Can't access sprite file by relative URL

[stevage]

mapbox-gl-js version: 1.1.0

I'm wanting to use a self-hosted sprite file, available at /[email protected] and /[email protected] on the domain where I'm hosting the site.

Putting this in my style file doesn't work:

            sprite: '/sprite'

Error: Unable to parse URL object

These also fail: sprite, http:///sprite, ./sprite.

Is there another way to achieve this, or are relative URLs just not supported for sprite files?

This is problematic because it makes deploying more work: I need code that detects whether running locally (localhost:8080//...) or on the deployed site, and now I also need to know the deployed site's URL.

[stevage]

Well, I guess this workaround works:

sprite: `${window.location}sprite`

[mourner]

We don't support relative URLs intentionally — see the discussion at #3636 and linked tickets.

[stevage]

Thanks for the context. Interesting rationale. Makes sense that a style file needs to work in contexts other than web, I guess.