tilestrata-disk

A TileStrata plugin for storing / retrieving tiles from disk. It can either act as a cache or as a provider. When using it for caching, make sure to use different directories for each layer (e.g. "tiles/layer_a", "tiles/layer_b"). If given a maxage, it will check the modification time of a tile and return null if it's too old. If maxage=0, caching behavior will be completely disabled.

$ npm install tilestrata-disk --save

Sample Usage

var disk = require('tilestrata-disk');

// cache: cache tiles to disk
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(/* some provider */)
    .use(disk.cache({dir: './tiles/mylayer'}));

// cache: cache with maxage
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(/* some provider */)
    .use(disk.cache({maxage: 3600, dir: './tiles/mylayer'}));

// cache: cache with maxage function (advanced)
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(/* some provider */)
    .use(disk.cache({
        dir: './tiles/mylayer',
        maxage: function(server, req) {
            if (req.z > 15) return 0; // don't cache
            if (req.z > 13) return 3600;
            return 3600*24;
        }
    }));

// cache: custom directory layout
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(/* some provider */)
    .use(disk.cache({path: './tiles/{layer}/{z}/{x}/{y}-{filename}'}));

// cache: custom directory layout (via callback)
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(/* some provider */)
    .use(disk.cache({path: function(tile) {
	return './tiles/' + tile.layer + '/' + tile.z + '/' /* ... */
    }}));

// provider: serve pre-existing / pre-sliced tiles off disk
server.layer('mylayer').route('tile.png')
    .use(disk.provider('/path/to/dir/{z}/{x}/{y}/file.png'));

Some sample values of maxage are:

maxage: null  // no age checking: permanent caching (default)
maxage: 0     // disable cache completely (both reading and writing)
maxage: 3600  // one hour

Advanced Behavior

If using TileStrata 0.6.0 and above, you can also specify a refreshage parameter that indicates how old a tile can be before TileStrata should refresh it. This option should be used in conjunction with maxage. The purpose is best illustrated by an example:

.use(disk.cache({
    dir: './tiles/mylayer',
    refreshage: 3600, // 1 hour
    maxage: 3600*24*7 // 1 week
}));

With this configuration, if the cache finds a tile that is two days old, it will serve the tile from cache while telling TileStrata to build a new tile in the background for the next person (more info here). Some sample values of refreshage are:

refreshage: null  // never refresh (default)
refreshage: 0     // always refresh in background after hits
refreshage: 1800  // half hour

Contributing

Before submitting pull requests, please update the tests and make sure they all pass.

$ npm test

License

Copyright © 2014–2015 Brian Reavis & Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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