vega-datasets

This data lives at https://github.com/vega/vega-datasets

Common repository for example datasets used by vega related projects. Keep changes to this repository minimal as other projects (vega, vega-editor, vega-lite, polestar, voyager) use this data in their tests and for examples.

How to use it

NPM

Add this to your package.json:

"vega-datasets": "vega/vega-datasets#gh-pages"

HTTP

You can also get the data directly via HTTP served by Github like:

https://vega.github.io/vega-datasets/data/cars.json

Git subtree

You can use git subtree to add these datasets to a project. Add data git subtree add like:

git subtree add --prefix path-to-data git@github.com:vega/vega-datasets.git gh-pages

Update to the latest version of vega-data with

git subtree pull --prefix path-to-data git@github.com:vega/vega-datasets.git gh-pages

Changelog

Version 1.0, October 8, 2015

• Initial import from vega and vega-lite
• Change field names in cars.json to be more descriptive (hp to Horsepower)