For reference this API example, with the data path internal to Geoserver doesn't work in Ubuntu either.
curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H "Content-type: text/plain" -d "file:///data/shapefiles/rivers/rivers.shp" http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/acme/datastores/rivers/external.shp I ended up using the Importer extension. It sounds like this is the way forward. I would be happy to assist by amending the documentation if I am able to understand how the API should behave. Cheers. From: Russell Grew Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2020 9:29 AM To: 'geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net' <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: REST API on Windows not recognising data directory Hi, I am running Geoserver 2.17.1 on Windows 10 with OpenJDK 11 and exploring the REST API for the first time. Following https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/rest/stores.html#adding-an-existing-shapefile I am trying to add a data store for files already on the server. A GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR environment variable is defined, pointing to d:\geoserver_data_dir. This works curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -d "file:d:\geoserver_data_dir\data\russell\groundwater_divide.shp" "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/russell/datastores/test/external.shp"; The below, and any variation on it that I can think of (file://<file:///>, file:///, backslashes in the path, running in bash) does not work. curl -v -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -d "file:data/russell/groundwater_divide.shp" "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/russell/datastores/bar/external.shp"; When I inspect shapefile stores in the UI the locations look like the example "file:data/shapefiles/states.shp" or similar. The Geoserver log shows 2020-07-30 09:04:11,705 ERROR [geoserver.rest] - Failed to locate the input file file:data/russell/groundwater_divide.shp org.geoserver.rest.RestException 400 BAD_REQUEST: Failed to locate the input file file:data/russell/groundwater_divide.shp I attach the curl output and also the logging with geoserver developer details. Any advice is appreciated. I have the same problem with Tomcat, or the platform independent binary. Thanks, Russell.
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