Gets a download URL. When the URL is accessed, the FeatureCollection is downloaded in one of several formats.
Returns a download URL or undefined if a callback was specified.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.getDownloadURL(format, selectors, filename, callback) | Object|String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: featurecollection | FeatureCollection | The FeatureCollection instance. |
format | String, optional | The format of download, one of:
"csv", "json", "geojson", "kml", "kmz" ("json" outputs GeoJSON). If unspecified, defaults to "csv". |
selectors | List, optional | Feature property names used to select the attributes to be downloaded. If unspecified, all properties are included. |
filename | String, optional | Name of the file to be downloaded; extension is appended by default. If unspecified, defaults to "table". |
callback | Function, optional | An optional callback. If not supplied, the call is made synchronously. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
.filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');
// Get a download URL for the FeatureCollection.
var downloadUrl = fc.getDownloadURL({
format: 'CSV',
selectors: ['capacitymw', 'fuel1'],
filename: 'belgian_power_plants'
});
print('URL for downloading FeatureCollection as CSV', downloadUrl);
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(
'country_lg == "Belgium"')
# Get a download URL for the FeatureCollection.
download_url = fc.getDownloadURL(**{
'filetype': 'CSV',
'selectors': ['capacitymw', 'fuel1'],
'filename': 'belgian_power_plants',
})
print('URL for downloading FeatureCollection as CSV:', download_url)