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<title>Timeline | Data serialization</title> |
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<style> |
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body, html { |
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font-family: arial, sans-serif; |
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font-size: 11pt; |
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} |
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textarea { |
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width: 800px; |
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height: 200px; |
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} |
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.buttons { |
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margin: 20px 0; |
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} |
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.buttons input { |
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padding: 10px; |
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} |
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</style> |
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<script src="../../dist/vis.js"></script> |
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<link href="../../dist/vis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> |
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</head> |
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<body> |
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<h1>Serialization and deserialization</h1> |
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<p>This example shows how to serialize and deserialize JSON data, and load this in the Timeline via a DataSet. Serialization and deserialization is needed when loading or saving data from a server.</p> |
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<textarea id="data"> |
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[ |
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{"id": 1, "content": "item 1<br>start", "start": "2014-01-23"}, |
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{"id": 2, "content": "item 2", "start": "2014-01-18"}, |
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{"id": 3, "content": "item 3", "start": "2014-01-21"}, |
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{"id": 4, "content": "item 4", "start": "2014-01-19", "end": "2014-01-24"}, |
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{"id": 5, "content": "item 5", "start": "2014-01-28", "type": "point"}, |
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{"id": 6, "content": "item 6", "start": "2014-01-26"} |
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] |
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</textarea> |
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<div class="buttons"> |
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<input type="button" id="load" value="↓ Load" title="Load data from textarea into the Timeline"> |
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<input type="button" id="save" value="↑ Save" title="Save data from the Timeline into the textarea"> |
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</div> |
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<div id="visualization"></div> |
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<script> |
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var txtData = document.getElementById('data'); |
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var btnLoad = document.getElementById('load'); |
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var btnSave = document.getElementById('save'); |
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// Create an empty DataSet. |
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// This DataSet is used for two way data binding with the Timeline. |
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var items = new vis.DataSet(); |
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// create a timeline |
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var container = document.getElementById('visualization'); |
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var options = { |
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editable: true |
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}; |
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var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, items, options); |
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function loadData () { |
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// get and deserialize the data |
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var data = JSON.parse(txtData.value); |
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// update the data in the DataSet |
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// |
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// Note: when retrieving updated data from a server instead of a complete |
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// new set of data, one can simply update the existing data like: |
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// |
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// items.update(data); |
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// |
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// Existing items will then be updated, and new items will be added. |
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items.clear(); |
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items.add(data); |
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// adjust the timeline window such that we see the loaded data |
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timeline.fit(); |
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} |
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btnLoad.onclick = loadData; |
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function saveData() { |
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// get the data from the DataSet |
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// Note that we specify the output type of the fields start and end |
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// as ISODate, which is safely serializable. Other serializable types |
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// are Number (unix timestamp) or ASPDate. |
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// |
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// Alternatively, it is possible to configure the DataSet to convert |
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// the output automatically to ISODates like: |
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// |
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// var options = { |
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// type: {start: 'ISODate', end: 'ISODate'} |
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// }; |
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// var items = new vis.DataSet(options); |
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// // now items.get() will automatically convert start and end to ISO dates. |
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// |
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var data = items.get({ |
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type: { |
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start: 'ISODate', |
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end: 'ISODate' |
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} |
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}); |
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// serialize the data and put it in the textarea |
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txtData.value = JSON.stringify(data, null, 2); |
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} |
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btnSave.onclick = saveData; |
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// load the initial data |
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loadData(); |
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</script> |
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</body> |
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</html> |