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vuejs-json-dashboardify — Vue Admin dashboard Template

By alphagov

A client-side Vue component that reads JSON from a GET endpoint and dynamically renders it into the GovUK Frontend template, including containers, grid rows, headers, body content and tables, for displaying dynamic content on a static S3-hosted server.

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Client-side Vue component that reads JSON data via a GET request

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Dynamically renders containers, grid rows, headers, body content and tables according to the GovUK Frontend template

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Aimed at static S3-hosted servers, used to present dynamic content on static pages

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The top-level component in the JSON must be a div; available elements are shown in the repository's example.json

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Offers both Docker and local running methods, and includes nightwatch-based end-to-end tests

Template Details

vuejs-json-dashboardify is published by alphagov under the MIT license. It provides a client-side VueJS component that fetches JSON data via a GET request and then dynamically renders the page according to the GovUK Frontend template structure, supporting elements such as containers, grid rows, headers, body content and tables. The project is positioned to work with a static S3-hosted server, allowing otherwise static pages to present dynamic content from a JSON endpoint.

Usage involves including the component tag in the page and specifying group (unique within the page) and source (the JSON address), for example <json-dashboardify-url-element group="unique-within-page" source="/example.json">. The HTML elements available in the JSON can be found in the repository's example.json; the only restriction is that the top-level component in the JSON must be some kind of div.

For local running, you can build and start the demo service via docker-compose and visit http://localhost:8000; alternatively, without Docker, run npm install first, then use gulp to load govuk-frontend and build the CSS, and finally serve the page with http-server at 127.0.0.1:8000. The project also includes nightwatch-based end-to-end tests that can be run via docker-compose. In the README, the author notes that the current implementation is still rough and plans to turn pe-charts' table-chart into a proper VueJS component that can be used inline.

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Use Cases

  • Displaying dynamic dashboard content from a JSON endpoint on a static S3-hosted page
  • Pages that need to generate containers, grids, headers and tables following the GovUK Frontend structure
  • Rendering external JSON data on the client side, avoiding server-side template rendering

Suitable For

  • Projects using GovUK Frontend that need dynamic JSON rendering
  • Teams with an existing static S3 hosting environment who want the frontend to read JSON
  • Developers who need to quickly set up a demo dashboard page

Getting started & customization

Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.

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    Docker method: docker-compose build, then docker-compose run --service-ports demo bash -c "npm run server", and visit http://localhost:8000

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    Non-Docker method: run npm install first, then use gulp to load govuk-frontend and build the CSS, and finally start with http-server . -a 127.0.0.1 -p 8000

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    End-to-end tests: docker-compose run demo bash -c "npm run server & npm run e2e"

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    Call the component in the page via <json-dashboardify-url-element group="unique-within-page" source="/example.json">; group must be unique within the page

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    The top-level component in the JSON must be a div; for available elements, refer to the repository's example.json

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Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope is the code of that version and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.

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  • The code of this version may be used, modified, used commercially and distributed free of charge.
  • When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
  • The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.

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  • External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments or AI may incur separate charges.
  • The top-level component in the JSON data must be a div element, otherwise it cannot be rendered; this is a hard restriction on the input JSON structure when using the component.
  • The project is positioned to render dynamic content in conjunction with a static S3-hosted server, and usage scenarios are constrained by this.
  • The author states that the current implementation is relatively rough and in an early/experimental state, and it should not be regarded as production-ready.
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Original License Text

The only restriction is that the top level component in the JSON has to be a div of some sort.

Original README

This is to be used to render dynamic content from a static S3-backed server.

Original README

This is all a bit clumsy at the moment.

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Partly documented · 56 / 100
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Vue
Website type
Admin dashboard
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# vuejs-json-dashboardify
Create a client-side VueJS component which reads JSON from a GET endpoint and renders into the GovUK Frontend template dynamically including containers, grid rows headers, content and tables. This is to be used to render dynamic content from a static S3-backed server.

![What it looks like](docs/screenshots/dashboardify.png "A dashboardified page")
## Setup

You can run locally in docker as follows:

```
docker-compose build
docker-compose run --service-ports demo bash -c "npm run server"
# The demo page should be available on http://localhost:8000
```

Alternatively you can run locally without docker  
`npm install` and then
`gulp` to load the govuk-frontend and build the css.

Then you can run the code with an npm http server
`http-server . -a 127.0.0.1 -p 8000`

## End-to-end tests

I've made a start on some end-to-end tests using nightwatch.

You can run the tests as follows:

```
docker-compose run demo bash -c "npm run server & npm run e2e"
```

## Invoke the component

Once you've got all the scripts loading correctly you can
use the component by just including something like this
in your page.

You can see the HTML elements supported in the example file
[example.json](example.json). The only restriction is that
the top level component in the JSON has to be a div of some
sort.

```HTML
<json-dashboardify-url-element
    group="unique-within-page"
    source="/example.json">
</json-dashboardify-url-element>
```

## TODO
This is all a bit clumsy at the moment.

I think the next steps are to turn the pe-charts table-chart
into a proper VueJS component so it can be included inline.
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