Datawrapper JSON bookmarklet

I'm happy to release a new open-source bookmarklet that quickly jumps to the JSON configuration of any Datawrapper chart.

You can learn how to install and use the tool by visiting our documentation.

Here's why we made it.

Our Reuters team spends a lot of time working with the Datawrapper API, a web service that empowers us to automate the creation of hundreds of newsmaking charts each week.

However, when we're developing a new chart template, it's not always obvious which backend setting corresponds to which frontend feature.

We've found that reviewing the configuration options generated by the site's point-and-click interface can help us better understand how a chart is assembled -- and how it can be automated.

This bookmarklet speeds up the process by directly jumping from a chart's editing panel to the URL that hosts its configuration in JSON format.

We hope it can help others do the same.