Save graphs as pictures for external views

[cterp]

Hi

I am using Grafana on a raspberry pi to visualise data from my smarthome. However, I would like to be able to shows the different graphs as pictures on my ActionTile dashboard which means the graphs/pictures needs to be accessible outside my raspberry pi. Is it possible to make Grafana automatically save pictures of the graphs and uploaded it to e.g. google drive?

[mattabrams]

Hi @cterp,

There is no API support for taking screenshots right now. If you click the share button on a panel or a dashboard, you will have the ability to save an image.

Here is a link to some related documentation on the direct link rendering option

And here is a community answer for programmatically saving images using curl:

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