Easy Word Cloud using D3

There is an amazing D3 wordcloud plugin for creating beautiful wordclouds. But it's not trivial for everyone to put it to use. This plugin makes it easy to create such a wordcloud.

Usage

A simple html page with a wordcloud might contain:

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Word Cloud</title>
    <script src="https://github.com/wvengen/d3-wordcloud/raw/master/lib/d3/d3.js"></script>
    <script src="https://github.com/wvengen/d3-wordcloud/raw/master/lib/d3/d3.layout.cloud.js"></script>
    <script src="https://github.com/wvengen/d3-wordcloud/raw/master/d3.wordcloud.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id='wordcloud'></div>
    <script>
      d3.wordcloud()
        .size([800, 400])
        .selector('#wordcloud')
        .words([{text: 'word', size: 5}, {text: 'cloud', size: 15}])
        .start();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

That's all! The following properties are accepted:

selector() which css selector to create the wordcloud on
element() an element instead of the previous selector
scale() a d3 scale for sizing words, e.g. sqrt, log or linear
fill() a d3 scale for coloring words, e.g. d3.scale.category20b()
transitionDuration() how many milliseconds a resize transation takes

In addition to this, the following d3-cloud properties are accepted:

size() dimensions [width, height]
words() array of {text: 'word', size: 1} hashes
font()
fontStyle()
fontWeight()
spiral(), which can be archimedean or rectangular
padding()

Extensions

onwordclick(function(d,i)) provide your own function to call when a word is clicked

.onwordclick(function(d, i) {
  window.location = "https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=" + d.text;
})

wvengen / d3-wordcloud

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Easy Word Cloud using D3

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