curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tiger/datastores/nyc/featuretypes \
  --header 'authorization: Basic YWRtaW46Z2Vvc2VydmVy' \
  --header 'content-type: application/xml' \
  --data '<featureType>
  <name>pub_roads</name>
  <nativeName>giant_polygon_2</nativeName>
  <namespace>
    <name>tiger</name>
    <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8075/geoserver/rest/namespaces/tiger.xml" type="application/xml"/>
  </namespace>
  <title>World rectangle</title>
  <abstract>A simple rectangular polygon covering most of the world, it&apos;s only used for the purpose of providing a background (WMS bgcolor could be used instead)</abstract>
  <keywords>
    <string>DS_giant_polygon</string>
    <string>giant_polygon</string>
  </keywords>
  <nativeCRS>GEOGCS[&quot;GCS_WGS_1984&quot;, 
  DATUM[&quot;WGS_1984&quot;, 
    SPHEROID[&quot;WGS_1984&quot;, 6378137.0, 298.257223563]], 
  PRIMEM[&quot;Greenwich&quot;, 0.0], 
  UNIT[&quot;degree&quot;, 0.017453292519943295], 
  AXIS[&quot;Longitude&quot;, EAST], 
  AXIS[&quot;Latitude&quot;, NORTH]]</nativeCRS>
  <srs>EPSG:4326</srs>
  <nativeBoundingBox>
    <minx>-180.0</minx>
    <maxx>180.0</maxx>
    <miny>-90.0</miny>
    <maxy>90.0</maxy>
    <crs>EPSG:4326</crs>
  </nativeBoundingBox>
  <latLonBoundingBox>
    <minx>-180.0</minx>
    <maxx>180.0</maxx>
    <miny>-90.0</miny>
    <maxy>90.0</maxy>
    <crs>EPSG:4326</crs>
  </latLonBoundingBox>
  <projectionPolicy>FORCE_DECLARED</projectionPolicy>
  <enabled>true</enabled>
  <metadata>
    <entry key="kml.regionateFeatureLimit">10</entry>
    <entry key="cacheAgeMax">3600</entry>
    <entry key="cachingEnabled">true</entry>
    <entry key="indexingEnabled">false</entry>
    <entry key="dirName">DS_giant_polygon_giant_polygon</entry>
  </metadata>
  <store class="dataStore">
    <name>tiger:nyc</name>
    <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8075/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tiger/datastores/nyc.xml" type="application/xml"/>
  </store>
  <maxFeatures>0</maxFeatures>
  <numDecimals>0</numDecimals>
  <overridingServiceSRS>false</overridingServiceSRS>
  <skipNumberMatched>false</skipNumberMatched>
  <circularArcPresent>false</circularArcPresent>
  <attributes>
    <attribute>
      <name>the_geom</name>
      <minOccurs>0</minOccurs>
      <maxOccurs>1</maxOccurs>
      <nillable>true</nillable>
      <binding>com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.MultiPolygon</binding>
    </attribute>
  </attributes>
</featureType>'