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; console.log(data); // 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.scaleLinear().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(data, function(d) { return parseTime(d.created_at); })); yScale.domain(d3.extent(nestedData, function(d) { return d.value; })); // Add the X Axis svg.append("g") .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")") .call(d3.axisBottom(xScale)); // Add the Y Axis svg.append("g") .call(d3.axisLeft(yScale)); console.log(line(nestedData)) // Add the line path svg.selectAll("path.tweetline") .data([nestedData]) .enter().append('path') .attr("class", "tweetline") .attr("d", line); };