@billboard.js/react

React component for billboard.js

Installation

# Install billboard.js together if you don't have it already
$ npm install billboard.js @billboard.js/react

How to use

Basic Usage

import React, {useEffect, useRef} from "react";

// import billboard.js
import bb, {line} from "billboard.js";
import "billboard.js/dist/billboard.css";  // default css

// import react wrapper
import BillboardJS, {IChart} from "@billboard.js/react";
// const BillboardJS = require("@billboard.js/react");  // for CJS

function App() {
    // to get the instance, create ref and pass it to the component
    const chartComponent = useRef<IChart>(null);
    const options = {
        data: {
            columns: [
                ["data1", 300, 350, 300]
            ],
            type: line()
        }
    };

    useEffect(() => {
        // get the instance from ref
		const chart = chartComponent.current?.instance;

        // call APIs
        if (chart) {
            chart.load( ... );
        }
    }, []);

    return <div style={{width: "500px"}}>
        <BillboardJS bb={bb} options={options} ref={chartComponent} />
    </div>;
}

Using props passed to the component

When the options are passed to the "chart" component.

// index.tsx
import App from "./App.tsx";

const options = {
    data: {
        columns: [
            ["data1", 300, 350, 300]
        ],
        type: "bar"
    }
};

<App {...options} />

// App.tsx
import * as Chart from "billboard.js";
import "billboard.js/dist/billboard.css";  // default css
import BillboardJS, {IChar, IChartOptions} from "../src/index";

export function App(props: IChartOptions) {
    const chartComponent = useRef<IChart>(null);

    // when chart "type" is passed from props, chart types need to be initialized separately.
    // in this scenario, can't be "tree-shaken" only used chart type modules.
    Chart[props.data.type]();

    useEffect(() => {
        const chart = chartComponent.current?.instance;

        if (chart) {
            chart.load( ... );
        }
    }, []);

    return <div style={{width: "500px"}}>
        <BillboardJS bb={Chart.bb} options={props} ref={chartComponent} />
    </div>;
}

TypeScript Interfaces

// chart options
interface IChartOptions;

// @billboard.js/react props
interface IProp {
	bb: typeof bb;
	options: ChartOptions;
}

// Chart instance
interface IChart {
	instance: Chart;
}