API

Complete documentation is coming soon. For now, please refer to the examples for any missing documentation.

Memoize your Props!

As you'll see in every example, the React Charts <Chart> component expects all props and options to be memoized using either React.useMemo or React.useCallback. While passing an unmemoized option/prop to the <Chart> component won't severly break any visible functionality, your charts will be severly non-performant. Internally, React Charts uses the immutable nature of thes options/props to detect changes to the configuration and update accordingly.

While this may feel heavy at first, it gives you, the dev, full control over when you want to update your charts. To trigger and update, simply trigger one of your React.useMemo or React.useCallback hooks on the part of the config that you would like to update!

Data Model

React Charts uses a data shape based on arrays of series and nested arrays of datums in those series.

1 // series array
2 const data = [
3   {
4     // individual series
5     label: 'Purchases',
6     // datum array
7     data: [
8       {
9         // individual datum
10         primary: 'Apples', // primary value
11         secondary: 20, // secondary value
12       },
13     ],
14   },
15 ]

Visualization data can come in practically any shape and size, so memoization of data into this shape is almost always necessary.

1 function MyChart() {
2   const data = React.useMemo(
3     () => [
4       {
5         label: 'Series 1',
6         data: [
7           { primary: 1, secondary: 10 },
8           { primary: 2, secondary: 10 },
9           { primary: 3, secondary: 10 },
10         ],
11       },
12       {
13         label: 'Series 2',
14         data: [
15           { primary: 1, secondary: 10 },
16           { primary: 2, secondary: 10 },
17           { primary: 3, secondary: 10 },
18         ],
19       },
20       {
21         label: 'Series 3',
22         data: [
23           { primary: 1, secondary: 10 },
24           { primary: 2, secondary: 10 },
25           { primary: 3, secondary: 10 },
26         ],
27       },
28     ],
29     []
30   )
31 
32   const axes = React.useMemo(
33     () => [
34       { primary: true, type: 'linear', position: 'bottom' },
35       { type: 'linear', position: 'left' },
36     ],
37     []
38   )
39 
40   return (
41     <div
42       style={{
43         width: '400px',
44         height: '300px',
45       }}
46     >
47       <Chart data={data} axes={axes} />
48     </div>
49   )
50 }

Axes

React Charts supports an axes prop that handles both the underlying scale and visual rendering of all axes. Multiple axes can be combined and configured to plot data however you'd like.

To date, we have the following scale types available:

• linear - A continuous axis used for plotting numerical data on an evenly distributed scale. Works well both as a primary and secondary axis.
• ordinal - A banded axis commonly used to plot categories or ordinal information. Works well as the primary axis for bar charts.
• time - A continuous axis used for plotting localized times and dates on an evenly distributed scale. Works well as a primary axis.
• utc - Similar to the time scale, but supports UTC datetimes instead of localized datetimes. Works well as a primary axis.
• log - A continuous axis used for plotting numerical data on a logarithmically distributed scale. Works well as a secondary axis

Axes are a required component of a React Chart and can used like so:

1 import { Chart } from 'react-charts'
2 
3 function MyChart() {
4   const axes = React.useMemo(
5     () => [
6       { primary: true, type: 'time', position: 'bottom' },
7       { type: 'linear', position: 'left' },
8     ],
9     []
10   )
11 
12   return (
13     <div
14       style={{
15         width: '400px',
16         height: '300px',
17       }}
18     >
19       <Chart axes={axes} />
20     </div>
21   )
22 }

Series Types

• Cartesian
  • line
  • area
  • bar
  • bubble
• Radial
  • pie

Example

1 function MyChart() {
2   const series = React.useMemo(() => ({ curve: 'cardinal' }), [])
3 
4   return <Chart series={series} />
5 }

API

<Chart /> Props

• series({} or function) - A memoized object (or function that returns an object) of series options that correspond to all or each of the series in the dataset. type - string - The series type (Line, Bar, Bubble, Area, etc) showPoints - bool - If true, will show points for datums where applicable showOrphans - bool - If true, will show orphan datums where applicable curve - func - The curve function to use for this series where applicable (see Curve Types)
• axes[] - An array of memoized axes
  • axis{} - An axis object
    • primary bool - Denotes whether this axis is the primary axis
    • type oneOf, required - The type of scale for this axis
      • ordinal
      • time
      • utc
      • linear
      • log
    • position oneOf, required - The cartesian position of this axis
      • top
      • right
      • bottom
      • left
    • invert bool - Whether this axis's scale should be inverted
    • primaryAxisID string - If multiple primary axes are used, which primary axis ID does this axis refer to?
    • min number - The suggested minimum for this axis
    • max number - The suggested maximum for this axis
    • hardMin number - The hard/forced minimum for this axis
    • hardMax number - The hard/forced maximum for this axis
    • base number - The base value for this axis. Defaults to 0
    • ticks function - The function used to generate ticks for the axis
    • format func - The function used to format values on this axis for display
    • tickValues any - The optional override for the tick values of the axis
    • tickSizeInner number - The size of inner tick lines for the axis
    • tickSizeOuter number - The size of the outer tick lines for the axis
    • tickPadding number - The padding amount between tick labels
    • maxLabelRotation number - The max label rotation angle in degrees. Defaults to 50
    • innerPadding number - The inner padding for the axis
    • outerPadding number - The outer padding for the axis
    • showGrid bool - Whether or not the axis grid lines should be visible
    • showTicks bool - Whether or not the tick and tick labels should be visible
    • show bool - Whether or not the axis and scale are visible
    • stacked bool - If true, will use stacked mode
    • id any - An optional ID to identify this axis
• primaryCursor{} - An object of options for the primary cursor. If falsey, the cursor is disabled
  • render - func - The render function for this cursor. Returns JSX
  • snap - bool - If true, the cursor will snap to nearest values on the axis
  • showLine - bool - If true, will show the grid line for this cursor
  • showLabel - bool - If true, will show the label for this cursor
  • axisID - any - The ID of the axis that this cursor corresponds to
  • onChange - func - When the cursor is updated, this function will be called with relevant information
• tooltip{}align - `alignPriority- **arrayOf**(alignPropType),padding- **number**,tooltipArrowPadding- **number**,anchor- **oneOf**([anchorPointer,anchorClosest,anchorCenter,anchorTop,anchorBottom,anchorLeft,anchorRight,anchorGridTop,anchorGridBottom,anchorGridLeft,anchorGridRight]),render- **func**.required,onChange` - func

Curve Types

All series types that support lines or curves can be configured to use any curve function from d3-shape by passing one of the following strings as the curve prop to a series component. You may also pass your own curve function directly from d3 or if you're feeling powerful, even create your own!

Note the following string correspond to their respective d3 curve functions but with the curve prefix removed.

• basisClosed
• basisOpen
• basis
• bundle
• cardinalClosed
• cardinalOpen
• cardinal
• catmullRomClosed
• catmullRomOpen
• catmullRom
• linearClosed
• linear
• monotoneX (default)
• monotoneY
• natural
• step
• stepAfter
• stepBefore