examples/tick_control.rs

// Data is pulled from https://covid.ourworldindata.org/data/owid-covid-data.json
use plotters::prelude::*;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::BufReader;

#[derive(serde_derive::Deserialize)]
struct DailyData {
    #[serde(default)]
    new_cases: f64,
    #[serde(default)]
    total_cases: f64,
}

#[derive(serde_derive::Deserialize)]
struct CountryData {
    data: Vec<DailyData>,
}

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let root =
        SVGBackend::new("plotters-doc-data/tick_control.svg", (1024, 768)).into_drawing_area();
    root.fill(&WHITE)?;

    let (upper, lower) = root.split_vertically(750);

    lower.titled(
        "Data Source: https://covid.ourworldindata.org/data/owid-covid-data.json",
        ("sans-serif", 10).into_font().color(&BLACK.mix(0.5)),
    )?;

    let mut chart = ChartBuilder::on(&upper)
        .caption("World COVID-19 Cases", ("sans-serif", (5).percent_height()))
        .set_label_area_size(LabelAreaPosition::Left, (8).percent())
        .set_label_area_size(LabelAreaPosition::Bottom, (4).percent())
        .margin((1).percent())
        .build_cartesian_2d(
            (20u32..5000_0000u32)
                .log_scale()
                .with_key_points(vec![50, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000]),
            (0u32..50_0000u32)
                .log_scale()
                .with_key_points(vec![10, 50, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 200000]),
        )?;

    chart
        .configure_mesh()
        .x_desc("Total Cases")
        .y_desc("New Cases")
        .draw()?;

    let data: std::collections::HashMap<String, CountryData> = serde_json::from_reader(
        BufReader::new(File::open("plotters-doc-data/covid-data.json")?),
    )?;

    for (idx, &series) in ["CHN", "USA", "RUS", "JPN", "DEU", "IND", "OWID_WRL"]
        .iter()
        .enumerate()
    {
        let color = Palette99::pick(idx).mix(0.9);
        chart
            .draw_series(LineSeries::new(
                data[series].data.iter().map(
                    |&DailyData {
                         new_cases,
                         total_cases,
                         ..
                     }| (total_cases as u32, new_cases as u32),
                ),
                color.stroke_width(3),
            ))?
            .label(series)
            .legend(move |(x, y)| Rectangle::new([(x, y - 5), (x + 10, y + 5)], color.filled()));
    }

    chart
        .configure_series_labels()
        .border_style(&BLACK)
        .draw()?;

    Ok(())
}
#[test]
fn entry_point() {
    main().unwrap()
}