I did just that. I use CURL from PHP to get the .jpg and save it as a local file. The filename is the MD5 of the URL so the same data produces the same filename, clean and easy.
António Vasconcelos SSI - ASD - Adm. Sistemas Unix Caixa Geral de Dépósitos - Av João XXI, piso 7 Extensão: 55 67 81 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlos_M > Sent: quarta-feira, 24 de Junho de 2009 0:26 > To: Google Chart API > Subject: Re: Downloading and storing generated charts? > > > HI there, > > I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be permissible - > provided you abide by the Terms of Service. > > There's folks here that have had similar use-cases and they > solved the problem by using cURL ( with PHP ) - they just > fetch the image from Google and store it locally as a JPG. > There's many other libraries that let you fetch and save, so > it might be your next destination for this project. > > regards > > C_M > ::carloslabs:: > > On Jun 24, 5:15 am, Richard Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it permissible to pass Google Charts the required URL, > and download > > the generated chart for storage and future serving locally? > I really > > want to minimise the amount of hits to the Google Charts > API for what > > is, essentially, the same data all the time - and not rely on a > > caching proxy between the client and the Google server. > > > > Regards > > Richard > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this > group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > >
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