TweetTimeline

A snippet from ta.virot.me/tweettimeline

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.5/d3.min.js"></script>
  <style>
  body {
    font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
    
  .container#tweet {
    padding-top: 30px;
  }
    
  div.tooltip {
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding: 4px 6px;
    pointer-events: none;
    position: absolute;
    text-align: center;
  }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <div class="container" id="tweet"></div>  
  <div class="container" id="plot"></div>  
  
  <script>
    function addCommas(nStr){
      nStr += '';
      x = nStr.split('.');
      x1 = x[0];
      x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
      var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
      while (rgx.test(x1)) {
        x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
      }
      return x1 + x2;
    }

var tooltip = d3.select("div#plot").append("div")
      .attr("class", "tooltip")
      .style("opacity", 0);

function showtt(text){ 
      tooltip.text(text).style("opacity", 1); 
    }

function movett(){
      tooltip.style("left", d3.event.pageX + 12 +  "px")
        .style("top", d3.event.pageY + 5 + "px");
    }

function hidett(){
      tooltip.style("opacity", 0);
    }

var data;
    var isEvenSpaced = false;
    var isInit = false; 
    
    d3.json("213655868590407680.json", function(json){
      data = json;
      plot(data, isEvenSpaced);
    });

function plot(data, isEvenSpaced){
      var width = 1000;
      var height = 200;

var profile = d3.select("div#tweet")
        .append("svg")
        .attr("class", "profile")
        .attr("width", width)
        .attr("height", 120);

profile.append("image")
        .attr("xlink:href", "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/600303920125214721/uy-506Vm_400x400.jpg")
        .attr("x", 50)
        .attr("y", "0")
        .attr("width", "48px")
        .attr("height", "48px")
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .on("click", function(){
          window.open("https://www.twitter.com/" + data.author.screen_name, "_blank");
        });

profile.append("text")
        .text(data.author.name)
        .attr("x", 105)
        .attr("y", 2)
        .attr("dy", "1em")
        .style("fill", "#000000")
        .style("font-weight", "bold")
        .style("font-size", "24px")
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .on("click", function(d,i){
          window.open("https://www.twitter.com/" + data.author.screen_name, "_blank");
        });

profile.append("text")
        .text("@" + data.author.screen_name)
        .attr("x", 105)
        .attr("y", 48 - 2)
        .attr("dy", "-0.1em")
        .style("fill", "#999999")
        .style("font-size", "14px")
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .on("click", function(d,i){
          window.open("https://www.twitter.com/" + data.author.screen_name, "_blank");
        });

profile.append("text")
        .text(data.tweet.text)
        .attr("x", 50)
        .attr("y", 48 + 10)
        .attr("dy", "1em")
        .style("fill", "#000000")
        .style("font-size", "14px")
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .on("mouseover", function(d,i){
          d3.select(this).style("fill", "#F1B054");
        })
        .on("mouseout", function(d,i){
          d3.select(this).style("fill", "#000000");
        })
        .on("click", function(d,i){
          window.open("https://www.twitter.com/" + data.author.screen_name + "/status/" + data.tweet.id, "_blank");
        });

profile.append("text")
        .text("Retweeted " + (data.nodes.length - 1) + 
              " times. Displayed to " + addCommas(d3.sum(data.nodes, function(d) { return d.followers_count; })) + " users.")
        .attr("x", 50)
        .attr("y", 48 + 45)
        .attr("dy", "1em")
        .style("fill", "#993333")
        .style("font-size", "14px");

var timeline = d3.select("div#plot").append("svg")
        .attr("class", "timeline")
        .attr("width", width)
        .attr("height", height);

var created_after_list = data.nodes.map(function(n) { return n.created_after; });
      var max_followers_count = d3.max(data.nodes.map(function(n) { return n.followers_count; } ));
      var max_created_after = d3.max(created_after_list);

var x;
      if(isEvenSpaced) {
        x = d3.scale.ordinal()
          .domain(created_after_list)
          .rangeBands([100, width - 100]);
      } else {
        x = d3.scale.linear()
          .domain([0, max_created_after])
          .range([100, width - 100]);
      }

var y = d3.scale.linear()
        .domain([0, width - 2 * 100])
        .range([0, height / 2 - 20]);
      var r = d3.scale.log()
        .domain([1, max_followers_count])
        .range([0, height / 2 - 20]);

var curve_gen = d3.svg.line()
        .interpolate("cardinal")
        .x(function(d) { return d.x; })
        .y(function(d) { return d.y; });

var arcs = timeline.selectAll("arc")
        .data(data.arcs).enter();

function generateControlPoints(x1, x2){
        return [ {x: x1, y: 100},
                {x: (x1+x2)/2.0, y: 100 - y(Math.abs(x1-x2))},
                {x: x2, y: 100} ];
      }

var curves = arcs.append("path")
        .style("stroke", "#444444")
        .style("stroke-opacity", "0.2")
        .style("stroke-width", "1.5px")
        .style("fill", "none")
        .attr("d", function(d) { 
          x1 = x(created_after_list[d.from]);
          x2 = x(created_after_list[d.to]);
          return curve_gen.tension(0)(generateControlPoints(x1, x2)); 
        });

