraries.

Using a set of predefined Class Based Views you are able to get started after writing just your SQL query.

Authors: Rémy Hubscher and contributors
Licence: BSD
Compatibility: Django 1.10, 2.2 and 3.0, python3.6 up to python3.8
Project URL: https://github.com/peopledoc/django-chartjs

Getting Started

Install django-chartjs:

pip install django-chartjs

Add it to your INSTALLED_APPS settings:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    '...',
    'chartjs',
)

Using it

A simple Line Chart example.

1. Create the HTML file

{% load static %}
<html>
    <head>
        <title>django-chartjs line chart demo</title>
        <!--[if lte IE 8]>
            <script src="{% static 'js/excanvas.js' %}"></script>
        <![endif]-->
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Some Line Charts loaded in Ajax!</h1>

        <canvas id="myChart" width="500" height="400"></canvas>

        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.0.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'js/Chart.min.js' %}"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $.get('{% url "line_chart_json" %}', function(data) {
                var ctx = $("#myChart").get(0).getContext("2d");
                new Chart(ctx, {
                    type: 'line', data: data
                });
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

2. Create the view with labels and data definition

from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from chartjs.views.lines import BaseLineChartView


class LineChartJSONView(BaseLineChartView):
    def get_labels(self):
        """Return 7 labels for the x-axis."""
        return ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July"]

    def get_providers(self):
        """Return names of datasets."""
        return ["Central", "Eastside", "Westside"]

    def get_data(self):
        """Return 3 datasets to plot."""

        return [[75, 44, 92, 11, 44, 95, 35],
                [41, 92, 18, 3, 73, 87, 92],
                [87, 21, 94, 3, 90, 13, 65]]


line_chart = TemplateView.as_view(template_name='line_chart.html')
line_chart_json = LineChartJSONView.as_view()

3. Update urls.py with the new urls for TemplateView and AJAX call 'line_chart_json' as in chart.html

from .views import line_chart, line_chart_json

urlpatterns = [
  '...',
  path('chart', line_chart, name='line_chart'),
  path('chartJSON', line_chart_json, name='line_chart_json'),
]

4. Get a Chart.js Line Chart

It is that simple!

For other examples including a HighCharts line chart, don't hesitate to look at the demo project.

Also, feel free to contribute your demo!