<template>
  <div>
    <div class="wrap">
      <h1>Drilldown against a real backend</h1>
      <p>
        The root shows three years. Each year's quarters are fetched on click,
        with a spinner while the request is in flight. Levels are cached, so
        drilling back down a branch you have already visited is instant. Tick
        "make the next request fail" to see that a failed fetch leaves the chart
        exactly where it was and reports the error, rather than stranding the
        view.
      </p>

      <div class="actions">
        <button id="up">Back</button>
        <button id="clear-cache">Clear cache</button>
        <label>
          <input type="checkbox" id="fail" />
          Make the next request fail
        </label>
      </div>

      <div class="chart-wrap">
        <div id="chart">
          <apexchart
            type="bar"
            height="400"
            :options="chartOptions"
            :series="series"
          ></apexchart>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div class="status" id="status"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import VueApexCharts from 'vue-apexcharts'
import ApexCharts from 'apexcharts'

// Shared by the vanilla-js, React and Vue builds.
//
// Levels are FETCHED, not inlined, which is how a real dashboard works: the
// root is small, and each child is a request. A fake backend stands in for the
// API so the demo is self-contained and deterministic.
var BACKEND = {
  '2023-q': [
    { x: 'Q1', y: 21 }, { x: 'Q2', y: 28 },
    { x: 'Q3', y: 24 }, { x: 'Q4', y: 27 }
  ],
  '2024-q': [
    { x: 'Q1', y: 33 }, { x: 'Q2', y: 41 },
    { x: 'Q3', y: 36 }, { x: 'Q4', y: 40 }
  ],
  '2025-q': [
    { x: 'Q1', y: 44 }, { x: 'Q2', y: 52 },
    { x: 'Q3', y: 48 }, { x: 'Q4', y: 56 }
  ]
}

// Flipped by the checkbox, so the failure path is demonstrable rather than
// described. A failed fetch must leave the chart exactly where it was.
var failNext = false

function fakeFetch(id) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    window.setTimeout(function () {
      if (failNext) {
        reject(new Error('Request failed (simulated)'))
        return
      }
      var rows = BACKEND[id]
      if (!rows) {
        reject(new Error('No level "' + id + '"'))
        return
      }
      resolve({ id: id, name: id.replace('-q', ' by quarter'), data: rows })
    }, 700)
  })
}

function setStatus(text, isError) {
  var el = document.querySelector('#status')
  if (!el) return
  el.textContent = text || ''
  el.className = isError ? 'status error' : 'status'
}

export default {
components: {
apexchart: VueApexCharts,
},
data: function () {
return {
series: [{
  name: 'Revenue',
  data: [
    { x: '2023', y: 100, drilldown: '2023-q' },
    { x: '2024', y: 150, drilldown: '2024-q' },
    { x: '2025', y: 200, drilldown: '2025-q' }
  ]
}],
chartOptions: {
chart: {
  id: 'asyncDrill',
  type: 'bar',
  height: 400,
  toolbar: {
    show: false
  },
},
plotOptions: {
  bar: {
    distributed: true,
    columnWidth: '50%',
    borderRadius: 6,
    borderRadiusApplication: 'end',
  },
},
legend: {
  show: false,
},
dataLabels: {
  enabled: false,
},
drilldown: {
  enabled: true,
  // Deliberately empty: every level below the root comes from onDrillDown.
  series: [],
  breadcrumb: {
    show: true,
    rootLabel: 'All years',
  },
  loading: {
    show: true,
  },
  cache: true,
},
},
drillTimer: null,
}
},
mounted: function () {
  // The vue-apexcharts wrapper owns the render, so reach the live instance by
  // its chart.id, then wire the resolver and controls. (BACKEND/fakeFetch/
  // setStatus live in the shared head script.)
  var me = this

  me.drillTimer = window.setInterval(function () {
    var chart = ApexCharts.getChartByID('asyncDrill')
    if (!chart) return
    window.clearInterval(me.drillTimer)

    chart.updateOptions({
      drilldown: {
        onDrillDown: function (ctx) {
          setStatus('Fetching ' + ctx.id + '...')
          return fakeFetch(ctx.id)
        },
      },
    })

    chart.addEventListener('drillDownEnd', function () {
      setStatus('')
    })
    chart.addEventListener('drillDownError', function (info) {
      setStatus(String(info.error && info.error.message), true)
    })

    document.querySelector('#up').addEventListener('click', function () {
      chart.drillUp()
    })
    document.querySelector('#clear-cache').addEventListener('click', function () {
      chart.clearDrilldownCache()
      setStatus('Cache cleared - the next drill will refetch.')
    })
    document.querySelector('#fail').addEventListener('change', function (e) {
      failNext = e.target.checked
    })
  }, 50)
},
beforeDestroy: function () {
  window.clearInterval(this.drillTimer)
},,
}
</script>

<style>
body {
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
  background: #fafbfc;
  color: #2c3e50;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 32px 16px;
}
.wrap {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
h1 {
  font-size: 22px;
  margin: 0 0 8px;
}
p {
  color: #5b6b78;
  line-height: 1.5;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
}
.chart-wrap {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: 16px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
  position: relative;
}
.actions {
  margin: 20px auto 12px;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}
.actions button {
  color: #fff;
  background: #008ffb;
  border: none;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 13px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.actions label {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #5b6b78;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
}
.status {
  min-height: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #5b6b78;
  margin-top: 12px;
}
.status.error {
  color: #d7263d;
  font-weight: 600;
}
</style>
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