@Lee Dohm: Thanks for advice. i think I mow have this working in a very basic form which will be extended later to make it a scheduled job.
On Jun 29, 11:20 pm, Lee Dohm <[email protected]> wrote: > The Chart API is simply a mechanism whereby one can submit an HTTP GET or > POST request and receive an image file in return. This can be done by a web > page on a hit-by-hit basis via an HTML img tag, though as you pointed out, > this is rather wasteful. I am not familiar with Java servlets or JSPs, but > from my understanding, one should be able to write a component to be called > on a schedule, retrieve a set of images and store them in a database or > filesystem for cached display by webpages. > > I'm doing exactly that for the Android application I'm working on, though > not on a schedule, but when the data the chart is meant to display is > updated. I then only get a new chart when the data changes. > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:45 AM, MartinOShea <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > > As I understand it, the Chart API uses HTTP POST or GET requests to > > generate images in real time in web pages using IMAGE tags. However, > > is it possible to use the API in such a way that the images are > > generated by a scheduled program running on a server at regular > > intervals? > > > In my case, the images would be stored in a MySQL database and would > > represent recently created datasets. The images would later be > > displayed on a home page when somebody visited the site. What I'm > > trying to do is avoid numerous possibly identical requests whenever > > the home page is visited. > > > The site will be made up of Java servlets and JSPs running under > > Apache Tomcat. > > > Thanks > > > Martin O'Shea. > > > -- > > 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]<google-chart-api%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
