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@arvind What is the best way to load a vega spec into lyra?

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Hi Dom, we added an HTML5 message API to Lyra to accept a Vega specification from an external application. Some high-level details about it can be found here.

Basically, you would open a Lyra window (window.open) and use postMessage to send it a message of the form {spec: ...}. On receiving the message, Lyra will try to parse the spec and re-create it in the interface. Note: Lyra doesn't support everything Vega does, and certainly not the additions y'all have made in v1.4, so expect it to be a lossy import. Feel free to create issues for things that don't import losslessly (that's a fun word) and I can see if I can assign it to an undergrad to work on.

Let me know if you run into any issues, and I'm happy to help.

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You can find an example of postMessaging to Lyra with our Sitar prototype.

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Implemented

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People were complaining that this is broken sometimes.

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Yes, It is is very unstable because we may not send what lyra expects and
the vega versions may not match. We need to work on compatibility between
our tools! That's probably a good topic for another meeting. @jheer

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Kanit Wongsuphasawat <
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People were complaining that this is broken sometimes.

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