Hello! Your charts look *beautiful* and the fact that you have a publicly available API that is well documented almost brings tears to my eyes. I will be purchasing Tier 2 shortly. Do you have any plans/willingness to create a Radar Plot (Spider Plot) chart?
Thanks for checking out InstaCharts and asking a question!
I'm glad you are liking our product so far! We worked hard on the docs, I'm glad they are useful! 😁
I have good news - we are indeed working on adding Radar charts! I hope to see them completed in the next few weeks - it's taking a bit of time to implement because we needed to switch charting libraries in order to add new chart types.
Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help, Bart
Q: Programmatically create and export charts via API?
Hello, your app looks very cool. My use-case is to create dynamic reports for my clients.
Id love to be able to trigger the creation of a chart with google sheet or JSON data and then request the resulting chart as a public image to access.
I want to create and retrieve a chart via an API call (or possibly by dynamic URL query). parameters.
Side Note: Zapier is the popular choice, but many people who use appsumo have a bit more of a technical skillset and would possible make use of an agnostic API rather than a zapier integration. Or they would possible use appsumo automation platforms like 'active pieces'.
Personally I use "n8n".
Is this currently possible, or do you see it being a feature within the next month or two?
I have good news. Our Zapier integration is just a UI wrapper around our chart templates API.
The chart templates API allows you to create chart images, interactive charts and embedded charts on the fly. Read more about them here: https://instacharts.io/docs/guides/generate-charts-using-templates/
You can use chart templates to create any type of chart (line, bar, pie) with any kind of data that you specify. You can change any kind of chart setting you'd like. Here is a list of chart settings you can change in chart templates: https://instacharts.io/docs/automation/chart-templates/
The chart templates API was written for the more technically minded users - I hope you find it useful!
Let me know if you have any more questions or if I can help in any way. Bart Howe
Amazing! Thanks for a quick reply! I'll definitely do a DDD on the weekend. Docs Deep Dive.
Cheers legends!
Q: create a calculator from a lead
Hello, Am I able to create a calculator inside Instacharts so that I can autoimport the number which instachart formulas create results and be able to attach those results automatically to an email? Thanks
Thanks for taking the time to check out InstaCharts and ask a question!
Forgive me, if I get this wrong. I think you are asking if you can automatically send data results from InstaCharts to another application - like email. If so, the answer is no.
InstaCharts does not have a way to automatically send data to another application. (InstaCharts can however send chart images to other applications through chart templates or our zapier integration)
We may add this functionality in the future but do not have any plans to at the moment.
Let me know if you need help with anything else! Bart Howe
We currently have no plans to add database connections. With enough interest, we will reconsider! I've added a ticket for mysql database connections. You can check out its progress here: https://instacharts.canny.io/feature-requests/p/database-connections-mysql
I have a sheet that is automatically updated once a day. I would love to use InstaCharts, but I need the data in the chart to update automatically. Is this included in the Appsumo plan? I don't mind paying for the best Appsumo plan.
To answer your question - yes InstaCharts supports automatic updates from Google Sheets/Drive. InstaCharts uses sync schedules to automate the update. You can read more here: https://instacharts.io/docs/automation/sync-settings/
If your Google Sheet is updated the same time everyday, log into InstaCharts after it updates, run a manual sync, and set the sync schedule to daily. This will ensure the next sync occurs 24 hours later (after your sheet is next updated).
Yes, sync schedules are included in both AppSumo plans. Each sync counts as a task - the 1 code plan (InstaCharts Solo) comes with 1,000 tasks a month and the 2 codes plan (InstaCharts Pro) comes with 5,000 tasks a month. You should have plenty of tasks to run daily syncs on either plan.
I hope this answers your question! Let me know how else I can help. Bart
Q: Radar Plot
Hello! Your charts look *beautiful* and the fact that you have a publicly available API that is well documented almost brings tears to my eyes. I will be purchasing Tier 2 shortly.
Do you have any plans/willingness to create a Radar Plot (Spider Plot) chart?
BartHowe
Mar 28, 2025A: Hello!
