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I am loading WMS maps using react-leaflet's WMSTileLayer.

Depending on the layers loaded, the image appears or not.

When the image is not loaded, I have found that Leaflet returns a bunch of tile error's:

tile errors

Unfortunately I can not find any helpful information in them.

When I send the GetMap query manually (https://wms.geo.admin.ch/?service=WMS&request=GetMap&layers=ch.vbs.armee-kriegsdenkmaeler,ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour&styles&format=image%2Fpng&transparent=TRUE&version=1.3.0&greyscale=0&width=256&height=256&crs=EPSG%3A3857&bbox=1017529.7205322665,5792092.255337515,1095801.2374962869,5870363.772301538) I get a much more helpful answer:

<ServiceExceptionReport xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ogc http://schemas.opengis.net/wms/1.3.0/exceptions_1_3_0.xsd">
<script/>
<ServiceException> msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour'. msShapefileOpen(): Unable to access file. (/var/www/vhosts/wms-bgdi/private/wms-bgdi/ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour.index) msShapefileOpen(): Unable to access file. (/var/local/geodata/ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour.index) </ServiceException>
</ServiceExceptionReport>

So I can see that this is a server error because the server is missing a file. And I can also deduce what layer is the culprit.

How can I get this much more helpful error message from Leaflet?

So far I see only one workaround:

  1. on tileerror, send a GetMap request using fetch
  2. extract the helpful error from that answer
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  • It seems you are out of luck here about getting some more info about tile load error. But as for your example of two WMS layers ch.vbs.armee-kriegsdenkmaeler and ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour, it worked for me if I defined them as two separate Leaflet WMS layers.
    – TomazicM
    May 24, 2022 at 16:16
  • @TomazicM yeah, you're right. My problem is more general but thanks for noticing
    – Alex
    May 24, 2022 at 17:16

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You might try adding EXCEPTIONS=INIMAGE& to the GetMap request to get an image response rather than the default XML response.

https://wms.geo.admin.ch/?service=WMS&request=GetMap&layers=ch.vbs.armee-kriegsdenkmaeler,ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour&styles&format=image%2Fpng&transparent=TRUE&version=1.3.0&greyscale=0&width=256&height=256&crs=EPSG%3A3857&bbox=1017529.7205322665,5792092.255337515,1095801.2374962869,5870363.772301538&EXCEPTIONS=INIMAGE&

Gives:

INIMAGE error

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  • Yeah, that works with a separate getMap request. But not when using leaflet's TileLayer.WMS. How can I get a meaningful error when using leaflet's TileLayer.WMS?
    – Alex
    May 24, 2022 at 14:11
  • To be more explicit: I can deal with an XML error (better than with an image). That is not the issue. The issue is to get a meaningful error when using leaflet's TileLayer.WMS.
    – Alex
    May 24, 2022 at 14:13
  • My thinking was at least with an image response you will get the image showing in your application, it's no different from any other GetMap request, better than trying to handle a non image response and parsing it etc.
    – nmtoken
    May 24, 2022 at 15:14
  • How did you try to pass the value? as part of the url https://wms.geo.admin.ch/?EXCEPTIONS=INIMAGE& or as an option?
    – nmtoken
    May 24, 2022 at 15:27
  • Actually, adding EXCEPTIONS=INIMAGE as parameters to TileLayer.WMS results in the error message being displayed instead of tiles, i.e. many times overlaying the map. That is unfortunately not a great user experience as it is unreadable
    – Alex
    May 24, 2022 at 17:22

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