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How to poll data using Ajax request?

I am trying to poll my data in HighCharts. The graph in this link is what I am trying to achieve. I am using Ajax request to retrieve my data. Here is my code:
setInterval(RefreshGraph, 3000);
...
...
function RefreshGraph() {
var options = {
chart: {
type: 'spline'
},
title: {
text: 'Text'
},
xAxis: {
title: {
text: 'TIMEFRAME'
},
categories: ['-4m', '-3m', '-2m', '-1m', 'Now']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'NUMBER'
},
},
tooltip: {
crosshairs: true,
shared: true
},
plotOptions: {
spline: {
marker: {
radius: 4,
lineColor: '#666666',
lineWidth: 2
}
}
},
series: [{}]
};
Highcharts.ajax({
url: "/Home/GetData",
success: function (data) {
var formattedData = FormatData(data);
//Graph 1
options.series[0] = formattedData[0];
//Graph 2
options.series[1] = formattedData[1];
Highcharts.chart("container", options);
}
});
}
However, the entire graph gets redrawn with my above code. How can I enable live polling for the above code?

You create a chart every time data is received. You need to create a chart and then update it. Example:
const options = {...};
const chart = Highcharts.chart("container", options);
function RefreshGraph() {
Highcharts.ajax({
url: "/Home/GetData",
success: function(data) {
var formattedData = FormatData(data);
chart.update({
series: [formattedData[0], formattedData[1]]
});
}
});
}
setInterval(RefreshGraph, 3000);
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/6d5stjab/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Chart#update

Highcharts data value from variable array string

Got a column called ChartData in database with a string value of 4,11,25,36,50. Trying to assign this value to a hidden variable so JS can read the value of this and put this value in the data option using high charts. I have console.log the variable and looks like its appearing as a string rather than an array when being parsed across the server side to the client side.
C# code
string str = reader["ChartData"].ToString();
string[] strList = str.Split(','); //seperate the hobbies by comma
// convert it in json
dataStr = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(strList, Formatting.None);
hiddenvariable.Value = dataStr;
JS code:
function CreateBoxPlot() {
var hv = $('#hiddenvariable').val();
alert(hv); //["40","61","65","74","77"]
var chart;
var titleText = 'Test Chart Title';
var subTitleText = 'Test Chart Subtitle';
var type = 'boxplot';
var data = hv;
console.log(data); //["40","61","65","74","77"]
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: { type: type, inverted: true },
title: { text: titleText },
subtitle: { text: subTitleText },
legend: { enabled: false },
tooltip: {
shared: true,
crosshairs: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
pointWidth: 50
}
},
xAxis: {
visible: false
},
yAxis: {
visible: true,
title: {
text: 'Values'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 80,
color: 'red',
width: 2
}]
}
});
chart = $('#container').highcharts();
chart.addSeries({ data: data });
});
}
However when i hardcode data to the below value this works. How do i format this correctly when its parsed over to the JS side:
var data = [[40,61,65,74,77]]

You have to convert the string '["40","61","65","74","77"]' to js array with numbers. To make it work on each browser you can follow this approach:
Parse the string to js array using JSON.parse()
Loop through the created array and convert each element to number:
var json = '["40","61","65","74","77"]',
dataString = JSON.parse(json),
data = [],
i;
for (i = 0; i < dataString.length; i++) {
data[i] = +dataString[i];
}
Code:
$(function() {
var json = '["40","61","65","74","77"]',
dataString = JSON.parse(json),
data = [],
i;
for (i = 0; i < dataString.length; i++) {
data[i] = +dataString[i];
}
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
inverted: true
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
shared: true,
crosshairs: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
pointWidth: 50
}
},
xAxis: {
visible: false
},
yAxis: {
visible: true,
title: {
text: 'Values'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 80,
color: 'red',
width: 2
}]
}
});
chart = $('#container').highcharts();
chart.addSeries({
data: data
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>
Demo:
https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/ay1xmgoc/

Taking reference from the comments, add this to your code and then try.
var data = hv.map(function (element) {
return +element;
});

