Expert GeoServer

WPS request builder

In the previous section, you installed and learned the basics of WPS. In this section, you'll learn about the GeoServer WPS request builder tool in the web administration interface, and how you can use it to generate requests based on WPS processes and parameters. Throughout this section, we'll create a single request in the builder. We'll look at processes and select process. Next, we'll consider and select inputs, layer, reference, text, and subprocess, and view the constructed XML request. Finally, we'll select a format for output and examine the results. As discussed in the previous section, the request builder is accessed from the demos page. The first step is to choose a process, just as shown in the following screenshot: ...