[GIS] How to get WFS GetCapabilities information as JSON

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I can get a WMS GetCapabilities response via AJAX call and I can convert response to JSON using ol.format.WMSCapabilities tool.

But I need to make a WFS GetCapabilities query via a AJAX request and get a JSON result.

How can I do it?

My GetCapabilities operation metadata is like this:

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Best Answer

For versions of the WFS interface standard prior to version 2.0, the only format supported as a response was XML.

From WFS version 2.0 whilst a WFS GetCapabilites defaults to XML a request can now include an AcceptFormats parameter which must include the "text/xml" value, but may include other vendor specified formats.

So you could make a request like:

http://aWFSsever/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS&AcceptFormats=application/json,text/xml&

If the server supports WFS 2.0 it will give you a JSON response if it supports it as a GetCapabilites response format, otherwise it will give you XML. If the server is not WFS 2.0 it will ignore the AcceptFormats parameter and give you XML.

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