Getting service metadata

Retrieving service metadata such as name, bounding box and capabilities. More information about Feature Layers can be found in the L.esri.FeatureLayer documentation.

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<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>Getting service metadata</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no" />

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    crossorigin=""></script>

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  <style>
    body { margin:0; padding:0; }
    #map { position: absolute; top:0; bottom:0; right:0; left:0; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

<style>
  #info {
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    right: 10px;
    z-index: 1000;
    background: white;
    padding: 1em;
  }
</style>

<div id="map"></div>
<div id="info" class="leaflet-bar"></div>
<script>
  var map = L.map('map').setView([37.837, -122.479], 8);

  L.esri.Vector.vectorBasemapLayer('ArcGIS:StreetsRelief', {
    apikey: apiKey // Replace with your API key - https://developers.arcgis.com
  }).addTo(map);

  var earthquakes = L.esri.featureLayer({
    url: 'https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Earthquakes_Since1970/MapServer/0'
  }).addTo(map);

  earthquakes.metadata(function (error, metadata) {
    if (error) {
      return;
    }

    var htmlContent = '<ul>';
    htmlContent += '<li>Name: ' + metadata.name + '</li>';
    htmlContent += '<li>Geometry Type: ' + metadata.geometryType + '</li>';
    htmlContent += '<li>Supported Query Formats: ' + metadata.supportedQueryFormats + '</li>';

    document.getElementById('info').innerHTML = htmlContent;
  });
</script>

</body>
</html>

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