Anyone not familiar with Google Charts, it's simple, a PNG image is produced by a configured URL. E.g. follow the link:
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bvg&chbh=a&chd=s:vttusty&chs=500x300&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|1:|0|2|4|6|8|10|12 You'll see a chart that is a PNG image. Okay so I need to save one of these to a file. I tried using Rails "render" action, treating the URL as if it were a web page... I might be WAY off but I figure what I need is something like this: File.open( "chart.png", "w" ) do |the_file| the_file.puts render(:url => "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bvg&chbh=a&chd=s:vttusty&chs=500x300&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|ELECTRICAL|BUMPER_PINTLEH|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|1:|0|2|4|6|8|10|12") end Basically I need to store the contents of what is produced by the image at that really long Google Charts URL shown above. I apologize for my newbieness, and thank you for all the help! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
