cartodb-uploader

cartodb-uploader
===

streaming upload to cartodb, arguemnts are

- credentials object with user and api members
- filename, in the format of desired_table_name.fileExt
- callback (optional) to be called when the table ends up being created

returns a writable stream that accepts the file, acceptable file extensions are
accourding to cartodb

- csv
- tab
- shp
- kml
- kmz
- xls
- xlsx
- geojson
- gpx
- osm
- bz2
- ods

also has a geojson method which just takes a destination table instead of a filename and is a writable
object stream taking geojson features

``js
var cartodbUploader = require('cartodb-uploader');

var featureStream = getFeatureStreamSomehow();
featureStream.pipe(cartodbUploader.geojson({
user: 'username',
key: 'apikey'
}, 'destination_table_name', function (err, resp) {
// optional callback when done
}));

var binaryCSVstream = fs.createReadStream('./something.csv')

featureStream.pipe(cartodbUploader({
user: 'username',
key: 'apikey'
}, 'something.csv', function (err, resp) {
// optional callback when done
}));
`

CLI API

`bash
npm install -g cartodb-uploader
`

Upload a file named foo.geojson

`bash
cartodb -f foo.geojson -a apikey -u username
`

or you can set the apikey as an enviromental variable

`bash
export CARTODB_API_KEY=apikey
export CARTODB_USER_NAME=uername
cartodb foo.geojson
`

or give it a different name

`bash
cartodb TEMP_BLAH -n foo.geojson
`

the name can be combined with stdin

`bash
curl some/url | cartodb -n foo.geojson
``