arcgis.features module

The arcgis.features module contains types and functions for working with features and feature layers in the GIS.

Entities located in space with a geometrical representation (such as points, lines or polygons) and a set of properties can be represented as features. The arcgis.features module is used for working with feature data, feature layers and collections of feature layers in the GIS. It also contains the spatial analysis functions which operate against feature data.

In the GIS, entities located in space with a set of properties can be represented as features. Features are stored as feature classes, which represent a set of features located using a single spatial type (point, line, polygon) and a common set of properties. This is the geographic extension of the classic tabular or relational representation for entities - a set of entities is modelled as rows in a table. Tables represent entity classes with uniform properties. In addition to working with entities with location as features, the system can also work with non-spatial entities as rows in tables. The system can also model relationships between entities using properties which act as primary and foreign keys. A collection of feature classes and tables, with the associated relationships among the entities, is a feature layer collection. FeatureLayerCollections are one of the dataset types contained in a Datastore. Finally, features are not simply entities in a dataset. Features have a visual representation and user experience - on a map, in a 3D scene, as entities with a property sheet or popups.

Feature

class arcgis.features.Feature(geometry=None, attributes=None)

Entities located in space with a set of properties can be represented as features.

# Obtain a feature from a feature layer:

feat_set = feature_layer.query(where="OBJECTID=1")
feat = feat_set[0]

property as_dict

Returns

the feature as a dictionary

property as_row

Returns

the feature as a tuple containing two lists:

List of:	Description
row values	the specific attribute values and geometry for this feature
field names	the name for each attribute field

property attributes

Returns

a dictionary of feature attribute values with field names as the key

property fields

Returns

attribute field names for the feature as a list of strings

classmethod from_dict(feature)

Returns

a feature from a dict

classmethod from_json(json_str)

Returns

a feature from a JSON string

property geometry

Returns

the feature geometry

property geometry_type

Returns

the geometry type of the feature as a string

get_value(field_name)

Retrieves the value for a specified field name

Argument		Description
field name		Required String. The name of the field to get the value for. feature.fields will return a list of all field names.

Returns

value for the specified attribute field of the feature.

set_value(field_name, value)

Sets an attribute value for a given field name

Argument	Description
field_name	Required String. The name of the field to update.
value	Required. Value to update the field with.

Returns

boolean indicating whether field_name value was updated.

FeatureLayer

class arcgis.features.FeatureLayer(url, gis=None, container=None, dynamic_layer=None)

The feature layer is the primary concept for working with features in a GIS.

Users create, import, export, analyze, edit, and visualize features, i.e. entities in space as feature layers.

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

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

append(item_id=None, upload_format='featureCollection', source_table_name=None, field_mappings=None, edits=None, source_info=None, upsert=True, skip_updates=False, use_globalids=False, update_geometry=True, append_fields=None, rollback=False, skip_inserts=None, upsert_matching_field=None)

Only available in AGOL

Update an existing hosted feature layer using append.

Argument	Description
source_table_name	optional string. Required only when the source data contains more than one tables, e.g., for filegdb. Example: source_tabl_name= “Building”
item_id	optional string. The ID for the Portal item that contains the source file. Used in conjunction with editsUploadFormat.
field_mappings	optional list. Used to map source data to a destination layer. Syntax: fieldMappings=[{“name” : <”targerName”>, “sourceName” : < “sourceName”>}, …] Examples: fieldMappings=[{“name”“CountyID”, “sourceName” : “GEOID10”}]
edits	optional string. Only feature collection json is supported. Append supports all format through the upload_id or item_id.
source_info	optional dictionary. This is only needed when appending data from excel or csv. The appendSourceInfo can be the publishing parameter returned from analyze the csv or excel file.
upsert	optional boolean. Optional parameter specifying whether the edits needs to be applied as updates if the feature already exists. Default is false.
skip_updates	Optional boolean. Parameter is used only when upsert is true.
use_globalids	Optional boolean. Specifying whether upsert needs to use GlobalId when matching features.
update_geometry	Optional boolean. The parameter is used only when upsert is true. Skip updating the geometry and update only the attributes for existing features if they match source features by objectId or globalId.(as specified by useGlobalIds parameter).
append_fields	Optional list. The list of destination fields to append to. This is supported when upsert=true or false. Values: [“fieldName1”, “fieldName2”,….]
upload_format	required string. The source append data format. The default is featureCollection format. Values: sqlite | shapefile | filegdb | featureCollection | geojson | csv | excel
rollback	Optional boolean. Optional parameter specifying whether the upsert edits needs to be rolled back in case of failure. Default is false.
skip_inserts	Used only when upsert is true. Used to skip inserts if the value is true. The default value is false.
upsert_matching_field	Optional string. The layer field to be used when matching features with upsert. ObjectId, GlobalId, and any other field that has a unique index can be used with upsert. This parameter overrides use_globalids; e.g., specifying upsert_matching_field will be used even if you specify use_globalids = True. Example: upsert_matching_field=”MyfieldWithUniqueIndex”

