[mapserver-users] Question about importing xml/json data from api

[Travis Kirstine]

Liron,

Since MapServer is built with GDAL / OGR you connect to most common formats
without parsing, see https://www.mapserver.org/input/vector/ogr.html.
However this does not include hand rolled JSON / XML, if possible retrieve
GeoJSON or some other GDAL / OGR supported format from the API.  You may
want to go through an extra step(s) of converting the data to a format that
supports spatial indexing (like shapefile or geopackage) if working with
large datasets.  Most of this can be done using a shell / batch scripting
and command line tools (ogr2ogr and shptree).  BTW ogr does support direct
connection to some API - like an ESRI feature server which can make the
conversion "easy", however not all OGR supported formats work with MapServer

https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/index.html

Regards







On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 at 18:35, CHEN, LIRON (PGT) <l.chen.18 at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi and happy New Year!
>
> Im completely new to MapServer and not from a development background, but
> I hope its ok to ask for help here. Im a GIS postgraduate with some
> programming skill and Im trying to teach myself to set up a service that
> generates maps or layers when called on; but I want the service to generate
> them using the most recently published data from other web sources through
> their respective APIs. They mostly provide XML or JSON formatted spatial
> data.
>
> Ill inevitably need to read up and practice a lot and thats fine. But can
> anyone point me towards the apps or functionalities that will eventually
> allow me to do this? Just because Im comfortable with C++ I had a look if I
> could import with libcurl and parse with that to something mapserver could
> use but I think thats taking a very long way round.. any help appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Liron Chen
>
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