740159 - need to be able to link to individual histogram graph images

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Mozilla Metrics :: Frontend Reports, defect)

Description

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #727932 +++

it would also be awesome to be able to link to just the graph image, so that we can easily embed them in wiki pages, blog posts, etc.

Comment 1

[Justin Lebar (not reading bugmail)]

(In reply to Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich) from comment #0)
> +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #727932 +++
> 
> it would also be awesome to be able to link to just the graph image, so that
> we can easily embed them in wiki pages, blog posts, etc.

It would be better if we could embed the canvas, I think, rather than rendering it as a static image.

But also note that the data changes over time.  Even if you restrict it to a fixed set of dates, it'll still change over time, as more data comes in from those dates.  (Or if, for whatever reason, we deleted all our old data again.)

Comment 2

[Daniel Einspanjer [:dre] [:deinspanjer]]

It feels like it would be a bit odd to embed a chart with live data into a blog post vs just saving an image of it and embedding that.

Comment 3

[Justin Lebar (not reading bugmail)]

If you're writing a blog post and you don't want the chart to change (e.g. if the Telemetry hw fails and they delete 90% of the data), it sounds to me like you should just use a screenshot.  Unless you guys are going to guarantee to keep all data around forever, from now on.

Comment 4

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

(In reply to Justin Lebar [:jlebar] from comment #3)
> If you're writing a blog post and you don't want the chart to change (e.g.
> if the Telemetry hw fails and they delete 90% of the data), it sounds to me
> like you should just use a screenshot.

yeah, screenshot is totally reasonable low-cost way to do this -> WONTFIX

Comment 5

[Justin Lebar (not reading bugmail)]

FWIW I want to be able to embed the canvas so I can make a personal dashboard.  But that's covered by separate bugs.  :)

Comment 6

[Daniel Einspanjer [:dre] [:deinspanjer]]

For this bug, I'd be inclined to investigate a canvas->image converter to make the screenshot usecase easy.
http://www.nihilogic.dk/labs/canvas2image/

Comment 7

[Daniel Einspanjer [:dre] [:deinspanjer]]

Might help for me to understand our own current features better.

We already have the capability to export a chart as a PNG image.  For Telemetry, it only looks decent if you select the Large option or give a large custom width and height, but it works well within that caveat.

Comment 8

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

(In reply to Justin Lebar [:jlebar] from comment #5)
> FWIW I want to be able to embed the canvas so I can make a personal
> dashboard.  But that's covered by separate bugs.  :)

So, I had understood this bug to be about embedding the canvas / live data. Happy to follow that in another bug. I assume you're referencing bug 728555, bug 725026, and bug 720485, which we can likely consolidate as a single emded the Telemetry histogram canvas request.