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Commander Keen
Commander Keen

Reputation: 55

How to import XML data into Google Charts?

I'm not entirely sure this is even the right question so I apologize if I seem vague. I'll try to explain my situation with the hope of getting some direction in where to begin my research.

If you can tell, I'm just starting out and wanting to expand from just knowing HTML and CSS. I'm working with a startup that just released an API and I'd like to take their data and create a chart in Google Charts/Visualization. Basically they offer a service where users can upload essays and such and they scan it for common grammar mistakes and offer suggestions. Their API does a few things but I'll just be working with a demo call. This demo call just displays an xml page that lists the top ten most frequently used words and the percentage that they're used.

My question is how can I go about using this data (that's stored on their servers) and eventually import it and make a Google Visualization that shows the results? From what I understand Ajax can retrieve this. I've also seen people mention just about every other web programming language under the sun. The jQuery.get() method also looks pretty much like the answer I'm looking for.

I'm slowly working my way through getting a solid understanding of Javascript but really I'd just like some advice on some specific areas to look into more. I'm sure some of you can grasp (through the fog of this question) a lot of holes in my knowledge and can hopefully offer some advice.

Much appreciated!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5954

Answers (1)

Florian Margaine
Florian Margaine

Reputation: 60747

It is indeed AJAX you're looking for.

jQuery is a Javascript framework, I think it'd be better if you start learning how to do ajax calls in javascript (here), then you'll learn how to do it in jQuery (here, for example).

Also, here is an example to parse XML datas.

Edit : Browsers do not allow cross-domain requests. There is a hack, though, named JSONP. This link explains it well, and shows examples in javascript and jQuery.

Upvotes: 2

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