Getting Started with Plotly for Node.js
Plotly's Node.js graphing library makes interactive, publication-quality graphs online. Examples of how to make line plots, scatter plots, area charts, bar charts, error bars, box plots, histograms, heatmaps, subplots, multiple-axes, polar charts and bubble charts.
Getting started with Plotly for Nodejs
Installation
To install Plotly's Node module, use npm.
npm install plotlyAuthentication
Fire up Node!
$ nodevar plotly = require('plotly')("DemoAccount", "lr1c37zw81")
You'll need to replace "DemoAccount" and "lr1c37zw81" with your Plotly username and API key.
Special Instructions for Plotly On-Premise users
Your API key for account on the public cloud will be different than the API key in Plotly On-Premise. Visit https://plotly.your-company.com/settings/api/ to find your Plotly On-Premise API key. Remember to replace "your-company.com" with the URL of your Plotly On-Premise server.
Instantiate your plotly object with the domain of your Plotly On-Premise server.
var plotly = require('plotly')({"username": "DemoAccount", "apiKey": "lr1c37zw81", "host": "plotly.your-company.com", "port": 443})Remember to replace "your-company.com" with the URL of your Plotly On-Premise server. Questions? support@plot.ly
Start plotting!
Copy and paste the following to create your first graph using the Plotly Node library! If all goes well, the URL for your graph will be printed in your console.
var data = [{x:[0,1,2], y:[3,2,1], type: 'bar'}];
var layout = {fileopt : "overwrite", filename : "simple-node-example"};
plotly.plot(data, layout, function (err, msg) {
if (err) return console.log(err);
console.log(msg);
});