Returns

boolean

calculate(where, calc_expression, sql_format='standard')

The calculate operation is performed on a feature layer resource. It updates the values of one or more fields in an existing feature service layer based on SQL expressions or scalar values. The calculate operation can only be used if the supportsCalculate property of the layer is true. Neither the Shape field nor system fields can be updated using calculate. System fields include ObjectId and GlobalId. See Calculate a field for more information on supported expressions

Inputs	Description
where	A where clause can be used to limit the updated records. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
calc_expression	The array of field/value info objects that contain the field or fields to update and their scalar values or SQL expression. Allowed types are dictionary and list. List must be a list of dictionary objects. Calculation Format is as follows: {“field” : “<field name>”, “value” : “<value>”}
sql_format	The SQL format for the calcExpression. It can be either standard SQL92 (standard) or native SQL (native). The default is standard. Values: standard, native

# Usage Example 1:

print(fl.calculate(where="OBJECTID < 2",
                   calc_expression={"field": "ZONE", "value" : "R1"}))

# Usage Example 2:

print(fl.calculate(where="OBJECTID < 2001",
                   calc_expression={"field": "A",  "sqlExpression" : "B*3"}))

Output: dictionary with format {‘updatedFeatureCount’: 1, ‘success’: True}

property container

The feature layer collection to which this layer belongs.

delete_features(deletes=None, where=None, geometry_filter=None, gdb_version=None, rollback_on_failure=True)

This operation deletes features in a feature layer or table

Argument	Description
deletes	Optional string. A comma seperated string of OIDs to remove from the service.
where	Optional string. A where clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed. Features conforming to the specified where clause will be deleted.
geometry_filter	Optional SpatialFilter. A spatial filter from arcgis.geometry.filters module to filter results by a spatial relationship with another geometry.
gdb_version	Optional string. A Geodatabase version to apply the edits.
rollback_on_failure	Optional boolean. Optional parameter to specify if the edits should be applied only if all submitted edits succeed. If false, the server will apply the edits that succeed even if some of the submitted edits fail. If true, the server will apply the edits only if all edits succeed. The default value is true.

Returns

dict

edit_features(adds=None, updates=None, deletes=None, gdb_version=None, use_global_ids=False, rollback_on_failure=True)

This operation adds, updates, and deletes features to the associated feature layer or table in a single call.

Inputs	Description
adds	Optional FeatureSet/List. The array of features to be added.
updates	Optional FeatureSet/List. The array of features to be updateded.
deletes	Optional FeatureSet/List. string of OIDs to remove from service
use_global_ids	Optional boolean. Instead of referencing the default Object ID field, the service will look at a GUID field to track changes. This means the GUIDs will be passed instead of OIDs for delete, update or add features.
gdb_version	Optional boolean. Geodatabase version to apply the edits.
rollback_on_failure	Optional boolean. Optional parameter to specify if the edits should be applied only if all submitted edits succeed. If false, the server will apply the edits that succeed even if some of the submitted edits fail. If true, the server will apply the edits only if all edits succeed. The default value is true.

Output: dictionary

classmethod fromitem(item, layer_id=0)

Creates a feature layer from a GIS Item. The type of item should be a ‘Feature Service’ that represents a FeatureLayerCollection. The layer_id is the id of the layer in feature layer collection (feature service).

generate_renderer(definition, where=None)

This operation groups data using the supplied definition (classification definition) and an optional where clause. The result is a renderer object. Use baseSymbol and colorRamp to define the symbols assigned to each class. If the operation is performed on a table, the result is a renderer object containing the data classes and no symbols.

Argument	Description
definition	required dict. The definition using the renderer that is generated. Use either class breaks or unique value classificatoin definitions. See: https://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/rest/apiref/ms_classification.html
where	optional string. A where clause for which the data needs to be classified. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the dynamic layer/table is allowed.

Returns

dictionary

get_html_popup(oid)

The htmlPopup resource provides details about the HTML pop-up authored by the user using ArcGIS for Desktop.

Argument	Description
oid	Optional string. Object id of the feature to get the HTML popup.

Returns

string

property manager

Helper object to manage the feature layer, update it’s definition, etc

property properties

The properties of this object

query(where='1=1', out_fields='*', time_filter=None, geometry_filter=None, return_geometry=True, return_count_only=False, return_ids_only=False, return_distinct_values=False, return_extent_only=False, group_by_fields_for_statistics=None, statistic_filter=None, result_offset=None, result_record_count=None, object_ids=None, distance=None, units=None, max_allowable_offset=None, out_sr=None, geometry_precision=None, gdb_version=None, order_by_fields=None, out_statistics=None, return_z=False, return_m=False, multipatch_option=None, quantization_parameters=None, return_centroid=False, return_all_records=True, result_type=None, historic_moment=None, sql_format=None, return_true_curves=False, return_exceeded_limit_features=None, **kwargs)