Thanks for checking out InstaCharts and asking a question!
I'm glad you are liking our product so far! We worked hard on the docs, I'm glad they are useful! 😁
I have good news - we are indeed working on adding Radar charts! I hope to see them completed in the next few weeks - it's taking a bit of time to implement because we needed to switch charting libraries in order to add new chart types.
Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help,
Bart
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Q: Programmatically create and export charts via API?
Hello, your app looks very cool. My use-case is to create dynamic reports for my clients.
Id love to be able to trigger the creation of a chart with google sheet or JSON data and then request the resulting chart as a public image to access.
I want to create and retrieve a chart via an API call (or possibly by dynamic URL query).
parameters.
Side Note: Zapier is the popular choice, but many people who use appsumo have a bit more of a technical skillset and would possible make use of an agnostic API rather than a zapier integration. Or they would possible use appsumo automation platforms like 'active pieces'.
Personally I use "n8n".
Is this currently possible, or do you see it being a feature within the next month or two?
Thanks so much for your help!
BartHowe
Mar 21, 2025A: Hello!
First thanks for checking out InstaCharts!
I have good news. Our Zapier integration is just a UI wrapper around our chart templates API.
The chart templates API allows you to create chart images, interactive charts and embedded charts on the fly. Read more about them here: https://instacharts.io/docs/guides/generate-charts-using-templates/
You can use chart templates to create any type of chart (line, bar, pie) with any kind of data that you specify. You can change any kind of chart setting you'd like. Here is a list of chart settings you can change in chart templates: https://instacharts.io/docs/automation/chart-templates/
The chart templates API was written for the more technically minded users - I hope you find it useful!
Let me know if you have any more questions or if I can help in any way.
Bart Howe
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Amazing! Thanks for a quick reply! I'll definitely do a DDD on the weekend. Docs Deep Dive.
Cheers legends!
Q: create a calculator from a lead
Hello, Am I able to create a calculator inside Instacharts so that I can autoimport the number which instachart formulas create results and be able to attach those results automatically to an email? Thanks
BartHowe
Mar 5, 2025A: Hello,
Thanks for taking the time to check out InstaCharts and ask a question!
Forgive me, if I get this wrong. I think you are asking if you can automatically send data results from InstaCharts to another application - like email. If so, the answer is no.
InstaCharts does not have a way to automatically send data to another application. (InstaCharts can however send chart images to other applications through chart templates or our zapier integration)
We may add this functionality in the future but do not have any plans to at the moment.
Let me know if you need help with anything else!
Bart Howe
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Q: About connect DB problem?
Would you plan a roadmap of supporting connect MYSQL like ChartBrick, thanks
BartHowe
Feb 17, 2025A: Hi!
We currently have no plans to add database connections. With enough interest, we will reconsider! I've added a ticket for mysql database connections. You can check out its progress here: https://instacharts.canny.io/feature-requests/p/database-connections-mysql
Thanks for checking out InstaCharts!
Bart
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Q: Is auto sync included?
I have a sheet that is automatically updated once a day. I would love to use InstaCharts, but I need the data in the chart to update automatically. Is this included in the Appsumo plan? I don't mind paying for the best Appsumo plan.
BartHowe
Feb 12, 2025A: Hello!
First thanks for checking out InstaCharts!
To answer your question - yes InstaCharts supports automatic updates from Google Sheets/Drive. InstaCharts uses sync schedules to automate the update. You can read more here: https://instacharts.io/docs/automation/sync-settings/
If your Google Sheet is updated the same time everyday, log into InstaCharts after it updates, run a manual sync, and set the sync schedule to daily. This will ensure the next sync occurs 24 hours later (after your sheet is next updated).
Yes, sync schedules are included in both AppSumo plans. Each sync counts as a task - the 1 code plan (InstaCharts Solo) comes with 1,000 tasks a month and the 2 codes plan (InstaCharts Pro) comes with 5,000 tasks a month. You should have plenty of tasks to run daily syncs on either plan.
I hope this answers your question! Let me know how else I can help.
Bart
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