# Draw API, save drawings

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-api-save-drawings/904
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 2, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-api-save-drawings/904 "2002-08-02T02:12:08Z")
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### Author: ![FaTaL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@FaTaL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FaTaL)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/draw-api-save-drawings/904/1 "2002-08-02T02:12:08Z")

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Well, so far I have created a drawing pad similar to to [http://www.youdraw.com](http://www.youdraw.com), now comes the hard part, saving the drawing.

So far i’ve seen that you can create a SVG file with the coordinates of the drawing, but that can take up a lot of space on the server if each svg is saved.

Is there a way for the svg to be converted into a gif? Or a way to take the coordinates and convert that into a gif?

Any ideas would be helpful, thanks 🙂