CHARTS by Brace

Make charts in seconds

Use our URL to inject charts into your website. The data is supplied via the URL, no Javascript required. Plus, if you need Lorem Ipsum charts, we've got you covered.

Example:

<img src="//charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Foo=1,1,2,3,5">

Pies, Bars and Lines

There are 3 different types of charts. Choose one by changing the path.

Pies

charts.brace.io/pie.svg?Things=5&Stuff=2

Bars

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Things=lorem_exp

Lines

charts.brace.io/line.svg?Things=lorem_flat

Choose a Style

Just by adding _style=Stylename to the URL

Light (default)

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Foo=lorem_exp&_style=light

Dark

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Foo=lorem_exp&_style=dark

Supplying data

You can just append the data for the chart to the URL parameters.

Bars and Lines

Generally you provide DataSet=. For example:

charts.brace.io/line.svg?Things=1,2,3

You can also have multiple datasets, like:

charts.brace.io/line.svg?Some=1,2,3&Thing=2,3,4

Finally, you can add labels to the x axis:

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Likes=3,2,4&_labels=Jan,Feb,Mar

Pies

For pies it's mostly the same, except you have names for sections and one value per section.

charts.brace.io/pie.svg?Some=1&Thing=2

Other fancy features

Here are some additional neat features that Brace Charts provide.

Generate placeholder data

If you're prototyping and need placeholder charts, we have a solution for you. Instead of providing numbers, you can just use one of these keywords.

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Stuff=lorem_exp

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Stuff=lorem_hockey

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Stuff=lorem_bell

charts.brace.io/bar.svg?Stuff=lorem_flat

Customize the appearance of (line) charts

<img src="http://charts.brace.io/line.svg?Foo=lorem_hockey&_show_legend=false&_height=300px&_interpolate=cubic&_fill=true">

Show off with hover effects

Use an tag instead of images. This gives you fancy hover-states.

<object type="image/svg+xml" data="http://charts.brace.io/line.svg?Some=lorem_flat&Stuff=lorem_flat&_interpolate=cubic &_fill=true&_height=300px"></object>

Questions you might have

How much does it cost?

For now, Brace Charts is free and is limited to 10,000 views per chart per month. If you need more, please reach out to [email protected].

What charting library did you use?

Brace Charts is based on pygal, an awesome charting library for Python.

Who are you guys?

We're the same folks who make Brace.io, the simple way to host websites. Brace Charts is one of our sideprojects that aim to make authoring and designing for the web easy.

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Running your own copy of Brace Charts

Running on localhost

You'll need python 2.7 and should install pip, and create a virtual environment for the server.

Once your environment is setup, clone the source and cd into the root of the Brace Charts repository. Then run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

then

python manage.py runserver

Running on heroku

You will need to install the heroku toolbelt.

Once your environment is setup, clone the source and cd into the root of the Brace Charts repository. Then run:

heroku app:create [your project name]

then

git push heroku

Your new project will be running at [your project name].herokuapp.com.

Dependencies

Brace Charts requires Redis. If you're deploying to heroku you can get an addon, such as redistogo. To install redistogo into your project just run the command:

heroku addons:add redistogo

Configuring Brace Charts

Take a look at the charts/settings.py file for a list of environment variables that should be set in order for Charts to work correctly.