arcgis.gis module

The gis module provides an information model for GIS hosted within ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. This module provides functionality to manage (create, read, update and delete) GIS users, groups and content. This module is the most important and provides the entry point into the GIS.

GIS

class arcgis.gis.GIS(url=None, username=None, password=None, key_file=None, cert_file=None, verify_cert=True, set_active=True, client_id=None, profile=None)

A GIS is representative of ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. The GIS object provides helper objects to manage (search, create, retrieve) GIS resources such as content, users and groups.

Additionally, the GIS object has properties to query it’s state, accessible using the properties attribute.

The GIS provides a mapping widget that can be used in the Jupyter notebook environment for visualizing GIS content as well as the results of your analysis. To create a new map, call the map() method.

content

groups

map(location=None, zoomlevel=None)

Creates a map widget centered at the location (Address or (lat, long) tuple) with the specified zoom-level(integer). If an Address is provided, it is geocoded using the GIS’s configured geocoders and if a match is found, the geographic extent of the matched address is used as the map extent. If a zoomlevel is also provided, the map is centered at the matched address instead and the map is zoomed to the specified zoomlevel.

Note: The map widget is only supported within Jupyter Notebook.

properties

update_properties(properties_dict)

Updates the GIS’s properties from those in properties_dict

users

Item

class arcgis.gis.Item(gis, itemid, itemdict=None)

Bases: dict

An item (a unit of content) in the GIS. Each item has a unique identifier and a well known URL that is independent of the user owning the item. An item can have associated binary or textual data that’s available via the item data resource. For example, an item of type Map Package returns the actual bits corresponding to the map package via the item data resource.

Items that have layers (eg FeatureLayerCollection items and ImageryLayer items) and tables have the dynamic layers and tables properties to get to the individual layers/tables in this item.

add_comment(comment)

Adds a comment to an item. Available only to authenticated users who have access to the item.

Parameters:

comment:text comment to a specific item

Output:

comment ID is successful, None on failure

add_relationship(rel_item, rel_type)

Adds a relationship from this item to rel_item. Relationships are not tied to an item. They are directional links from an origin item to a destination item and have a type. The type defines the valid origin and destination item types as well as some rules. See Relationship types in REST API help for more information. Users don’t have to own the items they relate unless so defined by the rules of the relationship type. Users can only delete relationships they create. Relationships are deleted automatically if one of the two items is deleted.

rel_item is the related item rel_type is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’]. See Relationship types in REST API help for more information on this parameter Returns True if the relationship was added

comments

returns a list of comments on a given item

create_tile_service(title, min_scale, max_scale, cache_info=None, build_cache=False)

allows publishers and administrators to publish hosted feature layers and hosted feature layer views as a tile service.

Argument	Description
title	required string, name of the new service Example: “SeasideHeightsNJTiles”
min_scale	required float, the smallest scale to view data Example: 577790.0
max_scale	required float, the largest scale to view data. Example: 80000.0
cache_info	optional dictionary, if not none, administrator provides the tile cache info for the service. The default is the AGOL scheme
build_cache	optional boolean, default False, if True, the cache will be built at publishing time. This will increase the time it takes to publish the service.

delete()

Deletes an item.

Returns:a boolean, indicating success

delete_rating()

Removes the rating the calling user added for the specified item

delete_relationship(rel_item, rel_type)

Deletes a relationship between this item and the rel_item. rel_item is the related item rel_type is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’] Returns True if the relationship was deleted

dependent_to()

Returns items and urls, etc dependend upon this item.

dependent_upon()

Returns items and urls, etc that this items depends upon

download(save_path=None)

Downloads the data to the specified folder or a temporary folder if a folder isn’t provided :param save_path: Optional, location to download the file as a string :return: Returns download path if data was available else None.

download_metadata(save_folder=None)

Downloads the item metadata for the specified item id, returns file path. Returns None if the item does not have metadata. Items with metadata have ‘Metadata’ in their typeKeywords

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)

Downloads the item thumbnail for this item, returns file path.

export(title, export_format, parameters=None, wait=True)

Exports a service item to the specified output format. Available only to users with an organizational subscription. Invokable only by the service item owner or an administrator.

Parameters:

export_format:

The format to export the data to. Allowed types: ‘Shapefile’, ‘CSV’,

‘File Geodatabase’, ‘Feature Collection’, ‘GeoJson’, ‘Scene Package’, ‘KML’]

parameters:

A JSON object describing the layers to be exported and the export parameters for each layer.

wait:

boolean value that

Output:

Item or dictionary. Item is returned when wait=True. A dictionary describing the status of the item is returned when wait=False. This means the user has to check if the item is exported successfully. This is useful for long running exports that could hold up a script.

get_data(try_json=True)

Returns the data for the item. Binary files are downloaded and the path to the downloaded file is returned. For JSON/text files, if try_json is True, the method tries to convert it to a Python dict and returns it, else returns the data as a string. Zero byte files will return None. To convert this dict to string use json.dumps(data). Else, returns the data as a byte array, that can be converted to string using data.decode(‘utf-8’)

get_thumbnail()

Returns the bytes that make up the thumbnail for this item.

Arguments

None.

Returns

bytes that represent the item.

Example

response = item.get_thumbnail()
f = open(filename, 'wb')
f.write(response)

get_thumbnail_link()

URL to the thumbnail image

metadata

Returns the item metadata for the specified item. Returns None if the item does not have metadata. Items with metadata have ‘Metadata’ in their typeKeywords

move(folder, owner=None)

Move this item to the folder with the given name.

