Is possible to export programmatically a highcharts chart?

Question

I would like to make some reports and mail them out, using the data that I have on the web pages that my server display.

Is there a way via code, to export the graph; so I can attach it in a mail? I see that is possible to save the graph as image, using the mouse, but I can't see how you can actually go via code and create a version of the graph as image.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible.

As you've noted it requires the export module, which is included by also having:

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

The functionality you are looking for is the chart.exportChart function. It allows you to:

Submit an SVG version of the chart to a server along with some parameters for conversion.

Which can simply mean saving it through a button click, as shown in this simple JFiddle demo. The functionality of the button is then:

$('#button').click(function() {
    var chart = $('#container').highcharts();
    chart.exportChart();
});

Answer 2

Sure you can. There is plenty information on highchartsjs site. Check this article and examples and github scripts. This is basics. Of course you could use other combination. I personally use phantomjs with asp.net.