get geometry type for layers

geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py

@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ def format_objects(self, objects):
                 if obj.storeType == 'remoteStore' and hasattr(obj, 'remote_service'):
                     formatted_obj['online'] = (obj.remote_service.probe == 200)
 
+            formatted_obj['gtype'] = self.dehydrate_gtype(bundle)
+
             # put the object on the response stack
             formatted_objects.append(formatted_obj)
         return formatted_objects
@@ -770,6 +772,9 @@ def dehydrate_links(self, bundle):
 
         return dehydrated
 
+    def dehydrate_gtype(self, bundle):
+        return bundle.obj.gtype
+
     def populate_object(self, obj):
         """Populate results with necessary fields
 

geonode/layers/models.py

@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ def service_typename(self):
     def attributes(self):
         return self.attribute_set.exclude(attribute='the_geom').order_by('display_order')
 
+    # layer geometry type.
+    @property
+    def gtype(self):
+        # return attribute type without 'gml:' and 'PropertyType'
+        return self.attribute_set.get(attribute='the_geom').attribute_type[4:-12]
+
     def get_base_file(self):
         """Get the shp or geotiff file for this layer.
         """