Action in a popup 

This is a feature in Lizmap 3.4.

Principle 

This module allows to add action buttons in the popup which will trigger PostgreSQL queries and return a geometry to display on the map.

It reads a JSON configuration file which must be placed aside the QGIS project. This file lists the PostgreSQL actions to be added in the popup for one or many QGIS PostgreSQL vector layers.

Configuring the tool 

Each action is characterised by a layer, a name, a title, an icon, some optional options, style and callbacks.

Example of this JSON configuration file, name myproject.qgs.action if the QGIS project file is named myproject.qgs:

{
    "points_a7e8943b_7138_4788_a775_f94cbd0ad8b6": [
        {
            "name": "liztest",
            "title": "Tampon",
            "icon": "icon-leaf",
            "options": {
                "buffer_size": 5000
            },
            "style": {
                "graphicName": "circle",
                "pointRadius": 6,
                "fill": true,
                "fillColor": "lightblue",
                "fillOpacity": 0.3,
                "stroke": true,
                "strokeWidth": 4,
                "strokeColor": "blue",
                "strokeOpacity": 0.8
            },
            "callbacks": [
                {"method": "zoom"},
                {"method": "select", "layerId": "admin_level_8_fcfdc9e0_c9b9_4563_b803_e36f9e2eca6a"},
                {"method": "redraw", "layerId": "admin_level_8_fcfdc9e0_c9b9_4563_b803_e36f9e2eca6a"}
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The JSON configuration file lists the QGIS layers for which you want to declare actions. Each layer is defined by its QGIS layer ID, for example here points_a7e8943b_7138_4788_a775_f94cbd0ad8b6, and for each ID, a list of objects describing the actions to allow. Each action is an object defined by:

a name which is the action identifier.
a title which is used as a label in Lizmap interface
an icon which is displayed on the action button ( See https://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/base-css.html#icons )
an options object, giving some additional parameters for this action.
a style object allowing to configure the returned geometry style. It follows OpenLayers styling attributes.
a callbacks object allows to trigger some actions after the generated geometry is returned. They are defined by a method name, which can at present be:
- zoom: zoom to the returned geometry
- select: select the features from a given layer intersecting the returned geometry. The target layer QGIS ID must be added in the layerId property
- redraw: redraw a given layer. The target layer QGIS ID must be added in the layerId property.

Lizmap detects the presence of this configuration file, and adds the needed logic when the map loads. When the users clicks on an object of one of this layer in the map, the popup panel shows the feature data. At the top of each popup item, a toolbar will show one button per each layer action.

Each button triggers the corresponding action:

Lizmap backend checks if the action is well configured,
creates the PostgreSQL query and execute it in the layer PostgreSQL database.
This query returns a GeoJSON which is then displayed on the map.

The created query is build up by Lizmap web client and uses the PostgreSQL function lizmap_get_data(json) which must be created beforehand in the PostgreSQL database. This function also uses a more generic function query_to_geojson(text) which transforms any PostgreSQL query into a GeoJSON output. Here is an example below of the query executed by Lizmap, for the example configuration given above, when the users clicks on the button action liztest, for the feature with id 1 of the layer points corresponding to the PostgreSQL table test.points:

SELECT public.lizmap_get_data('{"layer_name":"points","layer_schema":"test","layer_table":"points","feature_id":1,"action_name":"liztest","buffer_size":5000}') AS data

You can see that Lizmap creates a JSON parameters with all needed information and run the PostgreSQL function lizmap_get_data. The following SQL code allows you to create the needed functions:

-- Returns a valid GeoJSON from any query
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION query_to_geojson(datasource text)
RETURNS json AS
$$
DECLARE
    sqltext text;
    ajson json;
BEGIN
    sqltext:= format('
        SELECT jsonb_build_object(
            ''type'',  ''FeatureCollection'',
            ''features'', jsonb_agg(features.feature)
        )::json
        FROM (
          SELECT jsonb_build_object(
            ''type'',       ''Feature'',
            ''id'',         id,
            ''geometry'',   ST_AsGeoJSON(ST_Transform(geom, 4326))::jsonb,
            ''properties'', to_jsonb(inputs) - ''geom''
          ) AS feature
          FROM (
              SELECT * FROM (%s) foo
          ) AS inputs
        ) AS features
    ', datasource);
    RAISE NOTICE 'SQL = %s', sqltext;
    EXECUTE sqltext INTO ajson;
    RETURN ajson;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
IMMUTABLE STRICT;
COMMENT ON FUNCTION query_to_geojson(text) IS 'Generate a valide GEOJSON from a given SQL query.';

-- Create a query depending on the action, layer and feature and returns a GeoJSON.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION lizmap_get_data(parameters json)
RETURNS json AS
$$
DECLARE
    feature_id integer;
    layer_name text;
    layer_table text;
    layer_schema text;
    action_name text;
    sqltext text;
    datasource text;
    ajson json;
BEGIN

    action_name:= parameters->>'action_name';
    feature_id:= (parameters->>'feature_id')::integer;
    layer_name:= parameters->>'layer_name';
    layer_schema:= parameters->>'layer_schema';
    layer_table:= parameters->>'layer_table';

    -- Action liztest
    -- Written here as an example
    -- Performs a buffer on the geometry
    IF action_name = 'liztest' THEN
        datasource:= format('
            SELECT
            %1$s AS id,
            ST_Buffer(geom, %4$s) AS geom
            FROM "%2$s"."%3$s"
            WHERE id = %1$s
        ',
        feature_id,
        layer_schema,
        layer_table,
        parameters->>'buffer_size'
        );
    ELSE
    -- Default : return geometry
        datasource:= format('
            SELECT
            %1$s AS id,
            geom
            FROM "%2$s"."%3$s"
            WHERE id = %1$s
        ',
        feature_id,
        layer_schema,
        layer_table
        );

    END IF;

    SELECT query_to_geojson(datasource)
    INTO ajson
    ;
    RETURN ajson;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
IMMUTABLE STRICT;
COMMENT ON FUNCTION lizmap_get_data(json) IS 'Generate a valide GEOJSON from an action described by a name, PostgreSQL schema and table name of the source data, a QGIS layer name, a feature id and additionnal options.';

The function lizmap_get_data(json) is provided here as an example. Since it is the key entry point, you need to adapt it to fit your needs.

You can use all the given parameters (action name, source data schema and table name, feature id, QGIS layer name) to create the appropriate query for your action(s), by using PostgreSQL IF THEN ELSIF ELSE clauses.

Action in a popup

Principle

Configuring the tool

Action in a popup 

Principle 

Configuring the tool 