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I am trying to fetch data from geoserver WMS layer in geojson. When previewing layer everything works fine:

http://79.101.20.137:8080/geoserver/eig/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=eig%3Atp&bbox=12.612376313105207%2C32.874999390114596%2C35.97501363287868%2C47.634998931418615&width=768&height=485&srs=EPSG%3A4326&styles=&format=application/openlayers

I tried to adjust above link with using this tutorial to get json response:

http://79.101.20.137:8080/geoserver/eig/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.0&REQUEST=GetFeatureInfo&FORMAT=application/json&TRANSPARENT=true&QUERY_LAYERS=eig:t2m&LAYERS=eig:t2m&exceptions=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&INFO_FORMAT=application/json&FEATURE_COUNT=50&X=50&Y=50&SRS=EPSG:4326&STYLES=&WIDTH=101&HEIGHT=101&BBOX=4.2254877427993645,50.750177078705356,4.4957029774594135,50.921063532317916

but I got empty json response:

{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[],"totalFeatures":"unknown","numberReturned":0,"timeStamp":"2023-01-15T20:00:24.592Z","crs":null}

I tried with testing with different layers, but no luck so far. Layers are created from raster images and the have time dimension.

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The correct URL to get JSON is

http://79.101.20.137:8080/geoserver/eig/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetFeatureInfo&FORMAT=image/jpeg&TRANSPARENT=true&QUERY_LAYERS=eig:tp&STYLES=&LAYERS=eig:tp&exceptions=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&INFO_FORMAT=application/json&FEATURE_COUNT=50&X=50&Y=50&SRS=EPSG:4326&WIDTH=101&HEIGHT=101&BBOX=13.58940124511719,44.68002319335938,13.728103637695314,44.81872558593751

It returns

{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","id":"","geometry":null,"properties":{"GRAY_INDEX":0.3075000047683716}}],"totalFeatures":"unknown","numberReturned":1,"timeStamp":"2023-01-15T20:33:29.629Z","crs":null}

I used the browser network console, clicked, and just changed the INFO_FORMAT to application/json. All else I copied verbatim from the request the demo GUI sent.

When you sent your request you used FORMAT=application/json, which tries to request the WMS image in application/json. This obviously does not work, although I don't see why a GetFeatureInfo request needs the format parameter anyways, because it's not returning an image...

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    It needs it because dumb clients can just add Info_Format and I and J to the whole request with out any need to parse it and modify it
    – Ian Turton ♦
    Jan 16 at 8:29
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    It needs it because the GetFeatureInfo request is stateless. The server doesn't know what map was being looked at when the client clicks on a location. So the info request has to include all the information to create the map, plus extra parameters to specify the response for the information
    – nmtoken
    Jan 16 at 9:02

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