semita

A visual hierarchy mapping tool

What is semita for?

Semita is a tool for visually representing hierarchical data, with an emphasis on branching and paths highlighting. Each branch that splits from the starting point will be colored in a different color so the hierarchy is very noticeable. In addition this tool is intended for serving as a base for other and more specific packages (like file structures pretty output).

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save semita

Usage

const semita = require('semita');
 
const dataToVisualize = {
  "title": "Starting point",
  "content": "start",
  "className": "semita-start-point",
  "children": [
    { "title": "title1",
      "content": "content1",
      "children": [
        { "title": "title1-child1", "content": "content1-child1"},
        { "title": "title1-child2", "content": "content1-child2"},
        { "title": "title1-child3", "content": "content1-child3"}
      ]
    },
    { "title": "title2",
      "content": "content2"
    },
    {
      "title": "title3",
      "content": "content3",
      "children": [
          { "title": "title3-child1", "content": "content3-child1" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "title4",
      "content": "content4",
      "children": [
          { "title": "title4-child1", "content": "content4-child1" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
 
semita(dataToVisualize, {
    reportTitle: 'My Report',
    reportName:  'my-report'
});

Here is the result:

API

---

semita(data, [options])

Params:

• data - The data should be a hierarchical json where each node includes a title and a content property. In addition each node can have a property called children which is essentially an array of child nodes.

Important : It is recommended for the first node to have the following key-value pairing:

  "className": "semita-start-point",

• options (optional) - An object that may include the following properties:

Option	Deafult	Description
reportTitle	Semita Report	The html title of the outputted report
reportDir	__dirname	The directory to which the report should be written to
reportName	semita-report	The name of the report directory

TODO

These are the plans for the future:

• Tooltips for larger contents
• Hierarchy and image exports
• Minified version of the report
• Paths / Branches highlighting

Credits

This project is heavily based on orgchart, so I would like to thank their contributors for it!

License

Copyright © 2017 Yasha Gootkin

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