Add an endpoint to allow runtime configuration, e.g. to updates styles

[gewesp]

We'd love to use maptiler-gl in our project for vector -> raster rendering, however we need dynamic styles set by the client.

Are there any plans to add that? Would a PR be considered by the maintainer(s)?

[acalcutt]

I'd consider a PR but how would you do that? would you be trying to pass a url to a style or trying to upload styles people create to the style folder? I'm not 100% sure tileserver is the place to do this.

You could easily make an application that points to any style now, as long as the style sets the sources to point to the external tileserver-gl data endpoint urls. In development I often just throw a style on my web server with a html page.

[gewesp]

Depends a bit on the size of the style. At the moment, they're quite simple so could even go into URL parameters. Second choice would be to implement a POST request to change the configuration. Third choice to point to an external URL, given the hassle to set up a separate server for that.

My understanding is that tileserver-gl does vector -> raster rendering, which requires a style, right? If not tileserver-gl, what would be "the right place to do this"?

We need to set e.g. the color of individual layers / feature classes, render order etc..

[mjj203]

You could probably get an idea of how to do it from Fresco, which lets you upload a style.json to start editing. https://github.com/go-spatial/fresco