Windshaft-cartodb/README.md
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Windshaft-CartoDB
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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
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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.
**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.