Exporting Config does not include all MapStyles about kepler.gl HOT 4 CLOSED

@gingerizer
The current behavior is intended. To make the config small and only include the neccessary part, mapStyle config will not include the default set of map styles, because they are constants that can be loaded later in the application. when exporting conifg, mapStyles will only contain the ones added by the user.

Is there a reason you want all the map styles to be saved in the config?

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My base configuration is such that I am not using any of the default map styles that are pre-configured as constants. Ideally I would be able to disable the use of these default maps (and the subsequent calls made to retrieve the styles) since I have configured my own. I'm working in an offline environment.

<KeplerGl
   mapboxApiAccessToken=""
   id="keplerMap"
   width={width}
   height={height}
   mapStyles={CUSTOM_MAP_STYLES}
/>

Since I have my own map styles configured as a custom set of default styles when I add new data to the map I have to re-set the map styles in the config. I was hoping that getMapConfig() would provide this set for me.

Sure I can add all of the default styles back to the config, however the user might have added their own custom styles that weren't in the default configuration and because I've updated the map with new data those changes would be lost- would they not?

If they aren't included in the config to keep it small then is there a way to access them for those that need it? Also, does that mean that mapStyles will always be empty? If so why bother including it in the config response?

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I've discovered a way to easily get the mapStyles. The method shown in visacademy is as such:

// This method is used as reference to show how to export the current kepler.gl instance configuration
  // Once exported the configuration can be imported using parseSavedConfig or load method from KeplerGlSchema
  getMapConfig() {
    // retrieve kepler.gl store
    const {keplerGl} = this.props;
    // retrieve current kepler.gl instance store
    const {map} = keplerGl;

    // create the config object
    return KeplerGlSchema.getConfigToSave(map);
  }

Essentially, the map object contains the desired mapStyles which need to be appended to what is returned from the getConfigToSave(map) which becomes:

// This method is used as reference to show how to export the current kepler.gl instance configuration
  // Once exported the configuration can be imported using parseSavedConfig or load method from KeplerGlSchema
  getMapConfig() {
    // retrieve kepler.gl store
    const {keplerGl} = this.props;
    // retrieve current kepler.gl instance store
    const {map} = keplerGl;

    // create the config object
    // return KeplerGlSchema.getConfigToSave(map);   // does not include any custom configured map styles
    let mapConfig = KeplerGlSchema.getConfigToSave(map);
    mapConfig.config.mapStyle = map.mapStyle;     // Add back the available map styles to the map config
  
    return mapConfig;
  }

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@gingerizer instead of passing mapStyles in as props at the component level, you can try configure the mapStyle reducer's inisitalState by calling keplerGlReducer.intialState() and pass in your set of mapStyles. You can take a look at this example

All you need to do is

const withUberMapStyles = keplerGlReducer.initialState({
  mapStyle: {
    // add your own map styles as default to mapStyle reducer
    // mapStyles needs to be an object with `id` as the key
    mapStyles: DEFAULT_MAP_STYLES.reduce((accu, curr) => ({
      ...accu,
      [curr.id]: curr
    }), {})
  }
})

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