# how to use google charts in ruby on rails

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-use-google-charts-in-ruby-on-rails/60865>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [September 13, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-use-google-charts-in-ruby-on-rails/60865 "2011-09-13T15:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![hanish\_jadala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@hanish\_jadala](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/hanish_jadala)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-use-google-charts-in-ruby-on-rails/60865/1 "2011-09-13T15:25:27Z")

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hey everyone i wanna use google charts in ruby on rails. can any one tell how to use . wht are the plug-in or gems needed . its urgent guys .

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Reinacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Greg\_Reinacker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Greg_Reinacker)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-use-google-charts-in-ruby-on-rails/60865/2 "2011-09-13T19:37:09Z")

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Well, assuming you're talking about the newer google visualization API, you don't really need to use any gems at all - it's just javascript.

That said, I use this to help: [https://github.com/winston/google\_visualr/](https://github.com/winston/google_visualr/)

-GR