Windshaft-CartoDB
This is the CartoDB map tiler.
Look at lob/cartodb/server_options to see how we configure windshaft
Install
git clone
npm install
node app.js [development | production]
Dependencies
Mapnik r
Core features
- 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 an ultra basic infowindow endpoint for windshaft
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.
All GET requests are wrappable with JSONp using callback argument, including the UTFGrid map tile call.