# Basic box plot (Boxplot example)

> WestCoast Charts 1.1.5, release, public Core release, on npm. HTML: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery/boxplot/basic/ · Index for agents: https://westcoast-charts.com/llms.txt

Delivery time per carrier.

- Chart type: `boxPlot` (Box Plot)
- Collection: Boxplot · Box plot
- Raw configuration: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery-src/boxplot/basic.js
- Standalone example: https://westcoast-charts.com/embed/samples/wcc/gallery/boxplot/basic.html

## Setup

```js
import WestCoastCharts from 'west-coast-charts'
```

## Options

```js
const options = {
  chart: {
    height: 380,
    fontFamily: "Inter, Geist, \"IBM Plex Sans\", system-ui, sans-serif",
    type: "boxPlot",
    toolbar: {
      show: false
    }
  },
  series: [
    {
      name: "Days",
      data: [
        {
          x: "Swift",
          y: [0.9, 2.3, 3, 3.6, 5.4]
        },
        {
          x: "Parcelo",
          y: [1.3, 2.9, 3.5, 4.5, 6.3]
        },
        {
          x: "Northpost",
          y: [1.6, 3.4, 4.6, 5, 7.7]
        },
        {
          x: "Roadrun",
          y: [1, 3.5, 4.6, 5.4, 9.2]
        },
        {
          x: "Bayline",
          y: [0.6, 4.4, 5.3, 6.9, 8.7]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  plotOptions: {
    boxPlot: {
      colors: {
        upper: "#2563eb",
        lower: "#93c5fd"
      }
    }
  },
  title: {
    text: "Delivery time by carrier (days)"
  },
  theme: {
    mode: "light",
    preset: "coastal"
  }
}

const chart = new WestCoastCharts(document.querySelector('#chart'), options)
await chart.render()
```

## Verify

- Text check (Library 1.1.5): load `west-coast-charts/agent/describe` and call `chart.describe({ format: "json" })` for the actual drawn state. The live reader is on this example’s HTML page.
- Command line (Public agent tools 0.2.3, tested with Library 1.1.5; available from the versioned GitHub release and npm, https://westcoast-charts.com/docs/cli/index.md): `wcc chart export boxplot-basic.json --out boxplot-basic.svg --with-table` (save the options above as JSON first)