# Basic polar area (Polar area example)

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

Wind frequency by direction.

- Chart type: `polarArea` (Polar Area)
- Collection: Polar area · Polar area
- Raw configuration: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery-src/polar-area/basic-polar-area.js
- Standalone example: https://westcoast-charts.com/embed/samples/wcc/gallery/polar-area/basic-polar-area.html

## Setup

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

## Options

```js
const options = {
  chart: {
    height: 400,
    fontFamily: "Inter, Geist, \"IBM Plex Sans\", system-ui, sans-serif",
    type: "polarArea",
    toolbar: {
      show: false
    }
  },
  series: [14, 9, 6, 11, 18, 22, 12, 8],
  labels: ["N", "NE", "E", "SE", "S", "SW", "W", "NW"],
  fill: {
    opacity: 0.85
  },
  stroke: {
    width: 1
  },
  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 polar-area-basic-polar-area.json --out polar-area-basic-polar-area.svg --with-table` (save the options above as JSON first)