Blog post REST API CHART CLIENT SIDE PARSING

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>ZingSoft Demo</title>

  <script nonce="undefined" src="https://cdn.zingchart.com/zingchart.min.js"></script>
  <style>
    html,
    body {
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
    }

    #myChart {
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
      min-height: 150px;
    }

    .zc-ref {
      display: none;
    }

    #myChart button {
      position: absolute;
      top: 15px;
      left: 10px;
      z-index: 1000;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <div id="myChart">
    <a class="zc-ref" href="https://www.zingchart.com">Powered by ZingChart</a>
    <button onclick="window.parent.location.reload()">Reload Data</button>
  </div>
  <script>
    ZC.LICENSE = ["569d52cefae586f634c54f86dc99e6a9", "b55b025e438fa8a98e32482b5f768ff5"]; // make the AJAX request
    var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    oReq.addEventListener("load", renderFirstPlotInChart);
    oReq.open("GET", "https://zingchart-rest-api.glitch.me/api/data/getAllPlots/JSON");
    oReq.send();

    // define chart JSON
    var myConfig = {
      type: 'bar',
      title: {
        text: 'Rendering Multiple Plots With All Client Side Parsing',
        mediaRules: [{
          maxWidth: 500,
          visible: false
        }]
      },
      plot: {
        // barWidth: 25, // this will prevent users from noticing the barwidth changing
        animation: {
          effect: 4,
          method: 2,
          sequence: 2,
        }, // add animation to make the chart look alive
      },
      legend: {},
      scaleY: {
        values: '0:300:100' // this will prevent users from noticing the scale repaint
      },
      series: []
    };

    /*
     * callback for GET request is when we will render the chart
     */
    function renderFirstPlotInChart() {
      var docs = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
      var seriesArray = [];
      var returnArray = [];

      for (var key in docs) { // loop through documents
        let plotId = docs[key].type;
        let plotValue = docs[key].temp;
        if (!seriesArray[plotId]) {
          seriesArray[plotId] = {
            text: plotId,
            values: []
          };
          returnArray.push(seriesArray[plotId]); // assign reference into return array
        }
        seriesArray[plotId].values.push(plotValue); // assign value to array
      }
      myConfig.series = returnArray;
      zingchart.render({
        id: 'myChart',
        data: myConfig,
        height: '100%',
        width: '100%'
      });
    }
  </script>
</body>

</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>ZingSoft Demo</title>

  <script src="https://cdn.zingchart.com/zingchart.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
  <div id="myChart">
    <a class="zc-ref" href="https://www.zingchart.com">Powered by ZingChart</a>
    <button onclick="window.parent.location.reload()">Reload Data</button>
  </div>
</body>

</html>

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#myChart {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 150px;
}

.zc-ref {
  display: none;
}

#myChart button {
  position: absolute;
  top: 15px;
  left: 10px;
  z-index: 1000;
}

// make the AJAX request
var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
oReq.addEventListener("load", renderFirstPlotInChart);
oReq.open("GET", "https://zingchart-rest-api.glitch.me/api/data/getAllPlots/JSON");
oReq.send();

// define chart JSON
var myConfig = {
  type: 'bar',
  title: {
    text: 'Rendering Multiple Plots With All Client Side Parsing',
    mediaRules: [{
      maxWidth: 500,
      visible: false
    }]
  },
  plot: {
    // barWidth: 25, // this will prevent users from noticing the barwidth changing
    animation: {
      effect: 4,
      method: 2,
      sequence: 2,
    }, // add animation to make the chart look alive
  },
  legend: {},
  scaleY: {
    values: '0:300:100' // this will prevent users from noticing the scale repaint
  },
  series: []
};

/*
 * callback for GET request is when we will render the chart
 */
function renderFirstPlotInChart() {
  var docs = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
  var seriesArray = [];
  var returnArray = [];

  for (var key in docs) { // loop through documents
    let plotId = docs[key].type;
    let plotValue = docs[key].temp;
    if (!seriesArray[plotId]) {
      seriesArray[plotId] = {
        text: plotId,
        values: []
      };
      returnArray.push(seriesArray[plotId]); // assign reference into return array
    }
    seriesArray[plotId].values.push(plotValue); // assign value to array
  }
  myConfig.series = returnArray;
  zingchart.render({
    id: 'myChart',
    data: myConfig,
    height: '100%',
    width: '100%'
  });
}