chartkick 0.2.0

Create beautiful Javascript charts with minimal code

Create beautiful Javascript charts with minimal code. Python port of Chartkick

Supports Google Charts and Highcharts

Works with Django, Flask/Jinja2 and with most browsers (including IE 6)

Usage

Load charkick from a template:

{% load chartkick %}

And draw charts:

{% line_chart data %}

{% pie_chart data with height='400px' %}

{% column_chart data with min=400 max=1000 %}

data is a context variable passed to the template:

def view(request):
    data = {'Strawberry': 23, 'Apple': 21, 'Grape': 13, 'Blueberry': 44, 'Banana': 22}
    return render(request, 'template.html', {'data': data})

To draw users join chart:

def view(request):
    qs = User.objects.values('join_date').order_by('-join_date')
    data = qs.annotate(count=Count('join_date'))

    data = dict(map(lambda x: (x['join_date'], x['count']), data))
    return render(request, 'template.html', {'data': data})

Installation

Install chartkick:

$ pip install chartkick

• Django: Add chartkick to INSTALLED_APPS and STATICFILES_DIRS:

  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'chartkick',
  )
  
  import chartkick
  STATICFILES_DIRS = (
      chartkick.js(),
  )

• Flask: Add chartkick to jinja_env and static_folder:

  app = Flask(__name__, static_folder=chartkick.js(), static_url_path='/static')
  app.jinja_env.add_extension("chartkick.ext.charts")

Load JS scripts:

• Google Charts

  <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
  <script src="static/chartkick.js"></script>

• Highcharts

  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
  <script src="static/chartkick.js"></script>