@slashdotdash/node-googlecharts v1.0.0

Google Chart for Node using jsdom

Requirements

• Node.js > 4.0
• ICU4C

ICU4C dependency

Google Chart needs full internationalization support whereas it's not built in by default on nodejs. You can either:

• Use full-icu npm package which requires running node with a specific environment variable.
• Or, build Node.js with an embedded icu. more info

Run binary

node bin/node-googlecharts <ChartWrapperOptions>

ChartWrapperOptions is the serialized JSON options to give to ChartWrapper.

FAQ

Who uses it?

lambda-googlechart uses it to generate charts images on AWS Lambda.

Why jsdom?

Google Charts needs a browser-like environment to run in. Jsdom is a light DOM implementation, much faster than PhantomJS.

Why Node.js > 4.0?

This is a requirement of jsdom itself.

Why does it need ICU4C?

Google Chart needs full internationalization support whereas it's not built in by default on nodejs.