Querying Additional Styles from Geoserver

Question

I'm using GeoServer 2.1.2, and I've got a layer to which I've applied added additional WMS styles. However, I'm having trouble working out how to query the layer and retrieve the list of available styles (for use in my web app).

Any ideas?

I haven't been able to find anything in the GeoServer docs, and I'm still fairly new to the whole WMS/Geoserver thing so I'm not sure what I should be looking for on Google.

Answer 1

You need to make a getCapabilities request (http://localhost:8080/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities) then look at the xml response. For each layer you will see a list of the available styles.

<Layer queryable="1">
<Name>sf:bugsites</Name>
<Title>Spearfish bug locations</Title>
<Abstract>
Sample data from GRASS, bug sites location, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA
</Abstract>
<KeywordList>
<Keyword>spearfish</Keyword>
<Keyword>sfBugsites</Keyword>
<Keyword>insects</Keyword>
<Keyword>bugsites</Keyword>
<Keyword>tiger_beetles</Keyword>
</KeywordList>
<CRS>EPSG:26713</CRS>
<CRS>CRS:84</CRS>
<EX_GeographicBoundingBox>
<westBoundLongitude>-103.86796131703647</westBoundLongitude>
<eastBoundLongitude>-103.63773523234195</eastBoundLongitude>
<southBoundLatitude>44.373938816704396</southBoundLatitude>
<northBoundLatitude>44.43418821380063</northBoundLatitude>
</EX_GeographicBoundingBox>
<BoundingBox CRS="CRS:84" minx="-103.86796131703647" miny="44.373938816704396" maxx="-103.63773523234195" maxy="44.43418821380063"/>
<BoundingBox CRS="EPSG:26713" minx="590223.4382724703" miny="4914107.882513998" maxx="608462.4604629107" maxy="4920523.89081033"/>
<Style>
<Name>capitals</Name>
<Title>Capital cities</Title>
<Abstract/>
<LegendURL width="20" height="20">
<Format>image/png</Format>
<OnlineResource xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://192.168.1.161:8080/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image%2Fpng&width=20&height=20&layer=bugsites"/>
</LegendURL>
</Style>
<Style>
<Name>burg</Name>
<Title>A small red flag</Title>
<Abstract>A sample of how to use an SVG based symbolizer</Abstract>
<LegendURL width="20" height="20">
<Format>image/png</Format>
<OnlineResource xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://192.168.1.161:8080/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image%2Fpng&width=20&height=20&layer=bugsites&style=burg"/>
</LegendURL>
</Style>
<Style>
<Name>point</Name>
<Title>Default Point</Title>
<Abstract>A sample style that draws a point</Abstract>
<LegendURL width="20" height="20">
<Format>image/png</Format>
<OnlineResource xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://192.168.1.161:8080/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image%2Fpng&width=20&height=20&layer=bugsites&style=point"/>
</LegendURL>
</Style>
</Layer>