Load Chart.js in UI template locally

[Henjoe]

Hello, how can I load the Chart.js in my UI template? I don't want to use the built-in dashboard chart due to its limitation of control so I would like to create it using the UI template. But I don't know if UI template can load chart.js locally (means no need internet).
Thank you in Advance. Hopefully, this is possible!

[Andrei]

Hi, answered in below post:

Import JavaScript library into node-red

Hi @abra If you want to use third party libraries as part of your node-red dashboard then you need to: copy those libraries to a directory of your choosing set httpStatic in your node-red settings file to point at that directory. The node-red runtime will then serve the files from the directory. You can then add the appropriate <script> and <style> tags to a ui_template node in order to load that content into your dashboard. For example, create a directory called /home/user/node-red-stat…

[Henjoe]

Thanks Andrei! Now clear to me!