Styles
The REST API allows you to list, create, upload, update, and delete styles in GeoServer.
Note
Read the API reference for /styles.
Listing all styles
List all styles on the server, in JSON format:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles.json
Response
{"styles":{"style":[{"name":"burg","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/burg.json"},{"name":"capitals","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/capitals.json"},{"name":"dem","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/dem.json"},{"name":"generic","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/generic.json"},{"name":"giant_polygon","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/giant_polygon.json"},{"name":"grass","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/grass.json"},{"name":"green","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/green.json"},{"name":"line","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/line.json"},{"name":"poi","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/poi.json"},{"name":"point","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/point.json"},{"name":"polygon","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/polygon.json"},{"name":"poly_landmarks","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/poly_landmarks.json"},{"name":"pophatch","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/pophatch.json"},{"name":"population","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/population.json"},{"name":"rain","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/rain.json"},{"name":"raster","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/raster.json"},{"name":"restricted","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/restricted.json"},{"name":"simple_roads","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/simple_roads.json"},{"name":"simple_streams","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/simple_streams.json"},{"name":"tiger_roads","href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/geoserver\/rest\/styles\/tiger_roads.json"}]}}
List all styles in a workspace, in XML format:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/cite/styles.xml
Response
<styles>
<style>
<name>citerain</name>
<atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/workspaces/cite/styles/citerain.xml" type="application/xml"/>
</style>
</styles>
Retrieve a style
Download the actual style code for a style:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/rain.sld
Response
<StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld http://schemas.opengis.net/sld/1.0.0/StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd">
<NamedLayer>
<Name>rain</Name>
<UserStyle>
<Name>rain</Name>
<Title>Rain distribution</Title>
<FeatureTypeStyle>
<Rule>
<RasterSymbolizer>
<Opacity>1.0</Opacity>
<ColorMap>
<ColorMapEntry color="#FF0000" quantity="0" />
<ColorMapEntry color="#FFFFFF" quantity="100"/>
<ColorMapEntry color="#00FF00" quantity="2000"/>
<ColorMapEntry color="#0000FF" quantity="5000"/>
</ColorMap>
</RasterSymbolizer>
</Rule>
</FeatureTypeStyle>
</UserStyle>
</NamedLayer>
</StyledLayerDescriptor>
Creating a style
You can create a new style on the server in two ways. In the first way, the creation is done in two steps: the style entry is created in the catalog, and then the style content is uploaded. The second way can add the style to the server in a single step by uploading a ZIP containing the style content:
Create a new style in two steps:
Request
curl
curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H "Content-type: text/xml" -d "<style><name>roads_style</name><filename>roads.sld</filename></style>" https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles
Response
201 Created
Request
curl
curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml" -d @roads.sld https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/roads_style
Response
200 OK
Create a new style in a single step:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/zip" --data-binary @roads_style.zip https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles
Response
201 Created
Create a new style in a single step using CSS:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/vnd.geoserver.geocss+css" -d '* { stroke: red; }' https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles
Response
201 Created
This example will create a new style on the server and populate it the contents of a local SLD file and related images provided in a SLD package. A SLD package is a zip file containing the SLD style and related image files used in the SLD.
The following creates a new style named roads_style.
Each code block below contains a single command that may be extended over multiple lines.
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/zip"
--data-binary @roads_style.zip
https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles
Response
201 OK
The SLD itself can be downloaded through a a GET request:
curl
curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XGET
https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/roads_style.sld
Changing an existing style
Edit/reupload the content of an existing style on the server:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml" -d @roads.sld
https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/roads_style
Response
200 OK
Edit/reupload the content of an existing style on the server when the style is in a workspace:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml" -d @roads.sld
https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/workspaces/cite/styles/roads_style
Response
200 OK
Edit/reupload the content of an existing style on the server using a ZIP file containing a shapefile:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: application/zip" --data-binary @roads_style.zip https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/roads_style.zip
Response
200 OK
Deleting a style
Remove a style entry from the server, retaining the orphaned style content:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XDELETE https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/zoning
Response
200 OK
Remove a style entry from the server, deleting the orphaned style content:
Request
curl
curl -u admin:geoserver -XDELETE https://instance.geocat.live/geoserver/rest/styles/zoning?purge=true
Response
200 OK