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How to use Google Charts API with 6 examples

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pyko
on August 28, 2008
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Few months ago I had a good look into Google Charts API and it was great! If you are not aware, Google Charts API basically allows you to create pretty graphs simply by using an URL with correct parameters specified. It is fairly flexible, with many things you can change and customise - which is where it becomes bit complicated. It is quite easy to generate a chart, but it wasn’t as easy to generate the exact chart I needed. So below are 6 examples charts with explanations and tips that will hopefully help you understand Google Charts better.

A few notes before I start

  1. The data/labels for all the graphs here have no meaning at all - just examples that I have come up with.
  2. I’ll explain each parameter probably only once (since they are generally the same across all graphs). If something is different or special I’ll explain it again.
  3. If you have any other tips/hints please share :)

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nice borders

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pyko
on August 19, 2007
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After setting up my blog, and having made the decision to post more regularly and with more useful content I spent yesterday thinking…what should I post about? Well, thanks to airewindel who asked me a question on deviantArt I got it!

If you visit my gallery you will notice that the more recent photos all have a border around them. The question was “how do you get the [border] and sig in everytime, the same?” I’ll write about the borders first, and then the sig - as the border one is much easier :)

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