Argument	Description
folder	required string, the name of the folder to move the item to. Use ‘/’ for the root folder. For other folders, pass in the folder name as a string, or a dict containing the folder ‘id’, such as the dict obtained from the folders property.
owner	optional string or Owner object, The name of the user to move to.

Returns:a json object like the following: {

“success”: true | false, “itemId”: “<item id>”, “owner”: “<owner username>”, “folder”: “<folder id>”

}

protect(enable=True)

Enable or disable delete protection on the item

Argument	Description
enable	optional boolean, True to enable delete protection, False to to disable it

Returns:a json object like the following: {

“success”: true | false

}

proxies

All ArcGIS Online hosted proxy services set on a registered app item with the Registered App type keyword. This resource is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

publish(publish_parameters=None, address_fields=None, output_type=None, overwrite=False, file_type=None)

Publishes a hosted service based on an existing source item (this item). Publishers can create feature, tiled map, vector tile and scene services.

Feature services can be created using input files of type csv, shapefile, serviceDefinition, featureCollection, and fileGeodatabase. CSV files that contain location fields, (ie.address fields or X, Y fields) are spatially enabled during the process of publishing. Shapefiles and file geodatabases should be packaged as *.zip files.

Tiled map services can be created from service definition (*.sd) files, tile packages, and existing feature services.

Vector tile services can be created from vector tile package (*.vtpk) files.

Scene services can be created from scene layer package (*.spk, *.slpk) files.

Service definitions are authored in ArcGIS for Desktop and contain both the cartographic definition for a map as well as its packaged data together with the definition of the geo-service to be created.

Returns:an arcgis.gis.Item object corresponding to the published web layer

Note

ArcGIS does not permit overwriting if you published multiple hosted feature layers from the same data item.

rating

Returns the rating given by the current user to the item, if any.

reassign_to(target_owner, target_folder=None)

Allows the administrator to reassign a single item from one user to another.

Note

If you wish to move all of a user’s items (and groups) to another user then use the user.reassign_to() method. This method only moves one item at a time.

Argument	Description
item_id	required string, unique identifier for the item
target_owner	required string, desired owner of the item
target_folder	optional string, folder to move the item to.

Returns:a boolean, indicating success

related_items(rel_type, direction='forward')

Returns items related to this item. Relationsships can be added and deleted using item.add_relationship() and item.delete_relationship() respectively. rel_type is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’] direction is one of [‘forward’, ‘reverse’]

share(everyone=False, org=False, groups=None, allow_members_to_edit=False)

Shares an item with the specified list of groups

Returns:dict with key “notSharedWith” containing array of groups with which the item could not be shared.

status(job_id=None, job_type=None)

Inquire about status when publishing an item, adding an item in async mode, or adding with a multipart upload. “Partial” is available for Add Item Multipart, when only a part is uploaded and the item is not committed.

Input:

job_type The type of asynchronous job for which the status has

to be checked. Default is none, which check the item’s status. This parameter is optional unless used with the operations listed below. Values: publish, generateFeatures, export,

and createService

job_id - The job ID returned during publish, generateFeatures,

export, and createService calls.

unshare(groups)

Stops sharing the item with the specified list of groups

Argument	Description
groups	Optional string list. List of group names as strings, or list of arcgis.gis.Group objects. You can also pass a comma-separated list of group IDs.

Returns:dict with key “notUnsharedFrom” containing array of groups from which the item could not be unshared.

update(item_properties=None, data=None, thumbnail=None, metadata=None)

Updates an item in a Portal.

Note

That content can be a file (such as a layer package, geoprocessing package, map package) or it can be a URL (to an ArcGIS Server service, WMS service, or an application).

If you are uploading a package or other file, provide a path or URL to the file in the data argument.

Only pass in arguments for properties you want to update. All other properties will be left as they are. If you want to update description, then only provide the description argument in item_properties.

URL 1: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#//02r3000000ms000000

Returns:a boolean, that indicates success.

User

class arcgis.gis.User(gis, username, userdict=None)

Bases: dict

Represents a registered user of the GIS (ArcGIS Online, or Portal for ArcGIS).

delete(reassign_to=None)

Deletes this user from the portal, optionally deleting or reassigning groups and items.

Note

You can not delete a user in Portal if that user owns groups or items. If you specify someone in the reassign_to argument then items and groups will be transferred to that user. If that argument is not set then the method will fail if the user has items or groups that need to be reassigned.

Argument	Description
reassign_to	optional string or User, new owner of items and groups

Returns:a boolean indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed.

disable()

The Disable operation (POST only) disables login access for the user. It is only available to the administrator of the organization

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)

Downloads the item thumbnail for this user, returns file path.

enable()

The Disable operation (POST only) disables login access for the user. It is only available to the administrator of the organization

folders

list of the user’s folders

get_thumbnail()

Returns the bytes that make up the thumbnail for this user.

Arguments

None.

Returns

bytes that represent the image.

Example

response = user.get_thumbnail()
f = open(filename, 'wb')
f.write(response)

get_thumbnail_link()

URL to the thumbnail image

items(folder=None, max_items=100)

Returns a list of items in the specified folder.

For content in the root folder, use the default value of None for the folder.

For other folders, pass in the folder name as a string, or a dict containing the folder ‘id’, such as the dict obtained from the folders property.

notifications

The list of notifications available for the given user.

reassign_to(target_username)

Reassigns all of this user’s items and groups to another user.

Items are transferred to the target user into a folder named <user>_<folder> where user corresponds to the user whose items were moved and folder corresponds to the folder that was moved.

