Using charts from http://chart.apis.google.com, cant validate HTML Options

[loodafan]

Hi, I have a problem.
On my site I am using a chart with help from http://chart.apis.google.com.
However, this makes the site invalid when I try to validate it. This is because of the ampersands (&'s) in the url.
But the problem is, if I try to fix it using "amp", the chart will not work.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

[Frederiek]

Encode them as "&" (without the quotes).

Sorry, the forum soft rendered the wrong code. It should read "& amp ;" (without the quotes and spaces this time).

This post has been edited by Frederiek: Aug 9 2009, 12:00 PM

[loodafan]

Encode them as "&" (without the quotes).

Sorry, the forum soft rendered the wrong code. It should read "& amp ;" (without the quotes and spaces this time).

As I wrote in the post, if I do this, the chart will not work.

[pandy]

That sounds very strange. Can we see?

[loodafan]

Encode them as "&" (without the quotes).

Sorry, the forum soft rendered the wrong code. It should read "& amp ;" (without the quotes and spaces this time).

As I wrote in the post, if I do this, the chart will not work.

Yes, this is the link I use as the image of the chart: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,...p;chxl=0:|40.32 kr||

[pandy]

Is the " kr||" at the end supposed to be there? Doesn't work with that.

Anyway, the link works for me with the ampersands escaped.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,...p;chxl=0:|40.32

CODE

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,y&chs=70x250&cht=bvs&chd=t:0.0004032|100&chco=FFFFFF,FF00CC&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|40.32

[loodafan]

Is the " kr||" at the end supposed to be there? Doesn't work with that.

Anyway, the link works for me with the ampersands escaped.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,...p;chxl=0:|40.32

CODE

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,y&chs=70x250&cht=bvs&chd=t:0.0004032|100&chco=FFFFFF,FF00CC&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|40.32

Yes the "kr||" should be there, this is very strange, when I use your link. I get:

Bad Request
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.
Chart width must be at least 1 pixel. '

From google, so it dosent work for me, which browser did you test the chart in?

[pandy]

CODE

Yes the "kr||" should be there,

OK, but then that must be URL encoded, since both spaces and horizontal bars are "illegal" in URLs. %20kr%7C%7C should do it. Now I spot two other pipes that also needs URL encoding. Oops!
See further about URL encoding here: http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/top...urlencoding.htm .

so it dosent work for me, which browser did you test the chart in?

Don't remember, but I tested again now in IE6, K-Mel (gecko), Opera and Safari Windows. It also works with the end bit added as long as it's URL encoded. Get the same chart in both cases.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,...0.32%20kr%7C%7C

CODE

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,y&chs=70x250&cht=bvs&chd=t:0.0004032%7C100&chco=FFFFFF,FF00CC&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:%7C40.32%20kr%7C%7C

What the heck do you use for a browser?

[loodafan]

CODE

Yes the "kr||" should be there,

OK, but then that must be URL encoded, since both spaces and horizontal bars are "illegal" in URLs. %20kr%7C%7C should do it. Now I spot two other pipes that needs also neeeds URL encoding. Oops!
See further about URL encoding here: http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/top...urlencoding.htm .

so it dosent work for me, which browser did you test the chart in?

Don't remember, but I tested again now in IE6, K-Mel (gecko), Opera and Safari Windows. It also works with the end bit added as long as it's URL encoded. Get the same chart in both cases.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,...0.32%20kr%7C%7C

CODE

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxt=x,y&chs=70x250&cht=bvs&chd=t:0.0004032%7C100&chco=FFFFFF,FF00CC&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:%7C40.32%20kr%7C%7C

What the heck do you use for a browser?

Dont know what I did wrong before, but now it works perfect!
Thanks a million.

[pandy]

But you said MY link didn't work? Didn't you mean when you just clicked it from here? I mean, in that case you couldn't do anything wrong.