Geoserver importer task json file

Question

I want to use the importer extension for the geoserver. I 'installed' this library and it works so far. My challenge is that i want to upload several shapefiles from a directory and I found this example.

But every time I run this command:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/json" -d @import.json "http://127.0.0.1:8080/geoserver2110/rest/imports?async=true"

I get this error message:

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "import.json", this makes an empty POST. A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at character 0 of

For me is unclear, where I have to place the import.json file?

Answer 1

It seems you have no import.json in the current folder.

You must create import.json with JSON like this (take a look at the example):

{
    "import": {
        "targetWorkspace": {
            "workspace": {
                "name": "tasmania"
            }
        },
        "data": {
            "type": "directory",
            "location": "C:/data/tasmania"
        }
    }
}