var parseTime = d3.timeParse('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y'); var formatTime = d3.timeFormat('%Y-%m-%d'); var parseFormattedTime = d3.timeParse('%Y-%m-%d'); var lineChart = function(data){ // set the dimensions and margins of the graph var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 60, left: 50}, width = 606 - margin.left - margin.right, height = 181 - margin.top - margin.bottom; // NEST var nestedData = d3.nest() .key(function(d) { return formatTime(parseTime(d.created_at)); }) .sortKeys(d3.ascending) .rollup(function(values) { return values.length; }) .entries(data); console.log(nestedData); // set the ranges var xScale = d3.scaleTime().range([0, width]); var yScale = d3.scaleLinear().range([height, 0]); // define the line var line = d3.line() .x(function(d) { return xScale(parseFormattedTime(d.key)); }) .y(function(d) { return yScale(d.value); }); //add a new svg to hold the chart var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg") .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right) .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) .append("g") .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")"); // Scale the range of the data xScale.domain(d3.extent(nestedData, function(d) { return parseFormattedTime(d.key); })); yScale.domain(d3.extent(nestedData, function(d) { return d.value; })); // Add the X Axis svg.append("g") .attr('class', 'axis x') .attr("transform", "translate(0," + 0 + ")") .call(d3.axisBottom(xScale).tickSize(height)); // Add the Y Axis svg.append("g") .attr('class', 'axis y') .attr("transform", "translate(" + width +",0)") .call(d3.axisLeft(yScale).ticks(3).tickSize(width)); // Add the line path svg.selectAll("path.tweetline") .data([nestedData]) .enter().append('path') .attr("class", "tweetline") .attr("d", line); var annotation = svg.append('g') .attr('class', 'annotation') .attr('transform', 'translate(' + xScale(parseFormattedTime('2017-01-20')) +', 0)'); annotation.append('line') .attr('x1', 0) .attr('y1', 0) .attr('x2', 0) .attr('y2', height) annotation.append('text') .text('LABEL TEXT') .attr('text-anchor', 'end') .attr('dx', -5) .attr('dy', 10) };