Highcharts bar chart wont animate

Not sure why because I have done it in the past, but I have a Highcharts bar chart and it won't animate. This is the declaration of the chart,
function initializeData() {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
var newdata = [];
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
newdata.push({
name: setName($scope.jsondata[x].name),
y: $scope.jsondata[x].data[0],
color: getColor($scope.jsondata[x].data[0])
});
}
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
mainInterval = $interval(updateData, 5000);
}
function updateData() {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
console.debug("here");
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
$scope.chart.series[0].data[x].update({
y: $scope.jsondata[x].data[0],
color: getColor($scope.jsondata[x].data[0])
});
}
});
}
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'bar',
animation: true,
events: {
load: initializeData
}
},
title: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
type: 'category',
labels: {
style: {
fontSize: '11px'
}
}
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
max: 100,
title: {
text: 'Total Score',
align: 'high'
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: 'Total Score <b>{point.y:.3f}</b>'
},
series: [{
name: 'Active Users',
data: [],
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
rotation: 30,
style: {
fontSize: '10px',
fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
},
format: '{point.y:.3f}', // one decimal
}
}]
});
And as you can see I have animate : true, so I am not sure what is the problem here. I have this older plunker where all of the data is in separate series, but it animates fine. But this is the plunker I am working on and having trouble with. They are like identical basically. In the newer one I broke out the initialization of data into its own method, but that is the only real main difference.
Some edits:
So as I was saying, I have done things this way with an areaspline chart (I know it was said they work a bit different but they are set up identically).
function initializeData() {
$interval.cancel(mainInterval);
$scope.previousPackets = '';
$http.get("https://api.myjson.com/bins/nodx").success(function(returnedData) {
var newdata = [];
var x = (new Date()).getTime();
for (var step = 9; step >= 0; step--) {
newdata.push([x - 1000 * step, 0]);
}
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
mainInterval = $interval(updateData, 2000);
}
function updateData() {
$http.get(url + acronym + '/latest').success(function(returnedData) {
var x = (new Date()).getTime();
if ($scope.previousPackets != returnedData[0].numPackets) {
$scope.chart.series[0].addPoint([x, returnedData[0].numPackets], true, true);
$scope.previousPackets = returnedData[0].numPackets;
} else {
$scope.chart.series[0].addPoint([x, 0], true, true);
}
});
}
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'areaspline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: initializeData
}
},
title: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Packets'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#d9534f'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y) + ' packets<b> | </b>' + Highcharts.dateFormat('%H:%M:%S', this.x);
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Packets',
data: []
}]
});
I also updated the first chunk of code with the initializeData() method and updateData() method which are seemingly identical in both different charts.

It looks like it plays an important role if you provide your data at chart initialization or after. For simplicity I refactored your code a little
function initializeChart(initialData, onload) {
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'bar',
animation: true,
events: {
load: onload
}
....
series: [{
name: 'Active Users',
data: initialData,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
format: '{point.y:.3f}', // one decimal
}
}]
});
}
function getData(callback) {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
var newdata = [];
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
newdata.push([setName(ret[x].name), ret[x].data]);
}
callback(newdata);
});
}
As a result your two planks are in essense reduced to two methods below. The first initializes chart with preloaded data and the second updates data in existing chart.
function readDataFirst() {
getData(function(newdata) {
initializeChart(newdata);
});
}
function initializeChartFirst() {
initializeChart([], function() {
getData(function(newdata) {
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
})
});
}
The first one animates fine while the second does not. It looks like highcharts skips animation if dataset is not initial and is treated incompatible.
However if you really want to have animation in your current plant (chart first workflow) you can achieve that by initializing first serie with zeros and then with the real data. This case it will be treated as update
function forceAnimationByDoubleInitialization() {
getData(function(newdata) {
initializeChart([]);
var zerodata = newdata.map(function(item) {
return [item[0], 0]
});
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(zerodata);
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
All these options are available at http://plnkr.co/edit/pZhBJoV7PmjDNRNOj2Uc

Highcharts visualize, style series

I'm using Highcharts.visualize to draw the graph from a table containing the data.
You can test my working code here: http://jsfiddle.net/S2XM8/1/
I have two questions:
I want to have a separate styling for my "Additional value". How do I go about it?
Can I add data for the X-axis via the javascript? For example if I need to fill in the gap between 2014-05-27 and 2014-05-25 in the table.
Highcharts.visualize = function (table, options, tableClass) {
// the categories
options.xAxis.categories = [];
$('tbody th', table).each( function () {
options.xAxis.categories.push(this.innerHTML);
});
// the data series
options.series = [];
$('tr', table).each( function (i) {
var tr = this;
$('.graph', tr).each( function (j) {
if (i === 0) { // get the name and init the series
options.series[j] = {
name: this.innerHTML,
data: []
};
} else { // add values
options.series[j].data.push(parseFloat(this.innerHTML));
console.log(this.innerHTML);
}
});
});
options.title = { text: 'Some graph' };
$('#' + tableClass + '-graph').highcharts(options);
};
var tableNumber = document.getElementById('rank-table'),
options = {
chart: {
zoomType: 'x'
},
xAxis: {
tickInterval: 30,
reversed: true,
labels: {
rotation: 45
},
type: 'datetime',
dateTimeLabelFormats: { // don't display the dummy year
month: '%e. %b',
year: '%b'
}
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Rank'
},
min: 1,
reversed: true
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'middle',
verticalAlign: 'bottom',
borderWidth: 0
}
};
Highcharts.visualize(tableNumber, options, 'number');