timeline.append("rect")
        .attr("x", x(0))
        .attr("y", 0)
        .attr("width", width)
        .attr("height", 100)
        .style("fill", "#FFFFFF")
        .transition()
        .duration(function() { return (isInit) ? 0 : 1100; })
        .ease("cubic-in-out")
        .attr("x", width)
        .remove();

var nodes = timeline.selectAll("node")
        .data(data.nodes).enter();

nodes.append("circle")
        .attr("class", "outer")
        .attr("id", function(d,i) { return "outer-" + i; })
        .attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.created_after); } )
        .attr("cy", 100)
        .style("fill", "#993333")
        .style("fill-opacity", 0.1)
        .style("stroke", "none")
        .style("stroke-width", "3px")
        .transition()
        .delay(function(d,i) { return (isInit) ? 0 : d.created_after * 500 / max_created_after; })
        .duration(function() { return (isInit) ? 0 : 600; })
        .ease("bounce")
        .attr("r", function(d) { return Math.max(1, r(d.followers_count)); });

nodes.append("circle")
        .attr("class", "inner")
        .attr("id", function(d,i) { return "inner-" +i; })
        .attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.created_after); } )
        .attr("cy", 100)
        .attr("r", 3)
        .style("fill", "#444444")
        .style("opacity", 0.0)
        .transition()
        .delay(function(d,i) { return (isInit) ? 0 : d.created_after * 500 / max_created_after; })
        .duration(function() { return (isInit) ? 0 : 600; })
        .style("opacity", 1.0);

function created_after_toString(created_after){
        var day = Math.floor(created_after / (60 * 60 * 24));
        var remainder = created_after - day * (60 * 60 * 24);
        var hour = Math.floor(remainder / (60 * 60));
        remainder -= hour * (60 * 60);
        var min = Math.floor(remainder / 60);
        remainder -= min * 60;
        var second = remainder;

var out = "";
        if(day > 0) out +=  day + " days ";
        if(hour > 0) out += hour + " hrs ";
        if(min > 0 && day==0) out += min + " mins ";
        if(second > 0 && hour==0) out += second + " secs ";

if(created_after > 0) return out;
        else return "less than a second";
      }

nodes.append("rect")
        .attr("fill-opacity", 0.0)
        .attr("x", function(d,i) { 
          return (i == 0) ? 0 : 
          (x(data.nodes[i-1].created_after) + x(data.nodes[i].created_after)) / 2.0;
        })
        .attr("width", function(d,i) { 
          x1 = (i == 0) ? 0 : 
            (x(data.nodes[i-1].created_after) + x(data.nodes[i].created_after)) / 2.0;
          x2 = (i == data.nodes.length - 1) ? width : 
            (x(data.nodes[i].created_after) + x(data.nodes[i+1].created_after)) / 2.0;
          return x2 - x1;
        })
        .attr("y", 100 - 25)
        .attr("height", 100)
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .on("mouseover", function(d, i) { 
          var xpos = x(d.created_after);
          var radius = Math.max(1, r(d.followers_count));
          timeline.select("circle#inner-" + i).style("fill", "#993333");
          timeline.select("circle#outer-" + i)
            .style("visibility", "visible")
            .style("stroke", "#993333");
          if (i > 0) {
            timeline.append("line")
              .attr("class", "time_label")
              .attr("x1", xpos)
              .attr("y1", 100)
              .attr("x2", xpos)
              .attr("y2", 100 + 67)
              .style("stroke", "#444444")
              .style("stroke-width", 0.5);
            timeline.append("text")
              .attr("class", "time_label")
              .text(created_after_toString(d.created_after))
              .attr("x", xpos)
              .attr("dx", 5)
              .attr("y", 100 + 67)
              .attr("dy", "-0.1em")
              .attr("text-anchor", "start")
              .style("fill", "#444444")
              .style("font-size", "12px");
          }

timeline.append("line")
        .attr("x1", x(0))
        .attr("y1", 100)
        .attr("x2", x(0))
        .attr("y2", 100 + 100)
        .style("stroke", "#444444")
        .style("stroke-width", 0.5);

var date_iso = d3.time.format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
      var date_pretty = d3.time.format("%I:%M %p - %d %b %y");
      timeline.append("text")
        .text(date_pretty(new Date(date_iso.parse(data.tweet.created_at) - 60000 * (new Date().getTimezoneOffset()))))
        .attr("x", x(0))
        .attr("dx", 5)
        .attr("y", 100 + 100)
        .attr("dy", "-0.1em")
        .attr("text-anchor", "start")
        .style("fill", "black")
        .style("font-size", "20px");

timeline.append("text")
        .text("rescale")
        .attr("x", width-100)
        .attr("dx", 0)
        .attr("y", 100 + 100)
        .attr("dy", "-0.1em")
        .attr("text-anchor", "end")
        .style("cursor", "hand")
        .style("fill", "#666666")
        .style("font-size", "14px")
        .on("mouseover", function(d,i) {
          d3.select(this).style("fill", "#77A396");
        })
        .on("mouseout", function(d,i) {
          d3.select(this).style("fill", "#666666");
        })
        .on("click", function(d,i) {
          isEvenSpaced = !isEvenSpaced;
          d3.selectAll("svg").remove();
          plot(data, isEvenSpaced);
        });

isInit = true; 
    }
  </script>
</body>

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