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Static Image Generator Example

A basic class that allows you to quickly generate static images from the CartoDB API using custom CartoCSS builders etc.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>L</title>
<meta name=viewport content="width=device-width initial-scale=1">
<script src="http://libs.cartocdn.com/cartodb.js/v3/3.15/cartodb.js"></script>
<link href="http://cartodb.com/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" />
<style type="text/css">
html,
body {
position: relative;
height: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="preview" id="preview"></div>
<script>
var CartoImage = function(width, height, account, table, column, zoom, lat, lon, colors){
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.account = account;
this.table = table;
this.column = column;
this.colors = colors;
this.zoom = zoom;
this.center_lat = lat;
this.center_lon = lon;
this.sql = cartodb.SQL({ user: this.account })
}
CartoImage.prototype.getHeight = function() { return this.height };
CartoImage.prototype.getWidth = function() { return this.width };
CartoImage.prototype.setURL = function(layergroup) {
var path = [
cartoimage.getEndpoint(),
'static',
'center',
layergroup.layergroupid,
this.zoom, this.center_lat, this.center_lon,
cartoimage.getWidth(),
cartoimage.getHeight()
].join('/');
this.url = path + '.png';
this.callback(this.url)
};
CartoImage.prototype.getEndpoint = function() { return 'https://'+this.account+'.cartodb.com/api/v1/map' };
CartoImage.prototype.createConfig = function (values) {
console.log(values)
var config = this.getConfig(values.jenks)
var jsonMapConfig = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', this.getEndpoint(), true);
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
request.onload = this.imgFromLayerGroup;
request.send(jsonMapConfig);
}
CartoImage.prototype.init = function(callback){
this.callback = callback;
this.sql.describeFloat('select * from '+this.table, this.column, this.createConfig.bind(this))
}
CartoImage.prototype.imgFromLayerGroup = function(){
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
var layergroup = JSON.parse(this.response);
console.log(layergroup);
cartoimage.setURL(layergroup);
} else {
throw 'Error calling server: Error ' + this.status + ' -> ' + this.response;
}
}
CartoImage.prototype.getConfig = function(ramp){
var cartocss = "#layer {\n\tpolygon-fill: "+this.colors[0]+";\n\tpolygon-opacity: 0.5;\n\tline-color: #333;\n\tline-width: 0;\n\tline-opacity: 0; ";
var c = 0;
for (i in ramp){
cartocss += "["+this.column+" <= "+i+"]{polygon-fill: "+this.colors[c]+";}"
c+=1
}
cartocss += " \n}"
var config = {
"version": "1.3.0",
"layers": [
{
"type": "http",
"options": {
"urlTemplate": "http://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/dark_all/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
"subdomains": [
"a",
"b",
"c"
]
}
},
{
"type": "mapnik",
"options": {
"sql": "select * from "+this.table,
"cartocss": cartocss,
"cartocss_version": "2.2.0"
}
}
]
}
return config;
}
var colors = [ '#65B1D0', '#3AB9B6', '#4EBB90', '#7CB768', '#AAAF4C', '#D3A149', '#F29160' ];
// setup your new Image with some default parameters
var cartoimage = new CartoImage(500, 200, 'observatory', 'us_census_acs2013_5yr_block_group', 'median_rent_moe', 3, 40, -100, colors);
window.onload = function() {
var myCustomImageHandlingFunction = function(url){
// will get back the URL of your desired image
var ig = new Image();
ig.src = url;
$('body').append(ig);
console.log(url)
}
cartoimage.init(myCustomImageHandlingFunction)
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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