Windshaft-cartodb/README.md

Windshaft-CartoDB
==================

This is the CartoDB map tiler.

Look at lob/cartodb/server_options to see how we configure windshaft


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


Core features
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* 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
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**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.