dpinnock / chartkick.py

Create beautiful Javascript charts with minimal code

Chartkick.py

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

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 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

Add chartkick to INSTALLED_APPS and STATICFILES_DIRS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'chartkick',
)

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

And chartkick scripts to the header of base template:

{% include_chartkick_scripts googlecharts %}