Displaying JSON data in Chartjs

Question

I am trying to use Chart JS to create a table with dynamically generated data points coming from my JSON file. The logic of my code looks like so:

var datapa         


        

Answer 1

Your approach on constructing the chart is completely inappropriate. Here is the proper way, that you should follow :

var jsonfile = {
   "jsonarray": [{
      "name": "Joe",
      "age": 12
   }, {
      "name": "Tom",
      "age": 14
   }]
};

var labels = jsonfile.jsonarray.map(function(e) {
   return e.name;
});
var data = jsonfile.jsonarray.map(function(e) {
   return e.age;
});;

var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var config = {
   type: 'line',
   data: {
      labels: labels,
      datasets: [{
         label: 'Graph Line',
         data: data,
         backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 119, 204, 0.3)'
      }]
   }
};

var chart = new Chart(ctx, config);