# # Chart.js

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## # Installation

You can get the latest version of Chart.js from npm
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If you're using a front-end framework (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue), please check available integrations
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## # Creating a Chart

It's easy to get started with Chart.js. All that's required is the script included in your page along with a single `<canvas>` node to render the chart.

In this example, we create a bar chart for a single dataset and render that in our page. You can see all the ways to use Chart.js in the usage documentation.

    <canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
    <script>
    const ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
    const myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
        type: 'bar',
        data: {
            labels: ['Red', 'Blue', 'Yellow', 'Green', 'Purple', 'Orange'],
            datasets: [{
                label: '# of Votes',
                data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
                backgroundColor: [
                    'rgba(255, 99, 132, 0.2)',
                    'rgba(54, 162, 235, 0.2)',
                    'rgba(255, 206, 86, 0.2)',
                    'rgba(75, 192, 192, 0.2)',
                    'rgba(153, 102, 255, 0.2)',
                    'rgba(255, 159, 64, 0.2)'
                ],
                borderColor: [
                    'rgba(255, 99, 132, 1)',
                    'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
                    'rgba(255, 206, 86, 1)',
                    'rgba(75, 192, 192, 1)',
                    'rgba(153, 102, 255, 1)',
                    'rgba(255, 159, 64, 1)'
                ],
                borderWidth: 1
            }]
        },
        options: {
            scales: {
                y: {
                    beginAtZero: true
                }
            }
        }
    });
    </script>

## # Contributing

Before submitting an issue or a pull request to the project, please take a moment to look over the contributing guidelines first.

For support using Chart.js, please post questions with the `chart.js` tag on Stack Overflow
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## # License

Chart.js is available under the MIT license
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Documentation is copyright © 2014-2022 Chart.js contributors.