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The Map Management API lets you manage your cloud-based maps styling
resources using RESTful APIs. Using the Map Management API you can
programmatically tie an existing dataset to a pre-existing map ID and
map style without having
to go into the Cloud console.
The Map Management API makes it more efficient to perform large numbers of
operations in a streamlined programmatic process towards automation and
scripting.
This API requires a dataset and the capability of your project to
work with datasets.
Authentication
The Map Management API only supports OAuth, not API keys. See Use
OAuth.
Limitations
The Map Management API only supports the management of the relationship
between datasets and styles.
The Map Management API does not mirror full capabilities of
cloud-based maps styling. Users still need to interact with the
Cloud console to perform the majority of CRUD operations on
resources such as projects, maps, styles, and datasets.
You can only associate an existing style with an existing dataset.
In order to use the Map Management API, you must also be a user of
cloud-based maps styling along with all the necessary permissions to
manage those resources.
Costs
There is no charge for using Map Management API. API calls appear on the Billing
page in the Cloud Console, but charges will be $0. However, requests are
constrained as follows:
3 QPS (queries per second)
180 QPM (queries per minute) for a project, refreshed each minute
100,000 QPD (queries per day) for a project, refreshed each day
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