Windshaft-cartodb/docs/quickstart.md
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# Quickstart
## Anonymous Maps
Here is an example of how to create an Anonymous Map with JavaScript:
```javascript
var mapconfig = {
"version": "1.3.1",
"layers": [{
"type": "cartodb",
"options": {
"cartocss_version": "2.1.1",
"cartocss": "#layer { polygon-fill: #FFF; }",
"sql": "select * from european_countries_e"
}
}]
}
$.ajax({
crossOrigin: true,
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'application/json',
url: 'https://documentation.cartodb.com/api/v1/map',
data: JSON.stringify(mapconfig),
success: function(data) {
var templateUrl = 'https://documentation.cartodb.com/api/v1/map/' + data.layergroupid + '/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
console.log(templateUrl);
}
})
```
## Named Maps
Let's create a Named Map using some private tables in a CartoDB account.
The following map config sets up a map of European countries that have a white fill color:
```javascript
{
"version": "0.0.1",
"name": "test",
"auth": {
"method": "open"
},
"layergroup": {
"layers": [{
"type": "mapnik",
"options": {
"cartocss_version": "2.1.1",
"cartocss": "#layer { polygon-fill: #FFF; }",
"sql": "select * from european_countries_e"
}
}]
}
}
```
The MapConfig needs to be sent to CartoDB's Map API using an authenticated call. Here we will use a command line tool called `curl`. For more info about this tool, see [this blog post](http://quickleft.com/blog/command-line-tutorials-curl), or type `man curl` in bash. Using `curl`, and storing the config from above in a file `MapConfig.json`, the call would look like:
#### Call
```bash
curl 'https://{account}.cartodb.com/api/v1/map/named?api_key=APIKEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @mapconfig.json
```
To get the `URL` to fetch the tiles you need to instantiate the map, where `template_id` is the template name from the previous response.
#### Call
```bash
curl -X POST 'https://{account}.cartodb.com/api/v1/map/named/:template_id' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
```
The response will return JSON with properties for the `layergroupid`, the timestamp (`last_updated`) of the last data modification and some key/value pairs with `metadata` for the `layers`.
Note: all `layers` in `metadata` will always have a `type` string and a `meta` dictionary with the key/value pairs.
#### Response
```javascript
{
"layergroupid": "c01a54877c62831bb51720263f91fb33:0",
"last_updated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"metadata": {
"layers": [
{
"type": "mapnik",
"meta": {}
}
]
}
}
```
You can use the `layergroupid` to instantiate a URL template for accessing tiles on the client. Here we use the `layergroupid` from the example response above in this URL template:
```bash
https://documentation.cartodb.com/api/v1/map/c01a54877c62831bb51720263f91fb33:0/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
```