Docker-based wrapper around the carto.print python library
Use the docker container to easily output an image. There are some configuration opportunities via environment variables, specified in the options table
docker run \
-v ~/Downloads:/usr/app/output `# Mount the downloads folder to /usr/app/output to set image destination` \
-e CARTO_USER_NAME='newsday' `# Newsday is this map owners carto username` \
-e CARTO_MAP_URL='e63f4649-2132-403a-b950-4f4dcf89b77c' `# This is the map ID as specified in the embed code` \
newsday/carto-for-print:latestOptions can be passed as environment variables
| Option | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTO_USER_NAME | Yes | The username of the CARTO map owner | None |
| CARTO_MAP_URL | Yes | The ID portion of the Map URL | None |
| CARTO_API_KEY | No | The API key used to retrieve the map | default_public |
| MAP_WIDTH_CM | No | Width of the printable map (in centimeters) | 100 |
| MAP_HEIGHT_CM | No | Height of the printable map (in centimeters) | 60 |
| MAP_ZOOM | No | Zoom level of the printable map | 11 |
| MAP_BBOX | No | Bounding box of the printable map | -73.91754180192949, 40.745569339272336, -73.34899932146074, 40.84979029075523 |
| MAP_DPI | No | Resolution of the printable map | 300 |
| MAP_IMAGE_TYPE | No | Image format of the printable map | CMYK |