[OpenLayers-Users] Problem with a WFS request

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Arthur,

did you setup the Python proxy in between?

http://faq.openlayers.org/proxyhost/all/

Best regards,
Bart

Arthur Delorme wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> When the webpage is loading or when I play with the layer switcher, I 
> don't have anything displaying in the console tab (XMLhttp is on). So 
> I made the test with all the files on the second computer (the one 
> with mapserver) and it works !
>
> Do you have any idea for this network problem ? I can work on the 
> second computer also so it's not really a problem but I would like to 
> understand what's happening. Maybe it's just because I am working with 
> a local server, not a true one ?
>
> Thank you very much for your help and patience !
>
> Best regards,
>
> Arthur
>
> bartvde at osgis.nl a écrit :
>> Hi Arthur,
>>
>> check out the console tab of Firebug, and make sure XMLHttp requests are
>> on (check out options on the right in Firebug).
>>
>> It's because OpenLayers uses POST by default for WFS, so that's why you
>> don't see any parameters. You will see the POST body though in Firebug.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>>
>>  
>>> I have no attributes because I use "gml_exclude_items" "all" (for now I
>>> only need the vectors to display so I thought it was good to minimize
>>> the request because it's a huge file). But I tried without, with
>>> "gml_include_items" "all" and with the inclusion of the ID attribute
>>> only, I can see all these results in the XML flow but still not my
>>> vectors in OpenLayers.
>>>
>>> I hope I am looking at the right place in Firebug : I am looking at the
>>> Network tab and I see the WFS request. I am working with two 
>>> computers :
>>> one is the WFS server and the other is my working computer, with
>>> OpenLayers and the webpage (I am working on a local server: MAMP on 
>>> this
>>> computer). The two computers are in a local network so I don't think
>>> there is any problem with this (no proxy).
>>>
>>> So I have two requests in Firebug :
>>>
>>> - one is a request to the local server (MAMP) called
>>> "http://localhost:8888/test_WFS/test_WFS.php"
>>> - the other is a request to the second computer :
>>> "http://IP/cgi-bin/mapserv_5.4.1?map=/var/www/html/WFS_server/test.map"
>>>
>>> Is this normal that there is no options after the address of the 
>>> mapfile
>>> ? When I look at the URL request I did for testing I see the SERVICE,
>>> TYPENAME, BBOX, etc. Also there is no data download.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Arthur
>>>
>>> bartvde at osgis.nl a écrit :
>>>    
>>>> Your GML looks okay to me. You don't have any attributes (next to the
>>>> geometry), but that should be no problem.
>>>>
>>>> Can you see the request go off with Firebug at all when adding the
>>>> vector
>>>> layer to your map? Are you using a proxy in between or is the traffic
>>>> local?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Bart
>>>>       
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>
>


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Bart van den Eijnden
OSGIS, Open Source GIS
bartvde at osgis.nl
http://www.osgis.nl