CARTOframes

Publishing and Sharing Visualizations

This guide walks through the steps to publish a visualization and get a URL to share it. To do this, we’ll need to use “CARTO custom visualizations”, also known as Kuviz.

Let’s start by creating a default credentials.

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from cartoframes.auth import set_default_credentials

set_default_credentials('your_carto_user')

Publish

Case 1: using a synchronized and public table

The ‘publish’ method uses ‘default_public’ by default. Therefore, I don’t need to use my API Key in this case. Additionally, it’s possible to publish a visualization with password.

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap = Map(Layer('public_table_name')) # -> Set here a table name from your account
tmap.publish('cf_publish_case_1')
tmap.publish('cf_publish_case_1_password', password="1234")

Case 2: using a synchronized and private table

In this case it’s mandatory to add the maps_api_key parameter in the publish method. You can get more info at https://carto.com/developers/auth-api/guides/types-of-API-Keys/. This is due to the publish method uses default_public by default, and the dataset is private.

1. Go to https://your_carto_user.carto.com/your_apps URL
2. Click on “New API Key”
3. Give the API key a name
4. Select the related dataset
5. Save changes
6. Use your new Maps API Key!

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap = Map(Layer('private_table_name')) # -> Set here a table name from your account
tmap.publish('cf_publish_case_2', maps_api_key='your_maps_api_key')

Case 3: using a non-synchronized and private table

If you try to publish a non synchronized dataset, you will get an error:

‘The map layers are not synchronized with CARTO. Please, use the sync_data before publishing the map’

As the error message says, we’ll need to make a previous step synchronizing the data. Once it’s been synchronized, as your new table will be private, you will need to create a Maps API key with permissions for your new private table from your CARTO dashboard or Auth API.

Finally, we will be ready to publish the visualization!

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer
from cartoframes.data import Dataset

ds = Dataset('private_table_name')
ds.download()

tmap = Map(Layer(ds))

tmap.sync_data('private_table_name_sync')
tmap.publish('cf_publish_case_2', maps_api_key='your_maps_api_key')

Update

1. Publish

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap = Map(Layer('public_table_name'))
tmap.publish('cf_publish_update_1')

1. Update

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap.update_publication('cf_publish_update_2', password=None)

1. Add password

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap.update_publication('cf_publish_update_2', password='1234)

Delete

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from cartoframes.viz import Map, Layer

tmap = Map(Layer('public_table_name'))
tmap.publish('cf_publish_delete_1')
tmap.delete_publication()

Get All Visualizations

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from cartoframes.viz import Map
Map.all_publications()