A pure Python MapFile parser for working with MapServer
Project description
A pure Python MapFile parser for working with MapServer, built using Lark
An online formatter demonstrating the libraries capabilities can be found at: http://mappyfile.geographika.net/
A presentation on mappyfile was given at FOSS4G Europe 2017 - slides are available for download here.
Requirements
Python 2.7 or Python 3.x
Installation
mappyfile is available on PyPI (Python Package Index), and can be installed using pip:
pip install mappyfileThis will also install its required dependences Lark (lark-parser), and jsonschema.
Documentation
Documentation at http://mappyfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Usage
import mappyfile
mapfile = mappyfile.load("./docs/examples/raster.map")
# update the map name
mapfile["name"] = "MyNewMap"
new_layer_string = """
LAYER
NAME 'land'
TYPE POLYGON
DATA '../data/vector/naturalearth/ne_110m_land'
CLASS
STYLE
COLOR 107 208 107
OUTLINECOLOR 2 2 2
WIDTH 1
END
END
END
"""
new_layer = mappyfile.loads(new_layer_string)
layers.insert(0, new_layer) # can insert the new layer at any index
print(mappyfile.dumps(mapfile))Contributors
Julien Enselme @jenselme
Loïc Gasser @loicgasser
Ian Turton @ianturton
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