[mapserver-users] REST API as a LAYER DATA source

[Scott]

Thanks! The OGR method works great.

---

LAYER
    NAME "resttest"
    TYPE POINT
    STATUS ON
    CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
    CONNECTION "https://example.com/query?format=geojson"

    # DATA layername from:
    #    ogrinfo 'https://example.com/query?format=geojson'
    DATA "OGRGeoJSON"

    METADATA
       ows_title "Rest Test"
       wms_abstract "Rest Test"
       gml_include_items "all"
       wfs_connectiontimeout "30"
       wfs_maxfeatures       "500"
       wfs_request_method   "GET"
       wfs_typename "resttest"
       wfs_featureid "fid"
       wfs_enable_request "*"
       wfs_getfeature_formatlist "CSV,JSON,GEOJSON"
    END

    CLASS
       NAME 'rest test'
       LABEL
          STYLE
             SYMBOL 'pointMarkUnfilled'
             SIZE 7
             COLOR '#000000'
             WIDTH 2
          END

          PRIORITY 10
          TEXT '[colValue]'
          COLOR '#000000'
          OUTLINECOLOR '#ffffff'
          OUTLINEWIDTH 3
          FONT "serifBold"
          TYPE truetype
          SIZE 10
          ANGLE 0
          POSITION AUTO
          PARTIALS false
          OFFSET 3 0
          WRAP ' '
          MAXLENGTH 21
       END
    END
END

On 7/30/20 11:29 AM, Steve Lime wrote:
> Presumably you could use an OGR layer although I've not done it myself. 
> I guess I'd recommend starting with:
> 
>    * https://mapserver.org/input/vector/ogr.html
>    * https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/esrijson.html#vector-esrijson
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:50 AM Scott <public at postholer.com 
> <mailto:public at postholer.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I would like to use a REST API as a mapfile LAYER/DATA source, not
>     output.
> 
>     Can someone point me to the correct documentation for that?
> 
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