How to use maxGraph on Laravel?

[azkass]

Hey all,
I am a newbie on programming, how to use maxgraph v0.16.0 on laravel 11? Is possible to generate graph like an activity diagram from html forms? Is possible store maxgraph data in json? Thanks

[tbouffard]

Hi, sorry for the late answer, I missed this discussion

how to use maxgraph v0.16.0 on laravel 11?

I don't know Laravel but AFAIK, it uses npm to declare its dependencies, so first you need to add the maxgraph/core dependency to your Laravel project and use it in your application.
The Laravel documentation and community would probably give your more information about how to achieve this.

Is possible to generate graph like an activity diagram from html forms?

Can you be more specific about what you're trying to achieve? What are the inputs and what outputs do you expect?
Feel free to provide images and/or schemas

Is possible store maxgraph data in json?

No out of the box, you need to write custom code. See #260 (comment) or other discussions in this repository

[azkass]

I want to generate forms to activity diagram like this:
Forms:

1. Column 2 : input text
2. Column 3 to 5 : dropdown to choose shape, maxgraph will generate shape and connecting shape.

And how to store data in database? I was thinking of saving it in json format.

[tbouffard]

Hi
First you have to decide what will be managed by maxGraph and what will be managed by your application.
If maxGraph manages only the Cells of your Graph, you will have to synchronize the layout of the graph with the rest of the page.
If you want to manage the whole table to maxGraph, you can start by doing a mockup with https://app.diagrams.net/ which uses mxGraph (maxGraph is a fork of mxGraph) and see what is possible.

And how to store data in database? I was thinking of saving it in json format.

For maxGraph, I mentioned in my previous reply that maxGraph doesn't support JSON out-of the box. You can store the maxGraph model in XML. For more details, see https://maxgraph.github.io/maxGraph/docs/usage/codecs

[azkass]

Hi bro, is possible to convert my mxGraph code to maxGraph code? My Code

[tbouffard]

Yes, you have to figure out how to switch from js code inline in the page to the usage of bundle javascript.

Currently, the whole mxGraph library is loaded in the page: https://github.com/azkass/apip-app/blob/4b0312c980ffc841e0d8096499580615abc869bd/resources/views/perencana/prosedur/create-test.blade.php#L55

maxGraph provides individual ES modules that are intended to be bundled with the rest of a JS application.
I cannot provide support on this topic, so I suggest you to look how to do this with PHP/Laravel.