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Hi Sandeep,
Thanks for your email response to my initial request.
My question is:
How can I use the below chart (for example) to plot a real-time data that is continuously fed to a text file ?
Thanks.
Karim
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var dps = [];
var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart(“chartContainer”, {
exportEnabled: true,
title :{
text: “Dynamic Spline Chart”
},
axisY: {
includeZero: false
},
data: [{
type: “spline”,
markerSize: 0,
dataPoints: dps
}]
});
var xVal = 0;
var yVal = 100;
var updateInterval = 1000;
var dataLength = 50; // number of dataPoints visible at any point
var updateChart = function (count) {
count = count || 1;
// count is number of times loop runs to generate random dataPoints.
for (var j = 0; j < count; j++) {
yVal = yVal + Math.round(5 + Math.random() *(-5-5));
dps.push({
x: xVal,
y: yVal
});
xVal++;
}
if (dps.length > dataLength) {
dps.shift();
}
chart.render();
};
updateChart(dataLength);
setInterval(function(){ updateChart() }, updateInterval);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id=”chartContainer” style=”height: 370px; max-width: 920px; margin: 0px auto;”></div>
<script src=”../../canvasjs.min.js”></script>
</body>
</html>
Thank you Priyanka for your response!
Since I am using my own editor (i.e., Sublime Text), could you please explain to me how to modify the provided code in the jsfiddle to read the data directly from a specific text file without the need to choose the file from my browser window every time I run the code ?
Thanks for your time and help!
Sincerely,
Karim
In order to load a local file on browser, you need to have a local server running in your system to avoid cross origin requests which most of the browsers doesn’t support. You can read data directly from a local text file (sample.txt), please take a look at this sample project.
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Priyanka M S
Team CanvasJS
Thank you again Priyanka.
For some reason, the attached sample project above seems to have problem.
when I try to run the code, the plot is not showing up on my browser as expected!
p.s. I placed both of index.html and sample-data.txt in the same directory. I am also using the free license for non-commercial use.
Can you please advise ?
Sincerely,
Karim
I tried many times and the web page just keeps appearing blank (i.e., no errors are showing up).
I am using GoogleChrome as my default browser.
I think that there is something wrong with the code of the last sample project you sent but I can’t figure it out!
I tried many times running it and never return output.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
Karim
In this scenario, you should have a local server to load local text files as browsers do not support local files due to cross origin requests. Here is a tutorial on setting up a local server, which might be of help.
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Priyanka M S
Team CanvasJS
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