Both things are possible, but require to modify visualize method, see: http://jsfiddle.net/S2XM8/4/
You can set series options in a chart and then merge with data:
series: [{
// nothing special
}, {
type: 'column' // set series type for example
}]
And merging:
options.series[j] = options.series[j] || {};
options.series[j].name = this.innerHTML,
options.series[j].data = [];
Check parsed value before passing as point value:
var value = parseFloat(this.innerHTML);
if(isNaN(value)) { //null value - produces NaN when parsing
options.series[j].data.push(10);
} else {
options.series[j].data.push(value); // push value to the series
}

File loading a Csv file into highcharts

I'm plotting Csv column data in highcharts. Instead of the:
$.get('5.csv', function(data)
I want input a local desktop Csv file using:
function handleFileSelect(evt) {
var files = evt.target.files; // FileList object
My current Javascript code is below :
var options = {
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
defaultSeriesType: 'line'
},
title: {
text: 'Test'
},
xAxis: {
categories: []
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Units',
}
},
series: []
};
// $.get('5.csv', function(data) {
var file = event.target.file;
var reader = new FileReader();
var txt=reader.readAsText(file);
var lines = txt.split('\n');
var c = [], d = [];
$.each(lines, function(lineNo, line) {
if(lineNo > 0 ){
var items = line.split(',');
var strTemp = items[0];
c = [parseFloat(items[0]), parseFloat(items[1])];
d.push(c);
console.log(c);
}
});
options.xAxis.categories = c;
options.series = [{
data: d
}];
chart = new Highcharts.Chart(options);
});
How would I go about doing this ? I want to upload a Csv file from a local desktop machine. How do I link the File Reader upload of the file to highcharts to plot, instead of using the $.get(5.csv', function(data) { ? Or am I better using jquery-csv (https://github.com/evanplaice/jquery-csv). I know there are browser security issues. My file is a 3 column Csv with a one line header, column 1 is the x-axis, 2 is the y-axis, 3 will be the error bar, which I haven't yet implemented:
Q,I,E
0.009,2.40E-01,5.67E-02
0.011,2.13E-01,3.83E-02
0.013,2.82E-01,2.28E-02
etc ....

This works now upload by File API
function processFiles(files) {
var chart;
options = {
chart: {
zoomType: 'x',
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'line',
zoomType: 'x'
},
title: {
text: ''
},
subtitle: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
type: 'linear',
minorTickInterval: 0.1,
title: {
text: 'Q'}
},
yAxis: {
type: 'linear',
minorTickInterval: 0.1,
title: {
text: 'I(ntensity)'
},
},
tooltip: {
shared: true
},
legend: {
enabled: true
},
plotOptions: {
area: {
fillColor: {
linearGradient: [0, 0, 0, 300],
stops: [
[0, Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]],
[0, 'rgba(2,0,0,0)']
]
},
lineWidth: 1,
marker: {
enabled: false,
states: {
hover: {
enabled: true,
radius: 5
}
}
},
shadow: false,
states: {
hover: {
lineWidth: 1
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Series'}]
};
var file = files[0]
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function (e) {
str = e.target.result;
var lines = str.split("\n");
var c = [], d = [], er = [];
$.each(lines, function(lineNo, line) {
if(lineNo > 0 ){
var items = line.split(',');
var strTemp = items[0];
er = parseFloat(items[2])
a = parseFloat(items[0])
b = parseFloat(items[1])
min = (b - (er/2))
max = b + ((er/2))
c = [a , b];
var q = [], e = [];
q = [min, max]
e.push(q);
d.push(c);
console.log(c);
console.log(q);
}
});
options.xAxis.categories = c.name;
lineWidth: 1
options.series = [{
data: d,
type: 'scatter'
}, {
name: 'standard deviation',
type: 'errorbar',
color: 'black',
data : e }
];
$("#Linear").click(function(){
$('#container').highcharts().yAxis[0].update({ type: 'linear'});
});
$("#Log").click(function(){
$('#container').highcharts().yAxis[0].update({ type: 'logarithmic'});
});
$("#Guinier").click(function(){
$('#container').highcharts().yAxis[0].update({ data: Math.log(d)});
options.xAxis.categories = c.name;
lineWidth: 1
options.series = [{
data: d
}]
});
chart = new Highcharts.Chart(options);
}
reader.readAsText(file)
var output = document.getElementById("fileOutput")
};

Due to security reasons you can't load a file directly on the client-side
To do this you need to use the HTML5 File API which will give the user a file dialog to select the file.
If you plan to use jquery-csv here's an example that demonstrates how to do that.
File Handling Demo
I'm biased but I say use jquery-csv to parse the data, trying to write a CSV parser comes with a lot of nasty edge cases.
Source: I'm the author of jquery-csv
As an alternative, if jquery-csv doesn't meet your needs, PapaParse is very good too.