Questions tagged [pyqgis]
Python bindings for QGIS.
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Open QGIS project files in exclusive mode / alert if project file already in use
I have QGIS-Project-Files saved to a network drive and was wondering if it is possible to warn users that a project file is already opened by an other user to prevent concurrent editing of the same ...
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Defining partial or complete overlap with QgsSpatialIndex
I'm working on adding some functionality to a QGIS plugin. It currently uses a QgsSpatialIndex to efficiently compute whether the features of a vector layer intersect (potentially millions) of ...
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PyQGIS 3 - Add New Layer to Spatialite Database
For the most part, working with QGIS layers has been a pleasure, but I've run into some difficulties recently when trying to create a new vector layer in the SQLite database I've been using.
I've ...
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Adding layer using QgsMapLayerRegistry within thread PyQGIS Plugin
I am developing Python QGIS plugin, where I am opening two threads in run function with one thread performing calculation while second thread is printing value looping and when first thread is ...
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Save as output layer from QGIS processing algorithm to PostGIS database using PyQGIS
I have two layers(layer1,layer2) in PostGIS database where I have connect in QGIS project.
My database have specific precision. Now I want to use from QGIS processing some algorithms like ...
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PyQGIS composed Atlas generation
I have some layers :
layer 1
layer 2
layer 3
and I have create styles for any labels layer using base rule styles and labels and I have create a template .qpt and I use atlas correct.
In my ...
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Gdal and module import error when creating an .exe application with pyinstaller
I’ve been struggling since three days in a row to create a windows executable application from my python application. I have managed to get results but I’m not at all satisfied with the workarounds I ...
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Setting up PyCharm CE 4 to work with PyQGIS library in Mac OS
I am trying to set up pycharm to work with pyQgis library but with not success till now. I am using PyCharm CE v4 and QGIS version 2.8 I have tried to implemnte the instructions of several posts like ...
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How to load the layer style from Postgresql with Python?
I would like to write a python macro that upon opening my QGIS project file will reload the default style for each layer from the postgres 'layer_style' table. I have had a look at the documentation ...
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QGIS 3.6 and QGIS 3.10 report different geometry types for the same shapefile
I used QGIS 3.6.3 to create a polyline shapefile, and the program reported the polyline as LineStringZM. When I opened the same shape file in QGIS 3.10.3-2, the polyline was reported as ...
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Labelling a rubber band (QgsRubberBand)
It is possible to label QgsRubberBand or QgsVertexMarker with a text annotation (QgsTextAnnotationItem).
See this MWE:
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r_polyline = QgsRubberBand(iface.mapCanvas(), False)
r_polyline....
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Getting Spyder IDE to work with QGIS?
I was hoping someone could help me get Spyder working with QGIS. I am finding the python editor limiting within QGIS as I would like to debug my code, use the variable explorer, and be able to run ...
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Speed execution of PyQGIS algorithms
I don't understand why if I do "manually" some algorithms I get results much faster than when I insert the same in a pyqgis code (with the same input).
This happens, for example, with the extract ...
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QgsRubberBand Move Event
So, basically I've created a QgsRubberBand which copies feature from layer. And I need to be able visually move this rubberband on mouse event 'move'. Actually same visualisation like during self....
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Multi-field labeling of shapefile with PyQGIS?
I wrote the following code in order to draw the line labels with multiple fields. However, the label do not appear automatically in QGIS and I have to switch the "Layer Properties/Labels", and toggle ...
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Competing versions of GDAL
This is confusing, and a question I've harvested from a duplicate, so let me start with my setup.
OS: Windows 7 x64
GIS Client 1: ArcGIS Desktop 10.5
GIS Client 2: ArcGIS Pro 1.4
GIS Client 3: ...
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QgsRasterFileWriter.writeRaster() is crashing python program
I am doing ndvi analysis on a farm image. After ndvi I need to convert the image into Singleband pseudocolor image using following python code.
def calculate():
file_name = CUR_DIR + "\...
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Importing numpy array into QGIS?
I have some computation on a numpy array and want to display the result in QGIS. So far ok, but loading the result into QGIS fails. Here my code fragment:
zData2 = np.subtract(myarray,zData2) #do ...
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Connect to QGIS 2.6 Python Plugin function via button on custom feature form
I am trying to connect to a QGIS 2.6 Python plugin function via a custom feature form button.
On my feature form, I'm attempting to do a few things :
enable the updateButton only if the ...
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Programmatically removing layer from QGIS composer legend without removing it from map canvas?
I am working on a QGIS Python plugin which includes automated map production. I use a series of map templates, each of which has a main map, an overview map (with a layer set different to the main ...
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Print Composer Template produces empty map?
I have a print composer template which I'm trying to populate with different subset queries from a CSV-derived vector layer using the Python API. However, all the output PDFs contain everything except ...
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PyQGIS: What objects need to be destroyed in a custom expression
I'm using a custom (PyQGIS) function in expressions to make little detailed minimaps around each feature in a layer, and store it in the layer (gpkg) as a png.
My code works but makes QGIS (3.12) ...
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QGIS processing tools - saving/exporting graph
I just tried QGIS processing tools for the first time.
When using shortest path search for the first time, the algorithm is building a path graph (of course). However, the graph is never re-used. ...
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Open multiple QGIS projects via PyQGIS simultaneously in different threads
I'm writing a standalone PyQGIS application. When the method qgis() is called in a new thread, it's supposed to open a QGIS project (with one layer in it) and close it again:
from concurrent.futures....
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Exporting QGIS Atlas using PyQGIS (qgis.core)
Windows 10, PyCharm, QGIS 3.10 installed via osgeo4w (64bit).
I set up a simple QGIS composer layout with a vector layer and a WMS base map on the map layout. The vector layer contains about 10 ...
