New data source : REST API

[klimis]

Hi,
Very nice & useful package.
It would be immensely beneficial if developers were permitted to integrate external APIs as data sources, in addition to Eurostat’s API.
Data could be either in the Eurostat JSON-stat format or a simple 2 fields (nuts id, value) format
A more complex data structure could also offer the ability to add metadata to display on the mouseover tooltip.

[klimis]

sorry I missed setData func which could help on this

[joewdavies]

Thanks for your feedback!

Indeed, any NUTS data can be added like so:

map.statData().setData({
	"FR": 10,
	"DE": 13,
	"UK": 12,
})

https://github.com/eurostat/eurostat-map/blob/master/docs/reference.md#custom-js

If you need any help with an implementation of eurostat-map, just get in touch and we will help you!
out of curiosity, what external APIs offer data based on NUTS?

[klimis]

We are building composite indicators. We collect data from various sources including Eurostat and create new indices. eg
Composite Indicators and an example of our API.
We have our own D3 map implementation but we are considering switching to eurostat-map for our new projects

[joewdavies]

Thanks for sharing!
When I have time I will try and make a demo for connecting eurostat-map to the JRC API

Something like:

map.stat({
  JRC: true,
  filters: {
    is_map: 1,
    comp_id: 40127,
    dt_tp_id: 10
  }
})

what do you think?

By the way: do you have a list somewhere of all the indicators? we could then add them to our 'select dataset' section in IMAGE:

[klimis]

Joe, thanks a lot of for the proposal. To go ahead with this I will need to discuss it with my unit. Also a redesign on our side is required, as some of the key attributes are not fixed. eg comp_id and every time we have a new edition the relation will be lost. But adding them to your list sounds interesting and I will check and come back to you.
In any case for now .setData is just what we need :)

[joewdavies]

Fair enough!

If you need anything else just let us know :)