[Geoserver-users] Rest API: Publishing a Shapefile directory as datastore

GeoServer GeoServer User
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Hi,

I am trying to publish a shapefile directory as datastore in geoserver (2.2.x) and I was going through these pages.

http://docs.geoserver.org/2.1.2/user/restconfig/rest-config-examples/rest-config-examples-curl.html

http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/rest/examples/curl.html

curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: text/plain"
  -d "file:///data/shapefiles/"
  "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/acme/datastores/shapefiles/external.shp?configure=all"

When I create the store, the datastore is created and layers are published. But when I check the store information, it is showing of type “Shapefile” instead of “Directory of spatial files (shapefiles)”. I am not sure if this is a bug, but wanted to check with the community.

As a work around for now, I am editing the datastore.xml manually as directory of shapefiles and reloading the config to see my expected changes.

Thanks,
Ravi.