Highstock Demo Gallery - Dynamically updated data

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$(function() {
	
	Highcharts.setOptions({
		global : {
			useUTC : false
		}
	});
	
	// Create the chart
	$('#container').highcharts('StockChart', {
		chart : {
			events : {
				load : function() {

					// set up the updating of the chart each second
					var series = this.series[0];
					setInterval(function() {
						var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
						y = Math.round(Math.random() * 100);
						series.addPoint([x, y], true, true);
					}, 1000);
				}
			}
		},
		
		rangeSelector: {
			buttons: [{
				count: 1,
				type: 'minute',
				text: '1M'
			}, {
				count: 5,
				type: 'minute',
				text: '5M'
			}, {
				type: 'all',
				text: 'All'
			}],
			inputEnabled: false,
			selected: 0
		},
		
		title : {
			text : 'Live random data'
		},
		
		exporting: {
			enabled: false
		},
		
		series : [{
			name : 'Random data',
			data : (function() {
				// generate an array of random data
				var data = [], time = (new Date()).getTime(), i;

				for( i = -999; i <= 0; i++) {
					data.push([
						time + i * 1000,
						Math.round(Math.random() * 100)
					]);
				}
				return data;
			})()
		}]
	});

});
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/**
 * Skies theme for Highcharts JS
 * @author Torstein Hønsi
 */

Highcharts.theme = {
   colors: ["#514F78", "#42A07B", "#9B5E4A", "#72727F", "#1F949A", "#82914E", "#86777F", "#42A07B"],
   chart: {
      className: 'skies',
      borderWidth: 0,
      plotShadow: true,
      plotBackgroundImage: '/demo/gfx/skies.jpg',
      plotBackgroundColor: {
         linearGradient: [0, 0, 250, 500],
         stops: [
            [0, 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)'],
            [1, 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)']
         ]
      },
      plotBorderWidth: 1
   },
   title: {
      style: {
         color: '#3E576F',
         font: '16px Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'
      }
   },
   subtitle: {
      style: {
         color: '#6D869F',
         font: '12px Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'
      }
   },
   xAxis: {
      gridLineWidth: 0,
      lineColor: '#C0D0E0',
      tickColor: '#C0D0E0',
      labels: {
         style: {
            color: '#666',
            fontWeight: 'bold'
         }
      },
      title: {
         style: {
            color: '#666',
            font: '12px Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'
         }
      }
   },
   yAxis: {
      alternateGridColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, .5)',
      lineColor: '#C0D0E0',
      tickColor: '#C0D0E0',
      tickWidth: 1,
      labels: {
         style: {
            color: '#666',
            fontWeight: 'bold'
         }
      },
      title: {
         style: {
            color: '#666',
            font: '12px Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'
         }
      }
   },
   legend: {
      itemStyle: {
         font: '9pt Trebuchet MS, Verdana, sans-serif',
         color: '#3E576F'
      },
      itemHoverStyle: {
         color: 'black'
      },
      itemHiddenStyle: {
         color: 'silver'
      }
   },
   labels: {
      style: {
         color: '#3E576F'
      }
   }
};

// Apply the theme
var highchartsOptions = Highcharts.setOptions(Highcharts.theme);
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