Smartcharts Howto

To use Cronimon you need to register for a user account. Trying it out is completely free.



Step 1 - Add a data hook with:


1. Download the lib_cronimon.php client Library for php
2. Call cmon_add($seriesname, $value, $time, $user_id);


<?php

  include("lib_cronimon.php");
  
                       // Series-Name, Value, Time,        USER-ID
  $returncode = cmon_add("Sold Items", 12.5,  1272359293, "ex4mPl3"); 
  // Your Data Series is created automatically if not existing
  
?>
1. Add an image tag to your website

   <img src="http://[USER_ID].put.cronimon.com/datapixel.png?name=[NAME]&value=[VALUE]&time=[TIME]">
   
           USER_ID (your user-id), NAME (name of your dataseries), 
           VALUE   (double)      , TIME (Unix-Timestamp, optional)

   
Example:
<img src="http://ex4mPl3.put.cronimon.com/datapixel.png?name=SoldItems&value=12.5&time=1272359293">
1. Download the libCronimon.jar client Library for Java
2. Call LibCronimon.add(seriesname, value, time, user_id);

Example:

import cronimon.LibCronimon;
  
int result = LibCronimon.add("Sold Items",12.5,1272359293,"ex4mPl3");
1. Create a simple Shell script

echo '#!/bin/bash
export name="$1"
export value="$2"
export time="$3"
export user="$4"

wget "http://$user.put.cronimon.com/?name=$name&value=$value&time=$time" -Sq --spider  &'> put_cronimon && 
chmod 755 put_cronimon
2. Add some data

./put_cronimon 'Sold Items' 12.5 1272359293 ex4mPl3
1. Snippet for a simple python function

import httplib
def cronimon_get(data_series, value, time=None):

   cronimondomain = "USER.put.cronimon.com" # Replace with your User-ID
   conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(cronimondomain)
   conn.request("GET", "/?name=%s&value=%s" % (data_series, value))
   returncode = conn.getresponse()

   # Success == 1, for a complete list of returncodes see http://cronimon.com/sm_doc.php  
   data1 = returncode.read()
   conn.close()
2. Add some data

cronimon_get("Sold Items", 12.5, 1272359293)
Our HTTP-based API can be called by any programming language or environment:

  http://[YOUR USER ID].put.cronimon.com/
  ?name=[DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DATA]
  &value=[DATA POINT]
  &time=[TIME THE DATA POINT WAS CREATED]

see Documentation for more details.


Step 2 - Login and customize your Smart Chart

Add dataseries to your chart

Manage multiple charts

Modify chart appearance

CSV-Export



Optional - Embed your Smart Chart on your Website / Adminpanel

    <object width="520" height="390" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="_cw" 
            data="http://widgets.cronimon.com/CronimonWidget.swf">
      <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
      <param name="movie" value="http://widgets.cronimon.com//CronimonWidget.swf" />
      <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
      <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
      <param name="flashvars" value="externalName=YOUR_CHART&server_url=widgets.cronimon.com/&host=http://" />
      <embed width="520" height="390" flashvars="externalName=YOUR_CHART&server_url=widgets.cronimon.com/&host=http://" 
             wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" id="_cw" src="http://widgets.cronimon.com//CronimonWidget.swf" />
    </object>