I’m trying to build a simple interactive force directed graph using d3.js v5. I’m using this code as a template, and I’m running the code using VSCode’s live server.
The main body of my HTML code looks like this
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v5.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/graph.js"></script>
and the script itself looks like this
const nodes = [
{ id: 1 },
{ id: 2 },
{ id: 3 }
];
const links = [
{ source: 1, target: 2 },
{ source: 2, target: 3 },
{ source: 3, target: 1 }
];
// Specify the dimensions of the chart.
const width = 928;
const height = 600;
// Specify the color scale.
const color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory10);
// Create a simulation with several forces.
const simulation = d3.forceSimulation(nodes)
.force("link", d3.forceLink(links).id(d => d.id))
.force("charge", d3.forceManyBody())
.force("center", d3.forceCenter(width / 2, height / 2))
.on("tick", ticked);
// Create the SVG container.
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height])
.attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto;");
// Add a line for each link, and a circle for each node.
const link = svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "#999")
.attr("stroke-opacity", 0.6)
.selectAll()
.data(links)
.join("line")
.attr("stroke-width", d => Math.sqrt(d.value));
const node = svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "#fff")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.selectAll()
.data(nodes)
.join("circle")
.attr("r", 5)
.attr("fill", d => color(d.group));
node.append("title")
.text(d => d.id);
// Add a drag behavior.
node.call(d3.drag()
.on("start", dragstarted)
.on("drag", dragged)
.on("end", dragended));
// Set the position attributes of links and nodes each time the simulation ticks.
function ticked() {
link
.attr("x1", d => d.source.x)
.attr("y1", d => d.source.y)
.attr("x2", d => d.target.x)
.attr("y2", d => d.target.y);
node
.attr("cx", d => d.x)
.attr("cy", d => d.y);
}
// Reheat the simulation when drag starts, and fix the subject position.
function dragstarted(event) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0.3).restart();
event.subject.fx = event.subject.x;
event.subject.fy = event.subject.y;
}
// Update the subject (dragged node) position during drag.
function dragged(event) {
event.subject.fx = event.x;
event.subject.fy = event.y;
}
// Restore the target alpha so the simulation cools after dragging ends.
// Unfix the subject position now that it’s no longer being dragged.
function dragended(event) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0);
event.subject.fx = null;
event.subject.fy = null;
}
document.body.appendChild(svg.node());
but all I’m getting is this

and I can’t interact with it or anything. What am I missing?