Describe Named Maps

Description

Takes a list of maps as the input and gives the description of those maps.

HTTP POST URL Format

The following format is used for HTTP POST requests:


HTTP POST:	/maps.json
POST DATA:	{
                     "namedMapsList": ["/Samples/NamedMaps/CountriesWithShapeTable",
                        "/Samples/NamedMaps/MapWithLayer",
                        "/DoesNotExist"]
                 }

POST BODY: Content-Type:application/json {list of maps}

Parameters

For information on the parameter types listed below, see Request URL Data Types.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
maps=`<maps>`	List of Strings	optional	Comma-separated list containing paths of maps that needs to be described. For example: /Samples/NamedMaps/CountriesWithShapeTable,/Samples/NamedMaps/MapWithLayer.

Returns

Returns the metadata of maps.

Example

Returns the metadata for the CountriesWithShapeTable and MapWithLayer maps located in the /Samples/NamedMaps directory in the repository, in the Locale English (US).


http://<server>:<port>/rest/Spatial/MappingService/maps.json
	{
            "namedMapsList": ["/Samples/NamedMaps/CountriesWithShapeTable",
                        "/Samples/NamedMaps/MapWithLayer",
                        "/DoesNotExist"]
	}

The following example shows the JSON object returned in the response:

{
  "maps": [
    {
      "MapDescription": {...}
    },
    {
      "MapDescription": {...}
    }
  ],
  "errorMessages": [
    {
      "name": "/DoesNotExist",
     "message": "RepositoryEx_ResourceNotFound: Resource was not found - /DoesNotExist"
    }
  ]
}