Experimental

Adds a new attribute field with an optional default value.

vector schema attributes

Parameters

NameDescriptionRequiredDefault
inputInput vector layer.Requiredinput.shp
fieldNew field name.RequiredNEW_FIELD
field_typeField type: integer, float, text, boolean.Requiredfloat
defaultOptional default value.Optional
outputOutput vector path.Required

Examples

Adds a typed field to the layer schema.

wbe.add_field(default=0.0, field='NEW_FIELD', field_type='float', input='input.shp', output='add_field.shp')

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