[OpenLayers-Users] WFS with script protocol and filters

[gismgr]

Thanks Phil!  I was finally able to get it working.  Turned out I was just being impatient - trying to do things with the filtered layer before it had finished loading, so of course it was returning undefined.  

So this is what I ended up with:

found_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector(
	'Inventory Points',
	{
		strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.Fixed()],
		displayInLayerSwitcher: false,
		protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.Script({
			url:'http://gismgr:8080/geoserver/wfs',
			callbackKey: 'format_options',
			callbackPrefix: 'callback:',
			params: {
				service: 'WFS',
				version: '1.1.0',
				srsName: 'EPSG:3857',
				request: 'GetFeature',
				typeName: 'Inventory_Points',
				outputFormat: 'json',
				cql_filter: filter
			}
		})
	}	
);

Then later:

map.addLayer(found_layer);

found_layer.events.register('loadend', found_layer, function() {
	found_feature = found_layer.features[0];
	if (found_feature===undefined) {
		alert("No such resource, please try again.");
	} else {
		map.setCenter(found_feature.geometry.bounds.getCenterLonLat());
		map.zoomToExtent(found_feature.geometry.bounds);
		}
	}
);

So anyway, now I feel kinda silly, but thanks for the help anyway!  Hopefully this can save someone else a little time in the future.

Kat