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Layer Library

APIs to publish layers

With these APIs, you can publish your layers to your workspace library.

Publish map layer

post

Make a layer available in the workspace library for reuse by team members.

Authorizations
Path parameters
map_idstringRequired

The ID of the map where the layer is located

layer_idstringRequired

The ID of the layer to publish

Body
namestringOptional

The name to publish the layer under

Example: My Layer
Responses
200

Publish layer response

application/json
post
POST /api/v2/maps/{map_id}/layers/{layer_id}/publish HTTP/1.1
Host: felt.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 19

{
  "name": "My Layer"
}
{
  "caption": "text",
  "geometry_type": "Line",
  "hide_from_legend": true,
  "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
  "is_spreadsheet": true,
  "legend_visibility": "hide",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layers/k441enUxQUOnZqc1ZvNsDA"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "attribution_text": "text",
    "attribution_url": "text",
    "description": "text",
    "license": "text",
    "source_abbreviation": "text",
    "source_name": "text",
    "source_url": "text",
    "updated_at": "2025-03-24"
  },
  "name": "text",
  "ordering_key": 1,
  "progress": 1,
  "refresh_period": "15 min",
  "status": "uploading",
  "style": {},
  "tile_url": "text",
  "type": "layer"
}

Publish map layer group

post

Make a layer group available in the workspace library for reuse by team members.

Authorizations
Path parameters
map_idstringRequired

The ID of the map where the layer group is located

layer_group_idstringRequired

The ID of the layer group to publish

Body
namestringOptional

The name to publish the layer group under

Example: My Layer
Responses
200

Publish layer group response

application/json
post
POST /api/v2/maps/{map_id}/layer_groups/{layer_group_id}/publish HTTP/1.1
Host: felt.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 19

{
  "name": "My Layer"
}
{
  "caption": "text",
  "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
  "layers": [
    {
      "caption": "text",
      "geometry_type": "Line",
      "hide_from_legend": true,
      "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
      "is_spreadsheet": true,
      "legend_visibility": "hide",
      "links": {
        "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layers/k441enUxQUOnZqc1ZvNsDA"
      },
      "metadata": {
        "attribution_text": "text",
        "attribution_url": "text",
        "description": "text",
        "license": "text",
        "source_abbreviation": "text",
        "source_name": "text",
        "source_url": "text",
        "updated_at": "2025-03-24"
      },
      "name": "text",
      "ordering_key": 1,
      "progress": 1,
      "refresh_period": "15 min",
      "status": "uploading",
      "style": {},
      "tile_url": "text",
      "type": "layer"
    }
  ],
  "legend_visibility": "hide",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layer_groups/v13k4Ae9BRjCHHdPP5Fcm6D"
  },
  "name": "text",
  "ordering_key": 1,
  "type": "layer_group",
  "visibility_interaction": "default"
}

List library layers

get

List all layers in your workspace's library, or the felt layer library.

You can add a layer from the library to a map by using the "Duplicate layers" API endpoint (POST /api/v2/duplicate_layers) and the layer id provided by this endpoint.

Authorizations
Query parameters
sourcestring · enumOptional

Defaults to listing library layers for your "workspace". Use "felt" to list layers from the Felt data library. Use "all" to list layers from both sources.

Default: workspacePossible values:
Responses
200

LayerLibrary

application/json
get
GET /api/v2/library HTTP/1.1
Host: felt.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "layer_groups": [
    {
      "caption": "text",
      "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
      "layers": [
        {
          "caption": "text",
          "geometry_type": "Line",
          "hide_from_legend": true,
          "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
          "is_spreadsheet": true,
          "legend_visibility": "hide",
          "links": {
            "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layers/k441enUxQUOnZqc1ZvNsDA"
          },
          "metadata": {
            "attribution_text": "text",
            "attribution_url": "text",
            "description": "text",
            "license": "text",
            "source_abbreviation": "text",
            "source_name": "text",
            "source_url": "text",
            "updated_at": "2025-03-24"
          },
          "name": "text",
          "ordering_key": 1,
          "progress": 1,
          "refresh_period": "15 min",
          "status": "uploading",
          "style": {},
          "tile_url": "text",
          "type": "layer"
        }
      ],
      "legend_visibility": "hide",
      "links": {
        "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layer_groups/v13k4Ae9BRjCHHdPP5Fcm6D"
      },
      "name": "text",
      "ordering_key": 1,
      "type": "layer_group",
      "visibility_interaction": "default"
    }
  ],
  "layers": [
    {
      "caption": "text",
      "geometry_type": "Line",
      "hide_from_legend": true,
      "id": "luCHyMruTQ6ozGk3gPJfEB",
      "is_spreadsheet": true,
      "legend_visibility": "hide",
      "links": {
        "self": "https://felt.com/api/v2/maps/V0dnOMOuTd9B9BOsL9C0UjmqC/layers/k441enUxQUOnZqc1ZvNsDA"
      },
      "metadata": {
        "attribution_text": "text",
        "attribution_url": "text",
        "description": "text",
        "license": "text",
        "source_abbreviation": "text",
        "source_name": "text",
        "source_url": "text",
        "updated_at": "2025-03-24"
      },
      "name": "text",
      "ordering_key": 1,
      "progress": 1,
      "refresh_period": "15 min",
      "status": "uploading",
      "style": {},
      "tile_url": "text",
      "type": "layer"
    }
  ],
  "type": "layer_library"
}
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