[QGIS-Developer] QGIS Server request extra parameters as variables for expressions

[Matthias Kuhn]

Like WMS dimension?

http://mapserver.org/ogc/wms_dimension.html

Matthias


On 11/23/17 2:11 PM, Arnaud Morvan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like GetMap and GetFeature request extra parameters to be
> accessible as variables in server.
>
> So we could define, in QGIS project, a variable "floor", used to
> filter layers.
>
> On desktop side, we could have a desktop plugin named FloorSlider to
> change the "floor" value.
>
> And on the server side, the floor value could be passed as extra
> parameter.
>
> So it would be easy to handle multi-floor layers in a project file.
>
>
> Arnaud Morvan
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> Le 22/11/2017 à 18:05, René-Luc Dhont a écrit :
>> Hi Arnaud,
>>
>> Is it like updated a QGIS project variables ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> René-Luc
>>
>>
>> Le 22/11/2017 à 15:31, Arnaud Morvan a écrit :
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> With mapserver, request extra parameters are accessible as template
>>> variables in mapfile.
>>>
>>> I would like to implement the same possibility in QGIS Server, extra
>>> parameters may be accessible in project as expression variables.
>>>
>>> For example : I would like to pass in a GetMap request an extra
>>> parameter FLOOR.
>>>
>>> This parameter could be handled by QGIS Server as a variable value,
>>> so this could be used in the project to filter some layers using an
>>> expression.
>>>
>>> Do you think this could be acceptable directly in QGIS Server, or
>>> may I have to wrote a plugin.
>>>
>>> Maybe this type of plugin already exists ?
>>>
>>> Note that I'm not familiar with server part.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>
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