Note

This method must be executed as an administrator. This method also can not be undone. The changes are immediately made and permanent.

Argument	Description
target_username	required string or User, user who will own items/groups after this.

Returns:a boolean indicating success

reset(password, new_password=None, new_security_question=None, new_security_answer=None)

Resets a user’s password, security question, and/or security answer.

Note

This function does not apply to those using enterprise accounts that come from an enterprise such as ActiveDirectory, LDAP, or SAML. It only has an effect on built-in users.

If a new security question is specified, a new security answer should be provided.

Argument	Description
password	required string, current password
new_password	optional string, new password if resetting password
new_security_question	optional int, new security question if desired
new_security_answer	optional string, new security question answer if desired

Returns:a boolean, indicating success

update(access=None, preferred_view=None, description=None, tags=None, thumbnail=None, fullname=None, email=None, culture=None, region=None)

Updates this user’s properties.

Note

Only pass in arguments for properties you want to update. All other properties will be left as they are. If you want to update description, then only provide the description argument.

Argument	Description
access	optional string, values: private, org, public
preferred_view	optional string, values: Web, GIS, null
description	optional string, a description of the user.
tags	optional string (comma-separated tags) or list of tags
thumbnail	optional string, path or url to a file. can be PNG, GIF, JPEG, max size 1 MB
fullname	optional string, name of the user, only for built-in users
email	optional string, email address, only for built-in users
culture	optional string, two-letter language code, fr for example
region	optional string, two-letter country code, FR for example

Returns:a boolean indicating success

update_role(role)

Updates this user’s role to org_user, org_publisher, org_admin or a custom role

Note

There are four types of roles in Portal - user, publisher, administrator and custom roles A user can share items, create maps, create groups, etc. A publisher can do everything a user can do and create hosted services. An administrator can do everything that is possible in Portal. A custom roles privileges can be customized

Argument	Description
role	required string, one of these values org_user, org_publisher, org_admin OR Role object (from gis.users.roles)

Returns:a boolean, that indicates success

Group

class arcgis.gis.Group(gis, groupid, groupdict=None)

Bases: dict

Represents a group (for example, San Bernardino Fires) within the GIS (ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS)

add_users(usernames)

Adds users to this group. .. note:

This method will only work if the user for the
Portal object is either an administrator for the entire
Portal or the owner of the group.

Argument	Description
usernames	list of usernames

Returns:A dictionary with a key of “not_added” which contains the users that were not added to the group.

applications

Lists the group applications for the given group. Available to administrators of the group or administrators of an organization if the group is part of one.

content(max_items=1000)

Returns a list of items shared with this group.

delete()

Deletes this group.

Returns

a boolean indicating whether it was successful.

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)

Downloads the group thumbnail for this group, returns file path.

get_members()

Returns members of this group.

Arguments

None.

Returns

a dictionary with keys: owner, admins, and users.

Key	Value
owner	string value, the group’s owner
admins	list of strings, typically this is the same as the owner
users	list of strings, the members of the group

Example (to print users in a group)

response = group.get_members()
for user in response['users'] :
    print user

get_thumbnail()

Returns the bytes that make up the thumbnail for this group.

Arguments

None

Returns

bytes that represent the image.

Example

response = group.get_thumbnail()
f = open(filename, 'wb')
f.write(response)

get_thumbnail_link()

URL to the thumbnail image

invite_users(usernames, role='group_member', expiration=10080)

Invites users to this group.

Note

A user who is invited to this group will see a list of invitations in the “Groups” tab of portal listing invitations. The user can either accept or reject the invitation.

Requires

The user executing the command must be group owner

Argument	Description
usernames:	a required string list of users to invite
role:	an optional string, either group_member or group_admin
expiration:	an optional int, specifies how long the invitation is valid for in minutes.

Returns:a boolean that indicates whether the call succeeded.

join()

Users apply to join a group using the Join Group operation. This creates a new group application, which the group administrators accept or decline. This operation also creates a notification for the user indicating that they have applied to join this group. Available only to authenticated users. Users can only apply to join groups to which they have access. If the group is private, users will not be able to find it to ask to join it. Information pertaining to the applying user, such as their full name and username, can be sent as part of the group application.

leave()

Removes the logged in user from the specified group.

Requires:

User must be logged in.

Arguments:

None.

Returns:a boolean indicating whether the operation was successful.

reassign_to(target_owner)

Reassigns this group to another owner.

Argument	Description
target_owner	required string, username of new group owner

Returns:a boolean, indicating success

remove_users(usernames)

Remove users from this group.

Argument	Description
usernames	required string, comma-separated list of users

Returns:a dictionary with a key notRemoved that is a list of users not removed.

update(title=None, tags=None, description=None, snippet=None, access=None, is_invitation_only=None, sort_field=None, sort_order=None, is_view_only=None, thumbnail=None)

Updates this group.

Note

Only provide the values for the arguments you wish to update.

Argument	Description
title	optional string, name of the group
tags	optional string (comma-delimited list of tags) or list of tags as strings
description	optional string, describes group in detail
snippet	optional string, <250 characters summarizes group
access	optional string, can be private, public, or org
thumbnail	optional string, URL or file location to group image
is_invitation_only	optional boolean, defines whether users can join by request.
sort_field	optional string, specifies how shared items with the group are sorted.
sort_order	optional string, asc or desc for ascending or descending.
is_view_only	optional boolean, defines whether the group is searchable

Returns:a boolean indicating success

Datastore

class arcgis.gis.Datastore(datastore, path)

Bases: dict

Represents a datastore (folder, database or bigdata fileshare) within the GIS’s data store

datasets

Returns the datasets in the data store (currently implemented for big data file shares.)

delete()

Unregisters this data item from the data store

manifest

The manifest resource for bigdata fileshares,

ref_count

The total number of references to this data item that exist on the server. You can use this property to determine if this data item can be safely deleted (or taken down for maintenance).

update(item)

Edits this data item to update its connection information.

