Query OGC API with CQL Filters

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Query data from an OGC API feature service using CQL filters.

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Use case

CQL (Common Query Language) is an OGC-created query language used to query for subsets of features. Use CQL filters to narrow geometry results from an OGC feature table.

How to use the sample

The sample loads displaying a maximum of 1000 features within the OGC API feature service. Select a sample CQL query from the drop down menu. Optionally, adjust the max features value in the text box, and enter a date range such as June 13, 2011 (06/13/2011) to January 7, 2012 (01/07/2012) to narrow down the results based on time extent. Press the "Query" button to see the query applied to the OGC API features shown on the map.

How it works

  1. Create an OgcFeatureCollectionTable object using a URL to an OGC API feature service and a collection ID.
  2. Create QueryParameters and set a CQL filter string to it using queryParameters.setWhereClause().
  3. Set the maximum amount of features to be returned with queryParamters.setMaxFeatures().
  4. Create a new TimeExtent from start and end date values, and set it to the queryParameters.setTimeExtent() method.
  5. Populate the OGC feature collection table using populateFromService() with the custom QueryParameters created in the previous steps.
  6. Use mapView.setViewpointGeometryAsync() with the OGC feature collection table extent to view the newly-queried features.

Relevant API

  • OgcFeatureCollectionTable
  • QueryParameters
  • TimeExtent

About the data

The Daraa, Syria test data is OpenStreetMap data converted to the Topographic Data Store schema of NGA.

Additional information

See the OGC API website for more information on the OGC API family of standards. See the CQL documentation to learn more about the common query language.

Tags

browse, catalog, common query language, CQL, feature table, filter, OGC, OGC API, query, service, web

Sample Code

QueryOGCAPICQLFilters.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=QueryOGCAPICQLFilters, Category=Layers]
// [Legal]
// Copyright 2021 Esri.

// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// [Legal]
import QtQuick 2.12
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15

Rectangle {
    id: rootRectangle
    clip: true
    width: 800
    height: 600

    MapView {
        id: mapView
        anchors.fill: parent

        Map {
            initBasemapStyle: Enums.BasemapStyleArcGISTopographic

            FeatureLayer {
                OgcFeatureCollectionTable {
                    id: ogcFeatureCollectionTable
                    url: "https://demo.ldproxy.net/daraa"
                    collectionId: "TransportationGroundCrv"

                    // Enums.FeatureRequestModeManualCache specifies that features from the server will be stored locally for display and querying
                    // In this mode, ServiceFeatureTable::populateFromService() must be called to populate the local cache
                    featureRequestMode: Enums.FeatureRequestModeManualCache

                    onLoadStatusChanged: {
                        // ogcFeatureCollectionTable.load() will be automatically called when added to a FeatureLayer
                        // populateFromService() will be called with the initial viewpoint extent
                        if (ogcFeatureCollectionTable.loadStatus === Enums.LoadStatusLoaded)
                            ogcFeatureCollectionTable.populateFromService(queryParameters, false, []);
                    }
                }

                renderer: SimpleRenderer {
                    SimpleLineSymbol {
                        style: Enums.SimpleLineSymbolStyleSolid
                        color: "darkMagenta"
                        width: 3
                    }
                }
            }

            // initial viewPoint
            ViewpointCenter {
                targetScale: 200000
                center: Point {
                    x: 36.10
                    y: 32.62
                    spatialReference: SpatialReference {
                        wkid: 4326
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        QueryParameters {
            id: queryParameters

            // Set the default value for max features returned
            maxFeatures: 1000

            // Set the default where clause
            whereClause: "F_CODE = 'AP010'"
        }

        Rectangle {
            anchors {
                fill: controlColumn
                margins: -5
            }
            color: "#efefef"
            radius: 5
            border {
                color: "darkgray"
                width: 1
            }
        }

        Column {
            id: controlColumn
            anchors {
                left: parent.left
                top: parent.top
                margins: 10
            }
            spacing: 5

            Row {
                spacing: 5
                Text {
                    id: whereClauseText
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    text: "Where Clause"
                }

                ComboBox {
                    id: whereClauseMenu
                    width: 200
                    model: ["F_CODE = 'AP010'", "{ \"op\": \"=\", \"args\": [ { \"property\": \"F_CODE\" }, \"AP010\" ] }", "F_CODE LIKE 'AQ%'", "{\"op\": \"and\", \"args\":[{ \"op\": \"=\", \"args\":[{ \"property\" : \"F_CODE\" }, \"AP010\"]}, { \"op\": \"t_before\", \"args\":[{ \"property\" : \"ZI001_SDV\"},\"2013-01-01\"]}]}"]
                }
            }

            Row {
                spacing: 8
                Text {
                    id: maxFeatureText
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    text: "Max Features"
                }

                TextField {
                    id: maxFeatureField
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    width: 200
                    text: "1000"
                    selectByMouse: true
                    validator: IntValidator {}
                }
            }

            Row {
                spacing: 8
                Text {
                    id: fromField
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    text: "From"
                    rightPadding: 40
                }

                TextField {
                    id: fromDate
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    width: 200
                    text: ""
                    selectByMouse: true
                    validator: RegExpValidator {
                        regExp: /(0[1-9]|1[012])[/](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[/](19|20)\d\d/
                    }
                    placeholderText: "MM/DD/YYYY"
                }
            }

            Row {
                spacing: 8
                Text {
                    id: toField
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    text: "To"
                    rightPadding: 53
                }

                TextField {
                    id: toDate
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                    width: 200
                    text: ""
                    selectByMouse: true
                    validator: RegExpValidator {
                        regExp: /(0[1-9]|1[012])[/](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[/](19|20)\d\d/
                    }
                    placeholderText: "MM/DD/YYYY"
                }
            }

            Button {
                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                text: "Query"


                onClicked: {
                    if (!ogcFeatureCollectionTable)
                        return;

                    queryParameters.whereClause = whereClauseMenu.currentText
                    queryParameters.geometry = mapView.currentViewpointExtent.extent
                    queryParameters.maxFeatures = maxFeatureField.text

                    if (fromDate.text && toDate.text) {
                        const startDate = new Date(Date.fromLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), fromDate.text, "MM/dd/yyyy"));
                        const endDate = new Date(Date.fromLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), toDate.text, "MM/dd/yyyy"));

                        const newTimeExtent = ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.createObject("TimeExtent", {
                                                                                        "startTime": startDate,
                                                                                        "endTime": endDate
                                                                                    });

                        queryParameters.timeExtent = newTimeExtent;
                    }

                    // Populate the feature collection table with features that match the parameters,
                    // clear the cache to prepare for the new query results, and store all table fields
                    ogcFeatureCollectionTable.populateFromService(queryParameters, true, []);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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