Add fields from a feature to a feature in another layer

Question

I have a criteria to select the features from a layer that overlap the features of another layer, but i do not know how to copy the fields at the same time: Tyhe code does: - two layers (1 and 2) of polygons - if one feature of polygon2 overlap more than 80% one of polygon1, it selects it.

How to also copy the fields of polygon1 to add them to the fields of the selected polygon2?

from qgis.core import *
import processing
import os
mapcanvas = iface.mapCanvas()
layers = mapcanvas.layers()
#polygon1
feats_lyr1 = [ feat for feat in layers[0].getFeatures() ]
#polygon2
feats_lyr2 = [ feat for feat in layers[1].getFeatures() ]
selected_feats = []
for i, feat1 in enumerate(feats_lyr1):
 for j, feat2 in enumerate(feats_lyr2):
 if feat1.geometry().intersects(feat2.geometry()):
 area1 = feat1.geometry().intersection(feat2.geometry()).area()
 area2 = feat2.geometry().area()
 crit =area1/area2
 if crit > 0.8:
 selected_feats.append(feat2)
epsg = layers[0].crs().postgisSrid()
uri = "Polygon?crs=epsg:" + str(epsg) + "&index=yes"
mem_layer = QgsVectorLayer(uri,
 "mem_layer",
 "memory")
for i, feat in enumerate(selected_feats):
 feat.setAttributes(selected_feats[i].attributes())
prov = mem_layer.dataProvider()
attr = layers[1].dataProvider().fields().toList()
prov.addAttributes(attr)
mem_layer.updateFields()
prov.addFeatures(selected_feats)
QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(mem_layer)

Answer 1

Just add the source layer fields to a list, use addAttributes(), and updateFields() methods to add the fields:

prov = mem_layer.dataProvider()
attr = layers[0].dataProvider().fields().toList()
prov.addAttributes(attr)
mem_layer.updateFields()
prov.addFeatures(selected_feats)

• francois: Thanks for the answer! But how to get the correspondant fields of the other layer, in other word, in the loop, to add the fields of the feat1 to those of feat2?
• strythe: Use something like feat2.setAttributes(feat1.attributes())