Input

item - the dict representation of the updated item

Output:

True if successful

validate()

Validates that this data item’s path (for file shares) or connection string (for databases) is accessible to every server node in the site

Output:

True if successful

Role

class arcgis.gis.Role(gis, role_id, role)

Bases: object

A custom role in the GIS

delete()

Deletes this role and returns True if the operation was successful

description

Description of the custom role

name

Name of the custom role

privileges

Privileges for the custom role as a list of strings

Supported privileges with predefined permissions are: Administrative Privileges:

Members

• portal:admin:viewUsers: grants the ability to view full member account information within organization.
• portal:admin:updateUsers: grants the ability to update member account information within organization.
• portal:admin:deleteUsers: grants the ability to delete member accounts within organization.
• portal:admin:inviteUsers: grants the ability to invite members to organization. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)
• portal:admin:disableUsers: grants the ability to enable and disable member accounts within organization.
• portal:admin:changeUserRoles: grants the ability to change the role a member is assigned within organization; however, it does not grant the ability to promote a member to, or demote a member from, the Administrator role. That privilege is reserved for the Administrator role alone.
• portal:admin:manageLicenses: grants the ability to assign licenses to members of organization.
• portal:admin:reassignUsers: grants the ability to assign all groups and content of a member to another within organization.

Groups

• portal:admin:viewGroups: grants the ability to view all groups within organization.
• portal:admin:updateGroups: grants the ability to update groups within organization.
• portal:admin:deleteGroups: grants the ability to delete groups within organization.
• portal:admin:reassignGroups: grants the ability to reassign groups to other members within organization.
• portal:admin:assignToGroups: grants the ability to assign members to, and remove members from, groups within organization.
• portal:admin:manageEnterpriseGroups: grants the ability to link group membership to an enterprise group. (This privilege is only applicable to Portal for ArcGIS.)

Content

• portal:admin:viewItems: grants the ability to view all content within organization.
• portal:admin:updateItems: grants the ability to update content within organization.
• portal:admin:deleteItems: grants the ability to delete content within organization.
• portal:admin:reassignItems: grants the ability to reassign content to other members within organization.
• portal:admin:shareToGroup: grants the ability to share other member’s content to groups the user belongs to.
• portal:admin:shareToOrg: grants the ability to share other member’s content to organization.
• portal:admin:shareToPublic: grants the ability to share other member’s content to all users of the portal.

ArcGIS Marketplace Subscriptions

• marketplace:admin:purchase: grants the ability to request purchase information about apps and data in ArcGIS Marketplace. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)
• marketplace:admin:startTrial: grants the ability to start trial subscriptions in ArcGIS Marketplace. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)
• marketplace:admin:manage: grants the ability to create listings, list items and manage subscriptions in ArcGIS Marketplace. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)

Publisher Privileges:

Content

• portal:publisher:publishFeatures: grants the ability to publish hosted feature layers from shapefiles, CSVs, etc.
• portal:publisher:publishTiles: grants the ability to publish hosted tile layers from tile packages, features, etc.
• portal:publisher:publishScenes: grants the ability to publish hosted scene layers.

User Privileges:

Groups

• portal:user:createGroup: grants the ability for a member to create, edit, and delete their own groups.
• portal:user:joinGroup: grants the ability to join groups within organization.
• portal:user:joinNonOrgGroup: grants the ability to join groups external to the organization. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)

Content

• portal:user:createItem: grants the ability for a member to create, edit, and delete their own content.

Sharing

• portal:user:shareToGroup: grants the ability to share content to groups.
• portal:user:shareToOrg: grants the ability to share content to organization.
• portal:user:shareToPublic: grants the ability to share content to all users of portal.
• portal:user:shareGroupToOrg: grants the ability to make groups discoverable by the organization.
• portal:user:shareGroupToPublic: grants the ability to make groups discoverable by all users of portal.

Premium Content

• premium:user:geocode: grants the ability to perform large-volume geocoding tasks with the Esri World Geocoder such as publishing a CSV of addresses as hosted feature layer.
• premium:user:networkanalysis: grants the ability to perform network analysis tasks such as routing and drive-time areas.
• premium:user:geoenrichment: grants the ability to geoenrich features.
• premium:user:demographics: grants the ability to make use of premium demographic data.
• premium:user:spatialanalysis: grants the ability to perform spatial analysis tasks.
• premium:user:elevation: grants the ability to perform analytical tasks on elevation data.

Features

• features:user:edit: grants the ability to edit features in editable layers, according to the edit options enabled on the layer.
• features:user:fullEdit: grants the ability to add, delete, and update features in a hosted feature layer regardless of the editing options enabled on the layer.

Open Data

• opendata:user:openDataAdmin: grants the ability to manage Open Data Sites for the organization. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)
• opendata:user:designateGroup: grants the ability to designate groups within organization as being available for use in Open Data. (This privilege is only applicable to ArcGIS Online.)

Layer

class arcgis.gis.Layer(url, gis=None)

Bases: arcgis.gis._GISResource

The layer is a primary concept for working with data in a GIS.

Users create, import, export, analyze, edit, and visualize layers.

Layers can be added to and visualized using maps. They act as inputs to and outputs from analysis tools.

