I found a similar question, but didn't understand any of the answers (and the question was downvoted) So here I go:
I'm trying to use a library built on D3, called Greuler, in order to dynamically render graphs. The npm package for it seems to be broken. When I switched out for the Greuler CDN, the test graph inside my index.html finally worked.
However, I'm working on a React app, and I want the graph to be rendered from a React component. Here the problem comes up: the react component doesn't use the Greuler CDN scripts that are in my index.html, and I've tried multiple ways of running the scripts inside my component, but nothing seems to work.
The two main errors are:
error 'greuler' is not defined
(in my component)
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getAttribute' of null
(in the D3 code)
My working index.html, with hard-coded graph looks like:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Navigating Spinoza</title>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.6/d3.js"></script>
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maurizzzio.github.io/greuler/greuler.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="root"></div>
<div class="row" id="demo">
<script>
var instance = greuler({
target: '#demo',
width: 480,
height: 500,
data: {
nodes: [
{id: 0, label: "E1Def3", r: 25},
{id: 1, label: "E1P4", r: 15},
{id: 2, label: "E1P2", r: 15},
{id: 3, label: "E1P1", r: 15},
{id: 4, label: "E1P5", r: 15},
{id: 5, label: "E1P6", r: 25}
],
links: [
{source: 0, target: 1, directed: true},
{source: 0, target: 2, directed: true},
{source: 0, target: 3, directed: true},
{source: 1, target: 4, directed: true},
{source: 2, target: 5, directed: true},
{source: 3, target: 4, directed: true},
{source: 4, target: 5, directed: true}
]
}
}).update()
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
My last desperate attempt at the render function in the component looks like:
render() {
return (
<div class="row" id="demo">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.6/d3.js"></script>
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maurizzzio.github.io/greuler/greuler.min.js"></script>
{
greuler({
target: '#demo',
width: 480,
height: 500,
data: {
nodes: [
{id: 0, label: "E1Def3", r: 25},
{id: 1, label: "E1P4", r: 15},
{id: 2, label: "E1P2", r: 15},
{id: 3, label: "E1P1", r: 15},
{id: 4, label: "E1P5", r: 15},
{id: 5, label: "E1P6", r: 25}
],
links: [
{source: 0, target: 1, directed: true},
{source: 0, target: 2, directed: true},
{source: 0, target: 3, directed: true},
{source: 1, target: 4, directed: true},
{source: 2, target: 5, directed: true},
{source: 3, target: 4, directed: true},
{source: 4, target: 5, directed: true}
]
}
}).update()
}
</div>
</div>
);
}
}