[Geoserver-users] Layer data columns from WFS

Santiago_Timon · May 14, 2013, 10:22am

Hello,

I have several shapefile datastores and I would like to show in a client application the set of attributes for a given layer. Is it possible to obtain the set of data columns via WFS?

Thanks in advance,

Santi

Andrea_Aime4 · May 14, 2013, 10:39am

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Santiago Timón <stimonmail@anonymised.com>wrote:

Hello,

I have several shapefile datastores and I would like to show in a client
application the set of attributes for a given layer. Is it possible to
obtain the set of data columns via WFS?

Use the DescribeFeatureType WFS request, it gives you back the xml schema
of the GML, which in turns contains all elements and their types

Cheers
Andrea

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Santiago_Timon · May 14, 2013, 10:41am

Thank you Andrea, I will try it.

Santi

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2013/5/14 Andrea Aime <andrea.aime@anonymised.com>

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Santiago Timón <stimonmail@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hello,

I have several shapefile datastores and I would like to show in a client application the set of attributes for a given layer. Is it possible to obtain the set of data columns via WFS?

Use the DescribeFeatureType WFS request, it gives you back the xml schema of the GML, which in turns contains all elements and their types