Windshaft-CartoDB

This is the CartoDB map tiler. It extends Windshaft with some extra functionality and custom filters for authentication

Look at lib/cartodb/server_options for more on config

• reads dbname from subdomain and cartodb redis for pretty tile urls
• configures windshaft to publish cartodb_id as the interactivity layer
• gets the default geometry type from the cartodb redis store
• provides a infowindow endpoint for windshaft
• provides a map_metadata endpoint for windshaft

Install

git clone
npm install
node app.js [development | production]

URLs

TILES

[GET] subdomain.cartodb.com/tiles/:table_name/:z/:x/:y.[png|png8|grid.json]

Args:

• sql - plain SQL arguments
• interactivity - specify the column to use in UTFGrid
• cache_buster - if needed you can add a cachebuster to make sure you're rendering new
• geom_type - override the cartodb default

STYLE

[GET/POST] subdomain.cartodb.com/tiles/:table_name/style

Args:

• style - the style in CartoCSS you want to set

INFOWINDOW

[GET] subdomain.cartodb.com/tiles/:table_name/infowindow

Args:

• infowindow - returns contents of infowindow from CartoDB.

MAP METADATA

[GET] subdomain.cartodb.com/tiles/:table_name/map_metadata

Args:

• infowindow - returns contents of infowindow from CartoDB.

All GET requests are wrappable with JSONP using callback argument, including the UTFGrid map tile call.