Layers are created by publishing data to a GIS, and are exposed as a broader resource (Item) in the GIS. Layer objects can be obtained through the layers attribute on layer Items in the GIS.

classmethod fromitem(item, index=0)

returns the layer at the specified index from a layer item :param item: an item representing a layer :param index: optional, the index of the layer amongst the item’s layers :return: the layer at the specified index

ContentManager

class arcgis.gis.ContentManager(gis)

Helper class for managing content in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. This class is not created by users directly. An instance of this class, called ‘content’, is available as a property of the GIS object. Users call methods on this ‘content’ object to manipulate (create, get, search, etc) items.

add(item_properties, data=None, thumbnail=None, metadata=None, owner=None, folder=None)

Adds content to the GIS by creating an item.

Note

Content can be a file (such as a service definition, shapefile, CSV, layer package, file geodatabase, geoprocessing package, map package) or it can be a URL (to an ArcGIS Server service, WMS service, or an application).

If you are uploading a package or other file, provide a path or URL to the file in the data argument.

From a technical perspective, none of the item_properties (see table below Key:Value Dictionary Options for Argument item_properties) are required. However, it is strongly recommended that arguments title, type, typeKeywords, tags, snippet, and description be provided.

Argument	Description
item_properties	Required dictionary. See table below for the keys and values.
data	Optional string. Either a path or URL to the data.
thumbnail	Optional string. Either a path or URL to a thumbnail image.
metadata	Optional string. Either a path or URL to the metadata.
owner	Optional string. Defaults to the logged in user.
folder	Optional string. Name of the folder where placing item.

Key:Value Dictionary Options for Argument item_properties

Key	Value
type	Optional string. Indicates type of item, see URL 1 below for valid values.
typeKeywords	Optional string. Provide a lists all sub-types, see URL 1 below for valid values.
description	Optional string. Description of the item.
title	Optional string. Name label of the item.
url	Optional string. URL to item that are based on URLs.
text	Optional string. For text based items such as Feature Collections & WebMaps
tags	Optional string. Tags listed as comma-separated values, or a list of strings. Used for searches on items.
snippet	Optional string. Provide a short summary (limit to max 250 characters) of the what the item is.
extent	Optional string. Provide comma-separated values for min x, min y, max x, max y.
spatialReference	Optional string. Coordinate system that the item is in.
accessInformation	Optional string. Information on the source of the content.
licenseInfo	Optional string. Any license information or restrictions regarding the content.
culture	Optional string. Locale, country and language information.
access	Optional string. Valid values are private, shared, org, or public.
commentsEnabled	Optional boolean. Default is true, controls whether comments are allowed (true) or not allowed (false).
culture	Optional string. Language and country information.

URL 1: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#//02r3000000ms000000

Returns:The item if successfully added, None if unsuccessful.

create_folder(folder, owner=None)

Creates a folder with the given folder name, for the given owner. Does nothing if the folder already exists. If owner is not specified, owner is set as the logged in user.

Argument	Description
folder	Required string. The name of the folder to create for the owner.
owner	Optional string. User, folder owner, None for logged in user.

Returns:A json object like the following if the folder was created: {“username” : “portaladmin”,”id” : “bff13218991c4485a62c81db3512396f”,”title” : “testcreate”}; None otherwise.

create_service(name, service_description='', has_static_data=False, max_record_count=1000, supported_query_formats='JSON', capabilities=None, description='', copyright_text='', wkid=102100, create_params=None, service_type='featureService', owner=None, folder=None, item_properties=None)

Creates a service in the Portal.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The unique name of the service.
service_description	Optional string. Description of the service.
has_static_data	Optional boolean. Indicating whether the data can change. Default is True, data is not allowed to change.
max_record_count	Optional integer. Maximum number of records in query operations.
supported_query_formats	Optional string. Formats in which query results are returned.
capabilities	Optional string. Specify service capabilities. If left unspecified, ‘Image,Catalog,Metadata,Download,Pixels’ are used for image services, and ‘Query’ is used for feature services, and ‘Query’ otherwise
description	Optional string. A user-friendly description for the published dataset.
copyright_text	Optional string. The copyright information associated with the dataset.
wkid	Optional integer. The well known id (WKID) of the spatial reference for the service. All layers added to a hosted feature service need to have the same spatial reference defined for the feature service. When creating a new empty service without specifying its spatial reference, the spatial reference of the hosted feature service is set to the first layer added to that feature service.
create_params	Optional dictionary. Add all create_service parameters into a dictionary. If this parameter is used, all the parameters above are ignored.
service_type	Optional string. The type of service to be created. Currently the options are imageService or featureService.
owner	Optional string. The username of the owner of the service being created.
folder	Optional string. The name of folder in which to create the service.
item_properties	Optional dictionary. See below for the keys and values

Key:Value Dictionary Options for Argument item_properties

Key	Value
type	Optional string. Indicates type of item, see URL 1 below for valid values.
typeKeywords	Optional string. Provide a lists all sub-types, see URL 1 below for valid values.
description	Optional string. Description of the item.
title	Optional string. Name label of the item.
url	Optional string. URL to item that are based on URLs.
tags	Optional string. Tags listed as comma-separated values, or a list of strings. Used for searches on items.
snippet	Optional string. Provide a short summary (limit to max 250 characters) of the what the item is.
extent	Optional string. Provide comma-separated values for min x, min y, max x, max y.
spatialReference	Optional string. Coordinate system that the item is in.
accessInformation	Optional string. Information on the source of the content.
licenseInfo	Optional string. Any license information or restrictions regarding the content.
culture	Optional string. Locale, country and language information.
access	Optional string. Valid values are private, shared, org, or public.
commentsEnabled	Optional boolean. Default is true, controls whether comments are allowed (true) or not allowed (false).
culture	Optional string. Language and country information.

