Django and ChartJS

Question

I\'m trying to understand if it it\'s possible to incorporate dynamic data into a Django Chart JS architecture. I went through a couple of tutorials and ultimately got Django t

Answer 1

My code below is what ultimately solved the problem on how to get dynamic user data. I am still trying to figure out how to get the labels to work properly. This solution allows the labels to display with ID numbers, which isn't optimal, but I opened a separate SO for the label issue.

My HTML

   {% extends 'base5.html' %}

{% block body_block %}

          
Number of Books By Author



  
  {% endblock %}

Views.py

ChartView

class ChartData(LoginRequiredMixin,APIView):
    model = Author
    authentication_classes = (SessionAuthentication, BasicAuthentication)
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)

    def get(self, request, format=None):
        default_items = []
        labels = []
        data = {
            "labels": labels,
            "default": default_items,
        }
        return Response(data)

The ChartView

class ChartView(LoginRequiredMixin, TemplateView): template_name = 'Book/chart.html'

def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    context = super(ChartView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
    book = Author.objects.filter(id__in=self.request.user.userprofile.author.all()).order_by('id')
    books_count = [ Book.objects.filter(author=cls).count() for cls in book ]
    context['book'] = book
    context['book_count'] = books_count
    return context