Simple Script to work with Cascaded WMS Stores and Layers with gsconfig.py

gistfile1.txt

#! /usr/bin/env python

from geoserver.catalog import Catalog
from geoserver.resource import WmsLayer
from owslib.wms import WebMapService

url = "http://geonode.opensandiego.org/geoserver-geonode-dev/wms"

cat = Catalog('http://localhost:8001/geoserver/rest', 'admin', 'admin')

geonode_ws = cat.get_workspace("geonode")

ws = cat.create_wmsstore("maps.opensandiego.org",geonode_ws)
ws.capabilitiesURL =  url
ws.type = "WMS"
cat.save(ws)

wms = WebMapService(url, version='1.1.1')
for layer in wms.contents:
    lyr = cat.get_resource(layer)
    if(lyr == None):
        cat.create_wmslayer(geonode_ws, ws, layer)