geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils
===================================

.. py:module:: geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils


Attributes
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.. autoapisummary::

   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.logger
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.BBOX
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.DATA_QUALITY_MESSAGE


Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.create_dataset
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.create_gn_dataset
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.get_attributes
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.get_or_create_datastore
   geonode.geoserver.createlayer.utils.create_gs_dataset


Module Contents
---------------

.. py:data:: logger

.. py:data:: BBOX

.. py:data:: DATA_QUALITY_MESSAGE
   :value: 'Created with GeoNode'


.. py:function:: create_dataset(name, title, owner_name, geometry_type, attributes=None)

   Create an empty layer in GeoServer and register it in GeoNode.


.. py:function:: create_gn_dataset(workspace, datastore, name, title, owner_name)

   Associate a layer in GeoNode for a given layer in GeoServer.


.. py:function:: get_attributes(geometry_type, json_attrs=None)

   Convert a JSON representation of attributes to a Python representation.

   Parameters:

   - json_attrs:

       .. code-block:: json

           {
               "field_str": "string",
               "field_int": "integer",
               "field_date": "date",
               "field_float": "float"
           }

   - geometry_type: A string which can be "Point", "LineString", or "Polygon"

   Output:

   .. code-block:: python

       [
           ['the_geom', u'com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Polygon', {'nillable': False}],
           ['field_str', 'java.lang.String', {'nillable': True}],
           ['field_int', 'java.lang.Integer', {'nillable': True}],
           ['field_date', 'java.util.Date', {'nillable': True}],
           ['field_float', 'java.lang.Float', {'nillable': True}]
       ]


.. py:function:: get_or_create_datastore(cat, workspace=None, charset='UTF-8')

   Get a PostGIS database store or create it in GeoServer if does not exist.


.. py:function:: create_gs_dataset(name, title, geometry_type, attributes=None)

   Create an empty PostGIS layer in GeoServer with a given name, title,
   geometry_type and attributes.