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Measure loading times of QGIS projects
For QGIS there is already a method to measure loading times of plugins ( qgis.utils.plugin_times):
How to tell which QGIS plugins are slow to load?
Is there something similar to measure loading ...
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Create new MultiPolygon with PyQGIS
I want to create a new MultiPolygon shapefile, I tried this code
Mp_Layer = QgsVectorLayer('MultiPolygon?crs=EPSG:26191', 'layer', 'memory')
QgsProject.instance.addMapLayer(Mp_Layer)
But when I ...
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Layout export from stand-alone PyQGIS script shows empty map
I have a problem with exporting of a QGIS layout by the pyQGIS. I have prepared the qgz project and also the qpt layout.
When I try to export the layout to PDF by QgsLayoutExporter.exportToPdf by ...
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QGIS plugin external libraries in plugin’s directory
I’m developing my first QGIS plugin and I have to use two external libraries not included in the default OSGeoW64 installation: Couchdb and Pandas.
I would like to include those libraries in my ...
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Indexing Data in QGIS
Each time I open a my project, it starts to index and takes as long as up to 4 hours at times. My project has some layers that are stored in a remote database. How do I bypass the indexing process?
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Halftone effect gridded points inside polygon
I am trying to create smooth looking polygons by gridded points in QGIS (2.18.16), with a fading effect towards the boundary of the polygons (halftone effect).
By using the 'fillGrid' function from ...
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QGIS (Python) crashing when trying to iterate through layers in a thread
Version: 2.18, and I cannot upgrade to 3.
I am adapting a script I found elsewhere on stackexchange which is supposed to indefinitely refresh all layers in the TOC at one-second intervals. This is ...
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Installing third party python library in QGIS 2.18.x Windows
We are running into a strange behaviour while trying to use pyoidc with QGIS 2.18.x windows standalone version.
Due to pip/pipy no longer working with QGIS 2.18 (see this post), we installed the ...
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Get signal on delete group on QGIS 2.18.16
I tried :
QgsProject.instance().layerTreeRoot().willRemoveChildren.connect(self.onWillRemoveChildren)
It works if I delete a group within in the root node. But if I delete a layer within a group ...
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Minidump in C when executing Python script
I have written a python script which should calculate the azimuth for a line (with two given points). But every time I run the script, I am getting the following error message:
If I click OK, QGIS ...
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PyQGIS spatial operators(contains,equals,etc.) w.r.t. layer geometries(polygon,point,line,etc.)
I am trying to implement QGIS spatial query functionality in my plugin. I want to eliminate spatial operators which are not suitable for certain geometries. For eg. when I select layer with point ...
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Relation/difference between area calculated by PyQGIS QgsDistanceArea().measurePolygon() and QGIS $area
What is relation/difference between area calculated by QgsDistanceArea().measurePolygon() of PyQGIS and $area from geometry $area in QGIS?
I am getting area as 0 for one polygon using QgsDistanceArea(...
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Geocoding an address involving non-ASCII characters in PyQGIS
I have installed the "GeoCoding" plugin in QGIS and it worked well even though I have used non-ASCII characters to geocode (i.e. Hacettepe Üniversitesi). However, when I tried to do the same in PyQGIS ...
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QGIS script accessing old version of layer
I have added a couple of fields to a postgis table which is loaded into a layer in QGIS. When I access the attribute table in QGIS I can see the two new fields but when I run a script (using ...
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Import Pandas or any Python module into QGIS internal Python
(Also asked in stack overflow -
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43244062/import-pandas-or-any-python-module-into-qgis-internal-python )
I am developing a plugin for the current LTR version of ...
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Right-hand-rule in QGIS
It seems that there isn't a plugin to perform the right-hand-rule on a layer or selected features. Can this be done by using some Python code? Is there a function that works in the same way as ...
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Reopening QGIS project from PyQGIS
I am opening a QGIS project using the following snippet:
new_project = False
if not os.path.exists(self.qgis_project_path):
prj_template_path = os.path.join(self.qgis_template_path, 'project.qgs')...
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Seeking list of project properties that can be written in PyQGIS?
The methods QgsProject.instance().writeEntry() and QgsProject.instance().readEntry() can be used to programmatically set project properties. According to the QGIS API reference the properties ...
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How to handle large tables in QGIS using python?
I'm currently writing a plugin that calculates values based on a QgsVectorLayer's attributes. To display and print the values I'm using a QgsComposerTextTableV2. I have several problems with my ...
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Loop distance point PyQGIS
I have a .shp of lines where I'm able to calculate the sum of segments length but I'm trying to put a point at a given distance in meters.
The problem is it puts a point at every segment. When I give ...
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Issues updating field values programmatically for particular field data type on 64bit Windows computer using QGIS 2.8.7
I have an issue with a plugin for QGIS 2.8 I'm developing when using it on a Windows 64bit machine (as opposed to 32bit).
I am trying to update values in a particular field in my plugin, and the ...
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PyQGIS: vector layer does not get displayed after rendering
My project goal is to write a standalone app for Unbuntu and QGIS 2.14. It should get a layer of simple points and their name from a Postgres database and show them in a layer. In addition there ...
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Parallel feature request connection limit
I have a large pool of feature requests that need to be performed on a PostgreSQL layer. Please assume that these requests cannot be joined into larger requests. If I spawn several threads to perform ...
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module object has no attribute classFactory
I asked this question several days ago on the QGIS developer list but didn't get any love. I'm hoping someone can help me resolve this error.
I have a custom repo and a custom plugin that I'm ...
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Can you build a login window in QGIS?
Can you build a login window before loading QGIS interface?
I use QGIS 2.8
I just built message windows when loading QGIS interface, but no more.
