Download metadata .xml file from geonode / geoserver

Question

I am new to both geonode and geoserver. I have a problem with downloading xml file from layer that I uploaded. For example, I have a.shp, a.shx, a.prj, a.dbf, and a.xml. I uploaded them to geonode. I check in geoserver data directory, the files are exist. But, when I tried to download the layer in shapefile zipped format, it doesn't include the a.xml file.

I know that geoserver uses WFS. But I can't find option to download the .xml file.

How to do it? Can I access directly to the directory (which is not so good), or is there a way to do it?

Answer 1

There are two "download" buttons in GeoNode layers. The zip shapefiles are in the "data download", while the xml is in the "Metadata download". You only have to choose the second one and download your metadata as "Standard-Metadata xml format". zip file will not contain it because is only for the geometry data. NOTE: this answer works in GeoNode2.6.3 version. It might be diferent in others.

Answer 2

So, I finally able to download / access the xml file that I uploaded.

def get_metadata_file_path(self):
    """Obtain metadata (.xml) file path of the layer."""
    base_file, _ = self.layer.get_base_file()
    if not base_file:
        return ''
    base_file_path = base_file.file.path
    xml_file_path = base_file_path.split('.')[0] + '.xml'
    if not os.path.exists(xml_file_path):
        return ''
    return xml_file_path