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You can download the latest version of the WMS the WMS Tester tool from from here.

Using the WMS Tester

The WMS Tester file, wmstest.jar, can be stored anywhere but for the purpose of simplicity we will assume it's been downloaded and stored in your c:\<weave installation folder>, e.g. c:\weave. It requires java to run so if you don't have Java installed you can use the Java executable that is installed with Weave (e.g. c:\weave\jre\bin).

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Parameter	Description
`-f, --file <filename>`	Filename of a text file that has a list of base URL's for the WMS services. Each line in the file should contain a single WMS URL.
`-u, --url <url>`	The base URL for the WMS service, this can be added more than once, but the -f command can also be used for multiple URL's.
`-e, --envelope <minx,miny,maxx,maxy>`	The envelope to use to draw the map. This is alternative to -l, and can not be set if -l is set.
`-l, --location <x,y,scale>`	The centre location to use to draw the map. This is alternative to -e, and can not be set if -e is set.
`-c, --crs <crs>`	The CRS to use for the map requests. If not set a suitable CRS wil be determined by the following logic: If all layers support WGS84 that will be used If all layers have a common CRS one of those will be used If a layer supports WGS84 that will be used If a layer supports any other CRS that will be used
`-x, --maxscale <scale>`	The maximum scale to use to generate the map.
`-s, --size <width,height>`	The width and height, in pixels, of the generated map image. The default is 400,400
`-D, --dpi <DPI>`	DPI to use when creating the map images. The default is 90.71.
`-t, --timeout <timeout>`	The network timeout in seconds. The default is 120
`-n, --nomap`	Just retrieve the capabilities document, and do not generate a map request.
`-o, --output <filename>`	Output results to a CSV file.
`-d, --dump <filename>`	Dump the generated images to a file, the default is image.zip.
`-b, --background <threads>`	Create all the connections in the background at the same time, rather than processing the URLs one by one. Including the <threads> value will specify how may tasks to do at once, if a value for <threads> is not set then all tasks will be performed at once, if this option isn't included at all then each task will be performed one after the other.
`-U, --username <username>`	Username to connect with, and must be supplied if the password is set.
`-P, --password <password>`	Password to connect with, and must be supplied if username is set.
`-q, --quiet`	Do not output results to the console.
`-h, --help`	Show this help and quit.
`-V, --version`	Print the version of the WMS Tester and exit.
`--ignorescales`	Don't make use of the scale ranges reported by the WMS service to adjust the extents of the generated map images.
`--format <format>`	Set the format of the image to generate, the default is `jpeg`is `jpg`. The image formats supported are dependant upon what the WMS server is setup to support.
	If neither `-l` or `-e` is set then the area to draw will be calculated based on the extent of the layer, but it will be adjusted if a maximum scale range has been applied to the layer, or `-x` is set, unless `--ignorescales` is specified.

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Return the layers in the WMS, the scale at which the layer is drawn and the time taken to draw layer (in milliseconds)

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c:\weave\jre\bin\java -jar c:\weave\wmstest.jar -u http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs
connected to http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs in 2,521ms
drew "topp:secondary_schools" as image/jpegjpg at 1:70,894 in 411ms
drew "topp:school_primary" as image/jpegjpg at 1:112,940 in 415ms
drew "topp:buildings" as image/jpegjpg at 1:119,980 in 417ms
drew "topp:busstops" as image/jpegjpg at 1:127,470 in 704ms
drew "topp:contour10" as image/jpegjpg at 1:154,230 in 930ms
drew "topp:contour05" as image/jpegjpg at 1:152,730 in 1,366ms
drew "topp:contour02" as image/jpegjpg at 1:152,720 in 2,765ms
drew "topp:contour01" as image/jpegjpg at 1:152,900 in 5,156ms
drew "topp:drainage" as image/jpegjpg at 1:127,120 in 764ms
drew "topp:sewer_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:136,970 in 711ms
drew "topp:water_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:187,430 in 1,710ms
drew "topp:busroutes" as image/jpegjpg at 1:130,490 in 431ms
drew "topp:road" as image/jpegjpg at 1:17,678 in 359ms
drew "topp:mainroad" as image/jpegjpg at 1:140,600 in 452ms
drew "topp:hydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:148,400 in 444ms
drew "topp:mainhydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:146,910 in 459ms
drew "topp:easement" as image/jpegjpg at 1:7,071 in 361ms
drew "topp:property_dissolved" as image/jpegjpg at 1:7,071 in 367ms
drew "topp:property" as image/jpegjpg at 1:7,071 in 363ms
drew "topp:ward" as image/jpegjpg at 1:147,260 in 431ms
drew "topp:suburb" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,110 in 461ms
drew "topp:mccbound" as image/jpegjpg at 1:147,300 in 426ms

Testing a WMS with background processing to simulate multiple users hitting the WMS server at the same time

