Flags:

-l

Download server capabilities to ’wms_capabilities.xml’ in the current directory and exit

-r

Restrict fetch to features which touch the current region

--overwrite

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help

Print usage summary

--verbose

Verbose module output

--quiet

Quiet module output

--ui

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

url=string [required]

Base URL starting with ’http’ and ending in ’?’

output=name [required]

Name for output vector map

name=string[,string,...]

Comma separated names of data layers to download

layer=string[,string,...]

Name of data layers to import

srs=string

Specify alternate spatial reference system (example: EPSG:4326)
The given code must be supported by the server, consult the capabilities file

maximum_features=integer

Maximum number of features to download
(default: unlimited)

start_index=integer

Skip earlier feature IDs and start downloading at this one
(default: start with the first feature)

version=string

version of WFS, e.g.:1.0.0 or 2.0.0
Default: 1.0.0

username=string

Username or file with username or environment variable name with username

password=string

Password or file with password or environment variable name with password

WFS import without credentials

Import of Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite scene footprints:

# run in Latitude-Longitude project (EPGS code 4326):
# download "sentinel:mgrs" layer:
v.in.wfs url="https://geoserver.mundialis.de/geoserver/sentinel/wfs?" name="sentinel:mgrs" output=sentinel2_mgrs
# download NRW ALKIS "ave:Flurstueck" attribute:
# set the AOI beforehand with g.region and limit import to current region with -r flag
v.in.wfs url="https://www.wfs.nrw.de/geobasis/wfs_nw_alkis_vereinfacht?" -r output=wfs_alkis_vereinfacht srs=25832
name="ave:Flurstueck" version="2.0.0" layer="Flurstueck"

WFS import with API key

Download 25 ship wrecks from LINZ data service:
(first create yourself a free API key at http://data.linz.govt.nz/p/web-services/)

# run in LatLong project:
URL=’http://wfs.data.linz.govt.nz/<PUT YOUR API KEY HERE>/wfs?’
# download list of available layers to wms_capabilities.xml
v.in.wfs -l url="$URL"

v.in.wfs url="$URL" output=linz_hydro_25_wrecks name="v:x633" srs="EPSG:4326" max=25