Step 2: Create a new map
To create an empty map, we'll call the Upload map endpoint. The core function is the following:
url = 'https://maphub.net/api/1/map/upload'
args = {
'file_type': 'empty',
'title': 'London Attractions',
'short_name': 'london-attractions',
'visibility': 'public',
}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Token ' + API_KEY,
'MapHub-API-Arg': json.dumps(args),
}
res = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
data = res.json()
When used with file_type=empty, the Upload map endpoint creates a new map.
In the script, we save the returned map's id into a JSON file (map_data.json). In later steps, we'll read the map id from this JSON file.
map_data.json sample
{
"id": 12345,
"url": "https://maphub.net/test/london-attractions",
"owner": "test",
"short_name": "london-attractions",
"title": "London Attractions",
"visibility": "public"
}