Class: QgsProviderRegistry

class qgis.core.QgsProviderRegistry

Bases: sip.wrapper

A registry / canonical manager of data providers.

This is a Singleton class that manages data provider access.

Providers can be either loaded via libraries or native providers that are included in the core QGIS installation and accessed through function pointers.

Loaded providers may be restricted using QGIS_PROVIDER_FILE environment variable. QGIS_PROVIDER_FILE is regexp pattern applied to provider file name (not provider key). For example, if the variable is set to gdal|ogr|postgres it will load only providers gdal, ogr and postgres.

Enums

Methods

createProvider

Creates a new instance of a provider.

createProviderLibrary

Returns a new QLibrary for the specified providerKey.

createSelectionWidget

Returns a new widget for selecting layers from a provider.

databaseDrivers

Returns a string containing the available database drivers

decodeUri

Breaks a provider data source URI into its component paths (e.g.

directoryDrivers

Returns a string containing the available directory drivers

fileMeshDatasetFilters

Returns mesh’s dataset file filter string

fileMeshFilters

Returns mesh file filter string

fileRasterFilters

Returns raster file filter string

fileVectorFilters

Returns vector file filter string

function

Gets pointer to provider function

instance

Means of accessing canonical single instance

library

Returns path for the library of the provider.

libraryDirectory

Returns the library directory where plugins are found.

pluginList

Returns list of provider plugins found

protocolDrivers

Returns a string containing the available protocol drivers

providerCapabilities

Returns the provider capabilities

providerList

Returns list of available providers by their keys

providerMetadata

Returns metadata of the provider or None if not found

registerGuis

registerProvider

register a new vector data provider from its providerMetadata

setLibraryDirectory

Sets library directory where to search for plugins

Signals

Attributes

Embedded

Manager

None

Embedded = 1
Manager = 2
None = 0
class WidgetMode

Bases: int

createProvider(self, providerKey: str, dataSource: str, options: QgsDataProvider.ProviderOptions = QgsDataProvider.ProviderOptions()) → QgsDataProvider

Creates a new instance of a provider.

Parameters
  • providerKey – identifier of the provider

  • dataSource – string containing data source for the provider

  • options – provider options

Returns

new instance of provider or None on error

createProviderLibrary(self, providerKey: str) → QLibrary

Returns a new QLibrary for the specified providerKey. Ownership of the returned object is transferred to the caller and the caller is responsible for deleting it.

If the provider uses direct provider function pointers instead of a library None will be returned.

createSelectionWidget(self, providerKey: str, parent: QWidget = None, fl: Union[Qt.WindowFlags, Qt.WindowType] = Qt.WindowFlags(), widgetMode: QgsProviderRegistry.WidgetMode = QgsProviderRegistry.WidgetMode.None) → QWidget

Returns a new widget for selecting layers from a provider. Either the parent widget must be set or the caller becomes responsible for deleting the returned widget.

databaseDrivers(self) → str

Returns a string containing the available database drivers

decodeUri(self, providerKey: str, uri: str) → Dict[str, Any]

Breaks a provider data source URI into its component paths (e.g. file path, layer name).

Parameters
  • providerKey – identifier of the provider

  • uri – uri string

Returns

map containing components. Standard components include “path”, “layerName”, “url”.

Note

this function may not be supported by all providers, an empty map will be returned in such case

New in version 3.4.

directoryDrivers(self) → str

Returns a string containing the available directory drivers

fileMeshDatasetFilters(self) → str

Returns mesh’s dataset file filter string

Returns a string suitable for a QFileDialog of mesh datasets file formats supported by all data providers.

This walks through all data providers appending calls to their fileMeshFilters to a string, which is then returned.

New in version 3.6.

fileMeshFilters(self) → str

Returns mesh file filter string

Returns a string suitable for a QFileDialog of mesh file formats supported by all data providers.

This walks through all data providers appending calls to their fileMeshFilters to a string, which is then returned.

New in version 3.6.

fileRasterFilters(self) → str

Returns raster file filter string

Returns a string suitable for a QFileDialog of raster file formats supported by all data providers.

This walks through all data providers appending calls to their buildSupportedRasterFileFilter to a string, which is then returned.

Note

This replaces QgsRasterLayer.buildSupportedRasterFileFilter()

fileVectorFilters(self) → str

Returns vector file filter string

Returns a string suitable for a QFileDialog of vector file formats supported by all data providers.

This walks through all data providers appending calls to their fileVectorFilters to a string, which is then returned.

note

It’d be nice to eventually be raster/vector neutral.

function(self, providerKey: str, functionName: str) → sip.voidptr

Gets pointer to provider function

Parameters
  • providerKey – identifier of the provider

  • functionName – name of function

Returns

pointer to function or None on error. If the provider uses direct provider function pointers instead of a library None will be returned.

instance(pluginPath: str = '') → QgsProviderRegistry

Means of accessing canonical single instance

library(self, providerKey: str) → str

Returns path for the library of the provider.

If the provider uses direct provider function pointers instead of a library an empty string will be returned.

libraryDirectory(self) → QDir

Returns the library directory where plugins are found.

pluginList(self, asHtml: bool = False) → str

Returns list of provider plugins found

protocolDrivers(self) → str

Returns a string containing the available protocol drivers

providerCapabilities(self, providerKey: str) → int

Returns the provider capabilities

Parameters

providerKey – identifier of the provider

New in version 2.6.

providerList(self) → List[str]

Returns list of available providers by their keys

providerMetadata(self, providerKey: str) → QgsProviderMetadata

Returns metadata of the provider or None if not found

registerGuis(self, widget: QWidget)
registerProvider(self, providerMetadata: QgsProviderMetadata) → bool

register a new vector data provider from its providerMetadata

Returns

True on success, False if a provider with the same key was already registered

Note

ownership of the QgsProviderMetadata instance is transferred to the registry

New in version 3.2.

setLibraryDirectory(self, path: QDir)

Sets library directory where to search for plugins