pipechart 1.0.1 → 1.0.2

package/lib/detect.js

@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ function findNumericField(obj) {
   return null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find the first string field in an object that is not the excluded field.
+ * @param {object} obj
+ * @param {string} excludeField — the numeric value field to skip
+ * @returns {string|null}
+ */
+function findStringField(obj, excludeField) {
+  if (!obj || typeof obj !== 'object') return null;
+  var keys = Object.keys(obj);
+  for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    if (keys[i] === excludeField) continue;
+    if (typeof obj[keys[i]] === 'string') return keys[i];
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Detect the shape of the input data and return a descriptor.
  *
@@ -126,14 +142,16 @@ function detect(data, opts) {
     // Array of objects with a specified or auto-detected numeric field
     var field = opts.field || findNumericField(data[0]);
     if (field) {
+      // Find the first string field in the first object that isn't the value field
+      var labelField = findStringField(data[0], field);
       var objValues = [];
       var objLabels = [];
       for (var j = 0; j < data.length; j++) {
         var v = data[j][field];
         if (!isNum(v)) continue;
         objValues.push(v);
-        // Use 'name', 'label', 'key', 'id', or index as label
-        var label = data[j].name || data[j].label || data[j].key || data[j].id || String(j);
+        // Use the detected string label field, or fall back to index
+        var label = (labelField && data[j][labelField] != null) ? data[j][labelField] : String(j);
         objLabels.push(String(label));
       }
       return {
@@ -173,5 +191,6 @@ module.exports = {
   isTimeSeries: isTimeSeries,
   extractTime: extractTime,
   extractValue: extractValue,
-  findNumericField: findNumericField
+  findNumericField: findNumericField,
+  findStringField: findStringField
 };

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pipechart",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Zero-dependency CLI tool that pipes JSON to real-time ASCII charts in the terminal",
   "main": "bin/pipechart.js",
   "bin": {