dashboards

Simple and pluggable dashboards.

var Dashboards = require('dashboards');
 
var dashboards = new Dashboards()
  .use(subscriptions('stripe-key'))
  .use(charges('stripe-key'))
  .use(support('helpscout-key'))
  .use(pipe('active tickets', geckoboard('widget-id').number)
  .run();

It's easy to get started: there's already plugins for Stripe, Helpscout, AWS, and others.

It separates data and views: make your own decisions about what to put on your dashboards.

It's dashboard agnostic: so you can use Geckoboard, Ducksboard, Leftronic, or your own internal dashboards.

It pushes you in the right direction: use Segment.io's dashboards expertise to avoid the wrong metrics.

Installation

$ npm install dashboards

How does it work?

Dashboards is super simple. You write a plugin that puts data in, and you write plugins that send data to a dashboard. Plugins that need data defer execution until that data is available.

A plugin can learn about how much you're making on Stripe, and make that data available:

var Stripe = require('stripe');
 
function charges (key) {
  var stripe = Stripe(key);
  return function (data, callback) {
    stripe.charges.list(function (err, charges)) {
        data['charges'] = charges.reduce(function (memo, charge) {
          return memo + (charge.amount / 100);
        }, 0);
        callback();
    });
  };
}

and another plugin can push the charge data to a geckoboard:

var geckoboard = require('geckobard')('api-key');
 
function ready (data) {
  return data.charges != null;
}
 
function send (data, callback) {
  geckoboard('widget-id').number(data.charges, callback);
}

and now you have your first dashboard:

var dashboards = new Dashboards()
  .use(charges('stripe-key'))
  .when(ready, send)
  .run();

but wait! waiting for data and piping it to a dashboard gets even easier:

var dashboards = new Dashboards()
  .use(charges('stripe-key'))
  .use(pipe('charges', geckoboard('widget-id').number)
  .run();

Plugins

Existing plugins for dashboards can tell you:

• dashboards-aws-billing - how much your AWS hosting costs
• dashboards-helpscout - how many active Helpscout support tickets you have, and who they are assigned to
• dashboards-stripe-charges - how much money you're making every month (and today!)
• dashboards-stripe-subscriptions - how much subscriptions you have, and how much recurring revenue you're generating

API

new Dashboards()

Create a new Dashboards instance.

#use(plugin)

Add a dashboard plugin which is either a function or an object that contains a fn plugin and a ready function, like so:

{ ready: hasCharges, fn: send }

#when(ready, fn)

Execute the dashboard plugin fn when the ready function returns true. This allows you to wait until you have a piece of data before sending it to a dashboard. Read more about ready functions in parallel-ware.

#run(callback)

Run the dashboard plugins.

License

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