<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Timeline | External data</title> <style type="text/css"> body, html { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> <!-- Load jquery for ajax support --> <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="../../dist/vis.js"></script> <link href="../../dist/vis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <h1>Load external data</h1> <p> This demo shows how to load external data via an ajax call. </p> <div id="visualization"></div> <div id="loading">loading...</div> <script type="text/javascript"> // load data via an ajax request. When the data is in, load the timeline $.ajax({ url: 'data/basic.json', success: function (data) { // hide the "loading..." message document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'none'; // DOM element where the Timeline will be attached var container = document.getElementById('visualization'); // Create a DataSet (allows two way data-binding) var items = new vis.DataSet(data); // Configuration for the Timeline var options = {}; // Create a Timeline var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, items, options); }, error: function (err) { console.log('Error', err); if (err.status === 0) { alert('Failed to load data/basic.json.\nPlease run this example on a server.'); } else { alert('Failed to load data/basic.json.'); } } }); </script> </body> </html>