Returns:The item for the service, if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

delete_folder(folder, owner=None)

Deletes a folder for the given owner (logged in user by default) with the given folder name.

Argument	Description
folder	Required string. The name of the folder to delete.
owner	Optional string. User, folder owner, None for logged in user is the default.

Returns:True if folder deletion succeeded, False if folder deletion failed.

get(itemid)

Returns the item object for the specified itemid.

Argument	Description
itemid	Required string. The item identifier.

Returns:None if the item is not found, or returns an item object if the item is found.

import_data(df, address_fields=None, **kwargs)

Imports a Pandas data frame (that has an address column), or an arcgis spatial dataframe into the GIS.

Spatial dataframes are imported into the GIS and published as feature layers. Pandas dataframes that have an address column are imported as an in-memory feature collection. Note: By default, there is a limit of 1,000 rows/features for Pandas dataframes. This limit isn’t there for spatial dataframes.

Argument	Description
df	Required string. Pandas dataframe or arcgis.SpatialDataFrame
address_fields	Optional dictionary. Dictionary containing mapping of df columns to address fields, eg: { “CountryCode” : “Country”} or { “Address” : “Address” }.
title	Optional string. Title of the item. This is used for spatial dataframe objects.
tags	Optional string. Tags listed as comma-separated values, or a list of strings. Provide tags when publishing a spatial dataframe to the the GIS.

Returns:Feature collection or feature layer that can be used for analysis, visualization or published to the GIS as an item.

is_service_name_available(service_name, service_type)

For a desired service name, determines if that service name is available for use or not.

Argument	Description
service_name	Required string. A desired service name.
service_type	Required string. The type of service to be created. Currently the options are imageService or featureService.

Returns:True if the specified service_name is available for the specified service_type, False if the service_name is unavailable.

search(query, item_type=None, sort_field='avgRating', sort_order='desc', max_items=10, outside_org=False)

Searches for portal items.

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know...

1. The query syntax has many features that can’t be adequately described here. The query syntax is available in ArcGIS Help. A short version of that URL is http://bitly.com/1fJ8q31.
2. Most of the time when searching for items, you’ll want to search within your organization in ArcGIS Online or within your Portal. As a convenience, the method automatically appends your organization id to the query by default. If you want content from outside your organization set outside_org to True.

Argument	Description
query	Required string. A query string. See notes above.
item_type	Optional string. Set type of item to search. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#//02r3000000ms000000
sort_field	Optional string. Valid values can be title, uploaded, type, owner, modified, avgRating, numRatings, numComments, and numViews.
sort_order	Optional string. Valid values are asc or desc.
max_items	Optional integer. Maximum number of items returned, default is 10.
outside_org	Optional boolean. Controls whether to search outside your org (default is False, do not search ourside your org).

Returns:A list of items matching the specified query.

UserManager

class arcgis.gis.UserManager(gis)

Bases: object

Helper class for managing GIS users. This class is not created by users directly. An instance of this class, called ‘users’, is available as a property of the Gis object. Users call methods on this ‘users’ object to manipulate (create, get, search...) users.

create(username, password, firstname, lastname, email, description=None, role='org_user', provider='arcgis', idp_username=None, level=2, thumbnail=None)

This operation is used to pre-create built-in or enterprise accounts within the portal, or built-in users in an ArcGIS Online organization account.

The provider parameter is used to indicate the type of user account. Only an administrator can call this method.

To create a viewer account, choose role=’org_viewer’ and level=1

Argument	Description
username	required string, must be unique in the Portal, >=6 characters, =<24 characters
password	required string, must be >= 8 characters. This is a required parameter only if the provider is arcgis; otherwise, the password parameter is ignored. If creating an account in an ArcGIS Online org, it can be set as None to let the user set their password by clicking on a link that is emailed to him/her.
firstname	required string, the first name for the user
lastname	required string, the last name for the user
email	required string, must be an email address
description	An optional description string for the user account.
thumbnail	An optional string, URL to user image
role	The role for the user account. The default value is org_user. Values: org_user | org_publisher | org_admin | org_viewer
provider	The provider for the account. The default value is arcgis. Values: arcgis | enterprise
idp_username	The name of the user as stored by the enterprise user store. This parameter is only required if the provider parameter is enterprise.
level	The account level. See http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/linux/roles.htm

Returns:the user, if created, else None

get(username)

Returns the user object for the specified username.

Arguments

username required string, the username whose user object you want.

Returns:None if the user is not found and returns a user object if the user is found

me

Returns the logged in user

roles

Helper object to manage custom roles for users

search(query=None, sort_field='username', sort_order='asc', max_users=100, outside_org=False)

Searches portal users.

Returns a list of users matching the specified query

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know.

1. The query syntax has quite a few features that can’t be adequately described here. The query syntax is available in ArcGIS help. A short version of that URL is http://bitly.com/1fJ8q31.
2. Searching without specifying a query parameter returns a list of all users in your organization.
3. Most of the time when searching users you want to search within your organization in ArcGIS Online or within your Portal. As a convenience, the method automatically appends your organization id to the query by default. If you don’t want the API to append to your query set outside_org to True. If you use this feature with an OR clause such as field=x or field=y you should put this into parenthesis when using outside_org.

