WFS

WFS Request

The Sentinel Hub WFS (Web Feature Service) service conforms to the WFS standard. It provides access to the geometric (vector) metadata about the available data collection tiles. As with the WMS service, WFS is also only available via a user-preconfigured custom server instance URL.

See our OGC API Webinar, which will guide you through different OGC services, including WFS, help you understand the structure, show you how to run the requests in different environments and how they can be integrated with QGIS, ArcGIS and web applications.

There are two available server sites, that can be accessed via WFS requests; "services" and "eocloud". When making WFS requests, it is important to realize which one is being used, since data IDs, called TYPENAMES, url paths and INSTANCE_ID’s differ.

The base URL for the WFS service:

For AWS services: https://services.sentinel-hub.com/ogc/wfs/{INSTANCE_ID}

For eocloud: https://eocloud.sentinel-hub.com/v1/wfs/{INSTANCE_ID}

For AWS services, Instance ID should be obtained from the account in main dashboard.

For eocloud, Instance ID should be obtained from the account in eocloud wms configurator. Contact us to create an account.

The service supports many vector formats, including GML, XML, JSON and also raw HTML and plain text. Check GetCapabilities for a list of all supported formats. It supports WFS version 2.0.0.

WFS URL Parameters

Standard common WFS URL parameters (parameter names are case insensitive):

In addition to the standard WFS request parameters the WFS service also supports many custom URL parameters. See Custom service URL parameters for details.

Standard GetFeature request URL parameters:

Standard DescribeFeatureType request URL parameters: