Export image through command line?

[ikmolbo]

I've just discovered MapBox Studio and its excellent hi-res image export function. But is it possible to achieve the same via the command line (so that I can export an image without using the GUI)?

I'd really appreciate an example.

Many thanks,

[camilleanne]

@wriggle

Yes -- this is possible. The Download button in the export pane is is a link to the Mapbox Studio endpoint that delivers the image. As long as Mapbox Studio is running, you can hit the endpoint from either the browser or the terminal.

There are actually two endpoints -- one takes WSEN coordinates and generates pixel dimensions from that, the other takes a center point and width & height in pixels and determines the geographic boundaries from that.

URI format:
WSEN: http://localhost:3000/static/{zoom}/{west},{south},{east},{north}@{scale}x.{format}?id={tmstyle}
Center with pixel dimensions: http://localhost:3000/static/{zoom},{x},{y}/{px}x{py}@{scale}x.{format}?id={tmstyle}

Note on scale: 1 is standard screen resolution (256x256px tiles), 2 is retina (512x512px tiles) and so on..., scale should be a round number when multiplied by 256, otherwise you'll get weird lines where the tiles are stitched together.

[wboykinm]

AWESOME

[wheredoesyourmindgo]

What should I plug into that {tmstyle} parameter? I tried "username.map_id" and "map_id" but i get the following msg in my browser.

Error: Invalid style protocol

My url looks like:
http://localhost:3000/static/18/-120.1734,39.2812,-120.1659,[email protected]?id=my-awesome-username.abc12345

[camilleanne]

@wheredoesyourmindgo what that {tmstyle} parameter should be is a lot less clear if you are using the packaged version of Mapbox Studio because the url bar isn't visible in the desktop version, but if you're building Mapbox Studio from github you'll see your tmstyle in the navigation bar of your browser:

if you're using the packaged version of Mapbox Studio you can construct the tmstyle by concatenating tmstyle:// + {the absolute location of your style}

[wheredoesyourmindgo]

Awesome += 1; //thanks!

[maximeCony]

@camilleanne I need to add directions to the static maps. Do you know how I should proceed to add geojson support?

[armoucar]

Awesome += 1; //thanks!