Hi, You must install a proxy script to retrieve information from remote domains via an XMLHttpRequest.
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost Then you can use the class OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities to parse the response like this: var capabilitiesRequest = OpenLayers.Request.GET({ url: "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS";, success: parseWmsCapabilities, failure: function(response) {} }); var parseWmsCapabilities = function(response) { var wmsParser = new OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities(); var wmsCapabilities = wmsParser.read(response.responseText); for(var i=0; i<wmsCapabilities.capability.layers.length; ++i) { alert(wmsCapabilities.capability.layers[i].name); } } Best regards, Gabriel Nolasco Hi all, I want to get WMSGetCapabilites from server. The URL is http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS and works fine. But when I "execute" the next code the request never ends or returns me a empty response. Anybody can help me clarifiying me how to get wms capabilities and later get the available layer names? Thanks in advance. <html> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <script type="text/javascript" src='./js/ol/OpenLayers.js'></script> <script type="text/javascript"> request = OpenLayers.Request.GET({ url: " http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS";, success: function(request){ alert(request.responseText); }, failure: function(request){ alert('BOOOOOO!'); } }); </script> </head> <body> the body content </body> </html>
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