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echarty

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This package is a thin R wrapper around Javascript library ECharts.
One major command(ec.init) uses R lists to support the ECharts API.
Benefit from ECharts full functionality and build interactive charts in R and Shiny with minimal overhead.

Wider connectivity and deployment potential through WebR and crosstalk.

Compare to echarts4r 📌
R package echarts4r echarty
initial commit Mar 12, 2018 Feb 5, 2021
library size 878 KB 224KB
test coverage 32% link 93% link
lines of code 1,202,623 link 5,517 link
API design (1) own commands with parameters mostly ECharts option lists
number of commands over 200 one command + optional utility commands
data storage support series data datasets, series data
dependencies (packrat) 65 40
dependencies (WebR) 188 46
WebR support no yes
crosstalk support no yes
utilities bezier, correlations, histogram, density, loess, flip, nesting, more extended boxplots, tabsets, layouts, shapefiles, lotties, more

(1) We encourage users to follow the original ECharts API to construct charts with echarty. This differs from echarts4r which uses own commands for most chart options.

Comparison review done Feb 2024 for current versions of echarts4R and echarty.

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Installation

Latest development build 1.6.4.1

if (!requireNamespace('remotes')) install.packages('remotes')
remotes::install_github('helgasoft/echarty')

CRAN status From CRAN:

install.packages('echarty')

Examples

library(echarty); library(dplyr)

#  scatter chart (default)
cars |> ec.init()

#  parallel chart
ToothGrowth |> ec.init(ctype= 'parallel')

#  3D chart with GL plugin
iris |> group_by(Species) |> ec.init(load= '3D')

#  timeline of two series with grouping, formatting, autoPlay
iris |> group_by(Species) |> 
ec.init(
  timeline= list(autoPlay= TRUE),
  series.param = list(
    symbolSize= ec.clmn('Petal.Width', scale= 9),
    encode= list(x= 'Sepal.Width', y='Petal.Length'),
    markLine= list(data= list(list(type='max'), list(type='min')))
  )
)

# show a remote map chart, needs package leaflet installed
echarty::ec.fromJson('https://helgasoft.github.io/echarty/test/pfull.json')

Get started

The Coder is a good introduction, type library(echarty); demo(coder).
The WEBSITE has a vast gallery with code and tutorials.
The package itself has also code examples included. Type ?ec.examples, then copy/paste any code to see the chart.

Now you can start building beautiful ECharts (and more) with R and Shiny!


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