OneCharts 0.1.1

Create and Manage Charts with Ease

Python wrapper for One Charts API

One Charts - Create and Manage charts with Ease!

One Charts is a data visualization platform, using which, users can create various charts such as Line Charts, Pie Charts, Bar Charts, Scatter Charts etc., (supported charts) and customize them easily.

One Charts API - using One charts REST API, users can create, update charts programatically and in realtime.

This repository contains the python wrapper to interact with the One Charts API.

Authentication

The One Charts API uses API key to authenticate requests. You can view and manage your API key in the user profile.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/onechartsio/onecharts-py.git
$ cd onecharts-py
$ python setup.py install

Basic Usage

Import and initialize the onecharts object as:

>>> import onecharts
>>> oc = onecharts.OneCharts(API_KEY)  # Add your API Key.

Get User Charts

oc.get_user_charts() method can be used to retrieve public charts of an user. Example usage:

>>> charts = oc.get_user_charts('adam', q='stock')
>>> print(charts)
{
   "charts":[
      {
         "chart_id":"k-jOPzitp-MzB6",
         "chart_title":"top 10 stocks",
         "created_time":"2022-12-17T11:04:21.307Z",
         "chart_type":"pie",
         "chart_sub_type":"basic_pie",
         "thumbnail_path":"piechart",
         "cloned_from":"piechart"
      },
      {
         "chart_id":"o-SDEvxw9-7A0g",
         "chart_title":"dowjones Stocks daily trend",
         "created_time":"2022-12-17T11:04:21.307Z",
         "chart_type":"line",
         "chart_sub_type":"basicline",
         "thumbnail_path":"linechart",
         "cloned_from":"linechart"
      },
   ],
   "success":true
}

Create a New Chart

oc.create_new_chart() method can be used to create a new chart. Example usage:

>>> data = None  # Can contain some dictionary to overwrite the default data that's being cloned from.
>>> res = oc.create_new_chart('piechart', chart_title='Rainfall in 2023', visibility='private', notes='Some notes', data=data)
>>> print(res)
{
    'chart_id': 'KArrNpHzM-RLCo',
    'success': True
}

The above method creates a new piechart as shown below, which can be accessed using The created chart can be accessed using https://onecharts.io/chart/KArrNpHzM-RLCo

Get Chart Config

oc.get_chart_config() method can be used to get the config of a chart. Example usage:

>>> res = oc.get_chart_config('KArrNpHzM-RLCo')
>>> print(res)
{
    "chart": {
        "chart_id": "KArrNpHzM-RLCo",
        "chart_title": "Rainfall in 2023",
        "created_time": "2023-09-10T06:03:20.694646Z",
        "modified_time": "2023-09-10T06:03:20.694646Z",
        "chart_type": "pie",
        "chart_sub_type": "basic_pie",
        "thumbnail_path": "piechart",
        "cloned_from": "piechart",
        "owner": "onecharts",
        "notes": "Some notes",
        "visibility": "private",
        "chart_options": {
            "emphasis": [
                {
                    "itemStyle": {
                        "shadowBlur": 10,
                        "shadowColor": "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)",
                        "shadowOffsetX": 0,
                    }
                }
            ],
            "legend": [{"align": "auto", "bottom": "0%", "left": "45%", "right": "0%"}],
            "series": [{"radius": "70%", "seriesLayoutBy": "row", "type": "pie"}],
            "title": [
                {"left": "50%", "text": "Pie Chart", "textAlign": "center", "top": "0%"}
            ],
            "tooltip": [{"trigger": "item"}],
        },
    },
    "success": True,
}

Get Chart Data

oc.get_chart_data() method can be used to get the data of a chart. Example usage:

>>> res = oc.get_chart_data('KArrNpHzM-RLCo')
>>> print(res)
{
    "data": {
        "labels": ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr"],
        "dataset": [
            {"name": "Jan", "value": 12},
            {"name": "Feb", "value": 16},
            {"name": "Mar", "value": 19},
            {"name": "Apr", "value": 22},
        ],
    },
    "success": True,
}

Update Chart Data

oc.update_chart_data() method can be used to get the data of a chart. Example usage:

>>> # The data should follow specific format.
>>> # Learn more about the format from here: https://onecharts.io/api#update_chart_data
>>> data = {
    'dataset': [
        {
            'name': "Jan",
            "value": 120
        }
    ]
}
>>> res = oc.update_chart_data('KArrNpHzM-RLCo', overwrite=False, data=data)
>>> print(res)
{
    'success': True
}

The above method updates an existing chart (corresponding to chart id: KArrNpHzM-RLCo) as shown below.