Geoserverlib is a GeoServer Python client for creating, updating, and deleting workspaces, data stores, feature types, layers and styles on geoservers.
instantiate a client:
from geoserverlib.client import GeoserverClient # host, port, username, password for the GeoServer you want to connect to client = GeoserverClient(host, port, username, password)
workspace methods:
workspace = 'my_workspace' client.create_workspace(workspace) client.workspace_exists(workspace) # returns True or False client.delete_workspace(workspace, recurse=True)
shapefile methods:
workspace = 'my_workspace' datastore = 'my_datastore' path = absolute_path_to_zipped_shapefile client.upload_shapefile(workspace, datastore, path) path = absolute_path_on_geoserver client.add_shapefile_directory(workspace, datastore, path)
datastore methods:
datastore = 'my_datastore' # example connection parameters for postgis datastore connection_parameters = { 'host': 'localhost', 'port': '5432', 'database': '<db_name>', 'user': '<db_user>', 'password': '<db_password>', 'dbtype': 'postgis' } client.create_datastore(workspace, datastore, connection_parameters) client.datastore_exists(workspace, datastore) # returns True or False client.delete_datastore(workspace, datastore, recurse=True)feature type and layer methods:
layer = 'my_layer' sql_query = 'SELECT * FROM "<db_table>"' # layer specific SQL query client.create_feature_type(workspace, datastore, layer, sql_query) client.delete_layer(layer) client.delete_feature_type(workspace, datastore, layer)
style methods:
style = 'my_style' # create style from file style_filename = 'path/to/my_style.sld' client.create_style(style, style_filename=style_filename) # create style from xml style_data = '<xml>style_data</xml>' # use actual style data here client.create_style(style, style_data=style_data) # set default style for layer client.set_default_style(workspace, datastore, layer, style) # delete style client.delete_style(style)
other methods:
# show the feature type in xml or json client.show_feature_type(workspace, datastore, layer, output='xml') # recalculate bounding boxes client.recalculate_bounding_boxes(workspace, datastore, layer)