Argument	Description
query	optional string, query string. See notes. pass None to get list of all users in the org
sort_field	optional string, valid values can be username or created
sort_order	optional string, valid values are asc or desc
max_users	optional int, maximum number of users returned
outside_org	optional boolean, controls whether to search outside your org (default is False)

Returns:A list of users:

signup(username, password, fullname, email)

Signs up users to an instance of Portal for ArcGIS.

Argument	Description
username	required string, must be unique in the Portal, >4 characters
password	required string, must be >= 8 characters.
fullname	required string, name of the user
email	required string, must be an email address

Returns:the user, if created, else None

GroupManager

class arcgis.gis.GroupManager(gis)

Bases: object

Helper class for managing GIS groups. This class is not created by users directly. An instance of this class, called ‘groups’, is available as a property of the Gis object. Users call methods on this ‘groups’ object to manipulate (create, get, search...) users.

create(title, tags, description=None, snippet=None, access='public', thumbnail=None, is_invitation_only=False, sort_field='avgRating', sort_order='desc', is_view_only=False, auto_join=False, provider_group_name=None)

Creates a group and returns it if successful.

Returns:the group, if created, or None

create_from_dict(dict)

Create a group with parameters specified in the dict See help of create() method for parameters :return:

the group, if created, or None

get(groupid)

Returns the group object for the specified groupid.

Arguments

groupid required string, the group identifier

Returns:None if the group is not found and returns a group object if the group is found

search(query='', sort_field='title', sort_order='asc', max_groups=1000, outside_org=False)

Searches for portal groups.

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know.

1. The query syntax has quite a few features that can’t

   be adequately described here. The query syntax is available in ArcGIS help. A short version of that URL is http://bitly.com/1fJ8q31.

2. Searching without specifying a query parameter returns a list of all groups in your organization.

2. Most of the time when searching groups you want to

   search within your organization in ArcGIS Online or within your Portal. As a convenience, the method automatically appends your organization id to the query by default. If you don’t want the API to append to your query set outside_org to True.

Argument	Description
query	optional query string on Portal, required for Online. If not specified, all groups will be searched. See notes
sort_field	optional string, valid values can be title, owner, created
sort_order	optional string, valid values are asc or desc
max_groups	optional int, maximum number of groups returned
outside_org	optional boolean, controls whether to search outside your org

Returns:

Returns a list of groups matching the specified query

DatastoreManager

class arcgis.gis.DatastoreManager(gis, admin_url, server)

Bases: object

Helper class for managing the GIS data stores in on-premises ArcGIS Portals. This class is not created by users directly. Instances of this class are returned from arcgis.geoanalytics.get_datastores() and arcgis.raster.analytics.get_datastores() functions to get the corresponding datastores. Users call methods on this ‘datastores’ object to manage the datastores in a site federated with the portal.

add(name, item)

Registers a new data item with the data store. Input

item - The disct representing the data item. See http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#//02r3000001s9000000

Output:

True if the data item is registered successfully, False otherwise

add_bigdata(name, server_path=None)

Registers a bigdata fileshare with the data store. Input

name - unique bigdata fileshare name on the server server_path - the path to the folder from the server

Output:

the data item if registered successfully, None otherwise

add_database(name, conn_str, client_conn_str=None, conn_type='shared')

Registers a database with the data store. Input

name - unique database name on the server conn_str - the path to the folder from the server (and client, if shared or serverOnly database) client_conn_str: connection string for client to connect to replicated enterprise database> conn_type - “<shared|replicated|serverOnly>”

Output:

the data item is registered successfully, None otherwise

add_folder(name, server_path, client_path=None)

Registers a folder with the data store. Input

name - unique fileshare name on the server server_path - the path to the folder from the server (and client, if shared path) client_path - if folder is replicated, the path to the folder from the client if folder is shared, don’t set this parameter

Output:

the data item is registered successfully, None otherwise

config

The data store configuration properties affect the behavior of the data holdings of the server. The properties include: blockDataCopy—When this property is False, or not set at all, copying data to the site when publishing services from a client application is allowed. This is the default behavior. When this property is True, the client application is not allowed to copy data to the site when publishing. Rather, the publisher is required to register data items through which the service being published can reference data. Values: True | False Note: If you specify the property as True, users will not be able to publish geoprocessing services and geocode services from composite locators. These service types require data to be copied to the server. As a workaround, you can temporarily set the property to False, publish the service, and then set the property back to True.

get(path)

Returns the data item object at the given path

Arguments

path required string, the data item path

Returns:None if the data item is not found at that path and the data item object if its found

search(parent_path=None, ancestor_path=None, types=None, id=None)

You can use this operation to search through the various data items registered in the server’s data store. Searching without specifying the parent_path and other parameters returns a lists of all registered data items Inputs:

parentPath - The path of the parent under which to find items. To get the root data items, pass ‘/’ ancestorPath - The path of the ancestor under which to find

items.

types - A comma separated filter for the type of the items. Types include folder, egdb, bigDataFileShare, datadir id - A filter to search by the ID of the item

return:

Returns a list of data items matching the specified query

validate()

Validates all items in the datastore and returns True if validated.

In order for a data item to be registered and used successfully within the GIS’s data store, you need to make sure that the path (for file shares) or connection string (for databases) is accessible to every server node in the site. To validate all registered data items all at once, you can invoke this operation.

