CartoDB Writer Parameters

This parameter must contain the name of the destination CartoDB account. The account name is the same as the username that is used to log into the account on the CartoDB website.

CartoDB accounts are protected by API keys, which can be found in Your API keys in the CartoDB web interface. By default, the API key parameter is left blank.

• If the API key is left blank, FME can read public tables associated with the CartoDB account.
• If the API key is specified, FME can read both public and private tables associated with the CartoDB account.

CartoDB has a SQL API, which allows FME to read and write data to CartoDB tables. This API is normally located at https://[account_name].cartodb.com/api/v2/sql.

However, if you are running your own instance of the open source CartoDB software, this API location may be different. If you are not running your own instance of CartoDB, leave this parameter blank.

• If the API URL is left blank, then FME will use the default API URL to access your CartoDB account.
• If the API URL is specified, then FME will use a URL in the form of:

https://[account_name].[API_URL_value]

This parameter specifies the number of features to be placed in each transaction before a transaction is committed to the database.

If not specified, the default value is 500.