geoserver - Get bounding box of WMS

Is it possible to request the bounding box of a WMS from GeoServer? In my case I have a WMS that I show with L.TileLayer.WMS in a Leaflet map. I like to center and zoom my map to the WMS.

Answer

If you check the response of the GetCapabilities request, you'll see that each layer has a Bounding Box property, which gives its extent.

For example, you'll get something like:

You will have to parse this yourself, using pure JavaScript Code. Leaflet doesn't have anything for parsing this.