RoleManager

class arcgis.gis.RoleManager(gis)

Bases: object

Helper class to manage custom roles for users in a GIS

all(max_roles=1000)

Returns list of all roles in the GIS :param max_roles: the maximum number of roles to be returned :return: list of all roles in the GIS

create(name, description, privileges=None)

Creates and returns a custom role with the specified parameters

exists(role_name)

Checks to see if a role exists by it’s name :role_name: name of the role to look up Returns:

boolean

get_role(role_id)

Returns the role with the specified role id. Returns list of all roles in the GIS if a role_id is not specified :param role_id: the role id of the role to get. Leave None to get all roles :return: the role with the specified role id or a list of all roles

ResourceManager

class arcgis.gis.ResourceManager(item, gis)

Bases: object

Helper class for managing resource files of an item. This class is not created by users directly. An instance of this class, called ‘resources’, is available as a property of the Item object. Users call methods on this ‘resources’ object to manage (add, remove, update, list, get) item resources.

add(file=None, folder_name=None, file_name=None, text=None, archive=False)

The add resources operation adds new file resources to an existing item. For example, an image that is used as custom logo for Report Template. All the files are added to ‘resources’ folder of the item. File resources use storage space from your quota and are scanned for viruses. The item size is updated to include the size of added resource files. Each file added should be no more than 25 Mb.

Supported item types that allow adding file resources are: Vector Tile Service, Vector Tile Package, Style, Code Attachment, Report Template, Web Mapping Application, Feature Service, Web Map, Statistical Data Collection, Scene Service, and Web Scene.

Supported file formats are: JSON, XML, TXT, PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PDF, MP3, MP4, and ZIP. This operation is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Argument	Description
file	optional string, path to the file that needs to be added
folder_name	optional string, provide a folder name if the file has to be added to a folder under resources
file_name	optional string, file name used to rename an existing file resource uploaded, or to be used together with text as file name for it.
text	optional string, text input to be added as a file resource, used together with file_name. If this resource is used, then file_name become required.
archive	optional bool, default = False. If True, file resources added are extracted and files are uploaded to respective folders.

Returns:Python dict like the following if succeeded: {

“success”: True, “itemId”: “<item id>”, “owner”: “<owner username>”, “folder”: “<folder id>”

}

else like the following if it failed: {“error”: {

“code”: 400, “messageCode”: “CONT_0093”, “message”: “File type not allowed for addResources”, “details”: [] }

}

get(file, try_json=True, out_folder=None, out_file_name=None)

Gets a specific file resource of an existing item.

Argument	Description
file	required string, path to the file for download. For files in the root, just specify the file name. For files in folders (prefixes), specify using the format <foldername>/<foldername>./../<filename>
try_json	optional bool. If True, will attempt to convert JSON files to Python dictionary objects. Default is True.
out_folder	optional string. Specify the folder into which the file has to saved. Default is user’s temporary directory.
out_file_name	optional string. Specify the name to use when downloading the file. Default is the resource file’s name.

This operation is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Returns:

Path to the downloaded file if getting a binary file (like a jpeg or png file) or if

try_jon = False when getting a JSON file.

If file is a JSON, returns as a Python dictionary.

list()

Lists all file resources of an existing item. This resource is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator. :return:

A Python list of dictionaries of the form: [

{

“resource”: “<resource1>”

}, {

“resource”: “<resource2>”

}, {

“resource”: “<resource3>”

}

]

remove(file=None)

Removes a single resource file or all resources. The item size is updated once resource files are deleted.

Argument	Description
file	optional string, path to the file for removal. For files in the root, just specify the file name. For files in folders (prefixes), specify using the format <foldername>/<foldername>./../<filename> If not specified, all resource files will be removed

This operation is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Returns:If succeeded a boolean of True will be returned.

else a dictionary with error info {“error”: {“code”: 404,

“message”: “Resource does not exist or is inaccessible.”, “details”: []

}

}

update(file, folder_name=None, file_name=None, text=None)

The update resources operation allows to update existing file resources of an item. File resources use storage space from your quota and are scanned for viruses. The item size is updated to include the size of updated resource files.

Supported file formats are: JSON, XML, TXT, PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PDF, and ZIP. This operation is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Argument	Description
file	required string, path to the file on disk to be used for overwriting an existing file resource
folder_name	optional string, provide a folder name if the file resource being updated resides in a folder
file_name	optional string, destination name for the file used to update an existing resource, or to be used together with text parameter as file name for it. For example, you can use fileName=banner.png to update an existing resource banner.png with a file called billboard.png without renaming the file locally.
text	optional string, text input to be added as a file resource, used together with file_name.

Returns:Python dict like the following if succeeded: {

“success”: True, “itemId”: “<item id>”, “owner”: “<owner username>”, “folder”: “<folder id>”

}

else like the following if it failed: {“error”: {

“code”: 404, “message”: “Resource does not exist or is inaccessible.”, “details”: [] }

}

Submodules

• arcgis.gis.admin module
  • AGOLAdminManager
  • PortalAdminManager
  • CollaborationManager
  • Collaboration
  • CreditManager
  • PasswordPolicy
  • PortalResourceManager
  • UX
  • Federation
  • Logs
  • Machines
  • Security
  • OAuth
  • SSLCertificate
  • SSLCertificates
  • EnterpriseUsers
  • EnterpriseGroups
  • Site
  • System
  • Licenses
  • Directory
  • WebAdaptor
  • WebAdaptors
• arcgis.gis.server module
  • Server
  • Service
  • Machine
  • Report
  • Datastore
  • User
  • Role
  • ServerManager
  • ServiceManager
  • MachineManager
  • LogManager
  • ReportManager
  • DataStoreManager
  • UserManager
  • RoleManager
  • SystemManager
  • SiteManager
  • DirectoryManager