ogc2qgis 0.1.1

Convert OGC Web Services (WMS, WCS, WFS) GetCapabilities to QGIS connection configurations

ogc2qgis

Convert OGC Web Services (WMS, WCS, WFS) GetCapabilities XML to QGIS connection configurations.

✨ Features

• 🔄 Auto-detection: Automatically identifies service type (WMS, WCS, WFS)
• 📁 Batch processing: Convert multiple capabilities files at once
• 🌐 Remote fetch: Download capabilities directly from URLs
• 📦 Zero dependencies: Uses only Python standard library
• 🎯 QGIS ready: Generates files ready to import into QGIS
• 🔧 CLI & Library: Use as command-line tool or Python library

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install ogc2qgis

Command Line Usage

# Convert local file
ogc2qgis convert capabilities.xml

# Fetch and convert from URL
ogc2qgis fetch https://geoservicos.inde.gov.br/geoserver/BAPSalvador/ows

# Process multiple files
ogc2qgis convert ows.xml ows_wcs.xml ows_wfs.xml

# Specify output directory
ogc2qgis convert capabilities.xml -o /path/to/output

Python Library Usage

from ogc2qgis import parse_capabilities, fetch_and_convert

# Parse local file
configs = parse_capabilities('capabilities.xml')
# Returns: {'wms': QGISConfig, 'wcs': None, 'wfs': None}

# Fetch from URL
configs = fetch_and_convert('https://servidor.com/ows')

# Save to file
if configs['wms']:
    configs['wms'].save('qgis_wms_connections.xml')

📖 Documentation

Supported Services

• WMS (Web Map Service) - Map visualization
• WCS (Web Coverage Service) - Raster data download
• WFS (Web Feature Service) - Vector data access

Output Files

The tool generates QGIS-compatible XML files:

• qgis_wms_connections.xml - WMS connections
• qgis_wcs_connections.xml - WCS connections
• qgis_wfs_connections.xml - WFS connections

Import into QGIS

1. Open QGIS
2. Go to Settings → Options → System
3. In Service Connections section, click Import
4. Select the generated XML file(s)
5. Done! Servers appear in your connection lists

🔧 Advanced Usage

CLI Options

ogc2qgis convert --help

Usage: ogc2qgis convert [OPTIONS] FILES...

Options:
  -o, --output-dir PATH  Output directory for generated files
  -p, --prefix TEXT      Prefix for output filenames
  -v, --verbose          Verbose output
  --help                 Show this message and exit

Library API

from ogc2qgis.parsers import WMSParser, WCSParser, WFSParser

# Parse WMS
parser = WMSParser('ows.xml')
print(f"Service: {parser.service_name}")
print(f"URL: {parser.server_url}")
print(f"Layers: {len(parser.layers)}")

# Generate config
config = parser.to_qgis_config()
config.save('output.xml')

# Auto-detect service type
from ogc2qgis.core import detect_service_type
service_type = detect_service_type('capabilities.xml')  # Returns 'wms', 'wcs', 'wfs', or None

🌐 Real World Example

# INDE Brazil - Salvador Geographic Data
ogc2qgis fetch https://geoservicos.inde.gov.br/geoserver/BAPSalvador/ows

# Output:
# ✅ Downloaded WMS capabilities (111 layers)
# ✅ Downloaded WCS capabilities (7 coverages)
# ✅ Generated qgis_wms_connections.xml
# ✅ Generated qgis_wcs_connections.xml

🧪 Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/ogc2qgis/ogc2qgis.git
cd ogc2qgis

# Install with Poetry
poetry install

# Run tests
poetry run pytest

# Format code
poetry run black src/

# Lint
poetry run ruff src/

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

🔗 Links

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/ogc2qgis/
• Source Code: https://github.com/ogc2qgis/ogc2qgis
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/ogc2qgis/ogc2qgis/issues
• QGIS: https://qgis.org/
• OGC Standards: https://www.ogc.org/

📊 Status

This project is actively maintained. If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please open an issue on GitHub.