Time for action – adding a new style

Adding a new style is a routine task if you are going to publish data with REST. We will retrieve an existing style from GeoServer, update it, and then upload to GeoServer as a new one.

1. We will use PopulatedPlacesLabeled as a template for our new style. Send a request to GeoServer to retrieve it and save to the PopulatedPlacesBlueLabeled.xml file. Please note that we are sending a header to tell GeoServer that we want the SLD format. If you specify text/xml, you will get only a description of what the SLD is:

   curl -u admin:password -XGET -H 'Accept: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml' http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/styles/PopulatedPlacesLabeled -o PopulatedPlacesBlueLabeled.xml
   

2. In Python, the code is as follows:

   >>> myUrl =  'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/styles/PopulatedPlacesLabeled'
   >>> headers = {'Accept: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml'}
   >>> resp = requests.get(myUrl, auth=('admin','password'), headers=headers)

3. Now, open...