Layer groups

The REST API allows you to create and modify layer groups in GeoServer.

Note

The examples below specify global layer groups, but the examples will work in a workspace-specific construction as well.

Note

Read the API reference for /layergroups.

Creating a layer group

Create a new layer group based on already-published layers

Given the following content saved as nycLayerGroup.xml:

<layerGroup>
  <name>nyc</name>
  <layers>
    <layer>roads</layer>
    <layer>parks</layer>
    <layer>buildings</layer>
  </layers>
  <styles>
    <style>roads_style</style>
    <style>polygon</style>
    <style>polygon</style>
  </styles>
</layerGroup>

Request

curl

curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -d @nycLayerGroup.xml -H "Content-type: text/xml"
  http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/layergroups

Response

201 Created

Note

This layer group can be viewed with a WMS GetMap request:

http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wms/reflect?layers=nyc
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