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c:\weave\jre\bin\java -jar c:\weave\wmstest.jar -u http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs -b
connected to http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs in 2,825ms
drew "topp:secondary_schools" as image/jpeg at 1:72,316 in 13,051ms
drew "topp:ward" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,830 in 13,432ms
drew "topp:busroutes" as image/jpegjpg at 1:132,220 in 13,689ms
drew "topp:easement" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 13,856ms
drew "topp:property" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 14,133ms
drew "topp:hydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,100 in 14,472ms
drew "topp:school_primary" as image/jpegjpg at 1:114,310 in 14,643ms
drew "topp:mainhydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,790 in 14,664ms
drew "topp:buildings" as image/jpegjpg at 1:121,840 in 14,698ms
drew "topp:property_dissolved" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 14,809ms
drew "topp:mccbound" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,860 in 14,860ms
drew "topp:mainroad" as image/jpegjpg at 1:142,520 in 14,949ms
drew "topp:road" as image/jpegjpg at 1:25,000 in 14,962ms
drew "topp:suburb" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,750 in 15,435ms
drew "topp:busstops" as image/jpegjpg at 1:128,880 in 17,027ms
drew "topp:sewer_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:139,040 in 17,370ms
drew "topp:contour10" as image/jpegjpg at 1:156,830 in 17,761ms
drew "topp:drainage" as image/jpegjpg at 1:129,140 in 17,818ms
drew "topp:contour05" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 18,993ms
drew "topp:water_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:190,730 in 20,413ms
drew "topp:contour02" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 22,174ms
drew "topp:contour01" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 24,777ms

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c:\weave\jre\bin\java -jar c:\weave\wmstest.jar -u http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs -b 2
connected to http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs in 2,885ms
drew "topp:school_primary" as image/jpeg at 1:114,310 in 755ms
drew "topp:secondary_schools" as image/jpeg at 1:72,316 in 757ms
drew "topp:buildings" as image/jpegjpg at 1:121,840 in 781ms
drew "topp:busstops" as image/jpegjpg at 1:128,880 in 1,393ms
drew "topp:contour10" as image/jpegjpg at 1:156,830 in 1,629ms
drew "topp:contour05" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 2,310ms
drew "topp:contour02" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 5,141ms
drew "topp:drainage" as image/jpegjpg at 1:129,140 in 1,440ms
drew "topp:sewer_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:139,040 in 1,340ms
drew "topp:contour01" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 8,851ms
drew "topp:busroutes" as image/jpegjpg at 1:132,220 in 850ms
drew "topp:water_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:190,730 in 3,369ms
drew "topp:road" as image/jpegjpg at 1:25,000 in 769ms
drew "topp:mainroad" as image/jpegjpg at 1:142,520 in 696ms
drew "topp:hydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,100 in 730ms
drew "topp:mainhydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,790 in 787ms
drew "topp:easement" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 719ms
drew "topp:property_dissolved" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 764ms
drew "topp:property" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 749ms
drew "topp:ward" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,830 in 675ms
drew "topp:suburb" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,750 in 736ms
drew "topp:mccbound" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,860 in 629ms

Getting map images from a WMS: Creates a file (images.zip) in the current folder containing map images generated based on parameters submitted

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c:\weave\jre\bin\java -jar c:\weave\wmstest.jar -u http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs -d
connected to http://qgis/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/mnt/storage/weave/qgis/project.qgs in 2,914ms
drew "topp:secondary_schools" as image/jpeg at 1:72,316 in 406ms
drew "topp:school_primary" as image/jpegjpg at 1:114,310 in 425ms
drew "topp:buildings" as image/jpegjpg at 1:121,840 in 426ms
drew "topp:busstops" as image/jpegjpg at 1:128,880 in 730ms
drew "topp:contour10" as image/jpegjpg at 1:156,830 in 981ms
drew "topp:contour05" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 1,471ms
drew "topp:contour02" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 3,085ms
drew "topp:contour01" as image/jpegjpg at 1:155,440 in 5,450ms
drew "topp:drainage" as image/jpegjpg at 1:129,140 in 823ms
drew "topp:sewer_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:139,040 in 789ms
drew "topp:water_pipe" as image/jpegjpg at 1:190,730 in 1,876ms
drew "topp:busroutes" as image/jpegjpg at 1:132,220 in 462ms
drew "topp:road" as image/jpegjpg at 1:25,000 in 443ms
drew "topp:mainroad" as image/jpegjpg at 1:142,520 in 444ms
drew "topp:hydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,100 in 450ms
drew "topp:mainhydro" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,790 in 460ms
drew "topp:easement" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 437ms
drew "topp:property_dissolved" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 460ms
drew "topp:property" as image/jpegjpg at 1:10,000 in 466ms
drew "topp:ward" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,830 in 439ms
drew "topp:suburb" as image/jpegjpg at 1:151,750 in 476ms
drew "topp:mccbound" as image/jpegjpg at 1:149,860 in 433ms

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Saved on	27 Nov, 2016	26 Sept, 2021

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