# Mapbox display issue (api changing without building auspice)

**URL:** <https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887>\
**Category:** Help and Getting Started\
**Created:** [April 28, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887 "2025-04-28T11:05:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhananda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mhananda](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mhananda)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887/1 "2025-04-28T11:05:13Z")

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Hello,

Is there any way to update the mapbox api for the auspice without building it? I want to display the map to the global viewers (not localhost) but i don’t want to build the auspice, just use view. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![victorlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/victorlin/32/306_2.png) [@victorlin](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/victorlin)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887/2 "2025-04-28T15:38:32Z")

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Hello @mhananda,

Unfortunately, the API URL is only [configurable](https://docs.nextstrain.org/projects/auspice/en/stable/customise-client/api.html#custom-map-tiles) at build-time. It may be possible to edit minimized build files to replace hardcoded API URL with your own, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

Are you using Auspice through `nextstrain`, `conda`, or `npm`?

– Victor

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**Author:** ![mhananda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mhananda](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mhananda)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887/3 "2025-05-12T21:00:42Z")

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I am using npm and i am getting a lot of errors when i try to build auspice!

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**Author:** ![victorlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/victorlin/32/306_2.png) [@victorlin](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/victorlin)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/mapbox-display-issue-api-changing-without-building-auspice/1887/4 "2025-05-12T21:13:48Z")

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It should be very possible for you to build Auspice locally – supported Node.js/NPM versions are listed in the `package.json` `engines` entry. Can you provide details on the exact errors?