Queries a feature layer based on a sql statement

Argument	Description
where	Optional string. The default is 1=1. The selection sql statement.
out_fields	Optional string. The attribute fields to return. The default is “*”.
object_ids	Optional string. The object IDs of this layer or table to be queried. The object ID values are comma seperate string.
distance	Optional integer. The buffer distance for the input geometries. The distance unit is specified by units. For example, if the distance is 100, the query geometry is a point, units is set to meters, and all points within 100 meters of the point are returned.
units	Optional string. The unit for calculating the buffer distance. If unit is not specified, the unit is derived from the geometry spatial reference. If the geometry spatial reference is not specified, the unit is derived from the feature service data spatial reference. This parameter only applies if supportsQueryWithDistance is true. Values: esriSRUnit_Meter | esriSRUnit_StatuteMile | esriSRUnit_Foot | esriSRUnit_Kilometer | esriSRUnit_NauticalMile | esriSRUnit_USNauticalMile
time_filter	Optional list. The format is of [<startTime>, <endTime>] using datetime.date, datetime.datetime or timestamp in milliseconds. Syntax: time_filter=[<startTime>, <endTime>] ; specified as datetime.date, datetime.datetime or timestamp in milliseconds
geometry_filter	Optional from arcgis.geometry.filter. Allows for the information to be filtered on spatial relationship with another geometry.
max_allowable_offset	Optional float. This option can be used to specify the max_allowable_offset to be used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. The max_allowable_offset is in the units of out_sr. If out_sr is not specified, max_allowable_offset is assumed to be in the unit of the spatial reference of the layer.
out_sr	Optional Integer. The WKID for the spatial reference of the returned geometry.
geometry_precision	Optional Integer. This option can be used to specify the number of decimal places in the response geometries returned by the query operation. This applies to X and Y values only (not m or z-values).
gdb_version	Optional string. The geodatabase version to query. This parameter applies only if the isDataVersioned property of the layer is true. If this is not specified, the query will apply to the published map’s version.
return_geometry	Optional boolean. If true, geometry is returned with the query. Default is true.
return_distinct_values	Optional boolean. If true, it returns distinct values based on the fields specified in out_fields. This parameter applies only if the supportsAdvancedQueries property of the layer is true.
return_ids_only	Optional boolean. Default is False. If true, the response only includes an array of object IDs. Otherwise, the response is a feature set.
return_count_only	Optional boolean. If true, the response only includes the count (number of features/records) that would be returned by a query. Otherwise, the response is a feature set. The default is false. This option supersedes the returnIdsOnly parameter. If returnCountOnly = true, the response will return both the count and the extent.
return_extent_only	Optional boolean. If true, the response only includes the extent of the features that would be returned by the query. If returnCountOnly=true, the response will return both the count and the extent. The default is false. This parameter applies only if the supportsReturningQueryExtent property of the layer is true.
order_by_fields	Optional string. One or more field names on which the features/records need to be ordered. Use ASC or DESC for ascending or descending, respectively, following every field to control the ordering. example: STATE_NAME ASC, RACE DESC, GENDER
group_by_fields_for_statistics	Optional string. One or more field names on which the values need to be grouped for calculating the statistics. example: STATE_NAME, GENDER
out_statistics	Optional string. The definitions for one or more field-based statistics to be calculated. Syntax: [ { “statisticType”: “<count | sum | min | max | avg | stddev | var>”, “onStatisticField”: “Field1”, “outStatisticFieldName”: “Out_Field_Name1” }, { “statisticType”: “<count | sum | min | max | avg | stddev | var>”, “onStatisticField”: “Field2”, “outStatisticFieldName”: “Out_Field_Name2” } ]
return_z	Optional boolean. If true, Z values are included in the results if the features have Z values. Otherwise, Z values are not returned. The default is False.
return_m	Optional boolean. If true, M values are included in the results if the features have M values. Otherwise, M values are not returned. The default is false.
multipatch_option	Optional x/y footprint. This option dictates how the geometry of a multipatch feature will be returned.
result_offset	Optional integer. This option can be used for fetching query results by skipping the specified number of records and starting from the next record (that is, resultOffset + 1th). This option is ignored if return_all_records is True (i.e. by default).
result_record_count	Optional integer. This option can be used for fetching query results up to the result_record_count specified. When result_offset is specified but this parameter is not, the map service defaults it to max_record_count. The maximum value for this parameter is the value of the layer’s max_record_count property. This option is ignored if return_all_records is True (i.e. by default).
quantization_parameters	Optional dict. Used to project the geometry onto a virtual grid, likely representing pixels on the screen.
return_centroid	Optional boolean. Used to return the geometry centroid associated with each feature returned. If true, the result includes the geometry centroid. The default is false.
return_all_records	Optional boolean. When True, the query operation will call the service until all records that satisfy the where_clause are returned. Note: result_offset and result_record_count will be ignored if return_all_records is True. Also, if return_count_only, return_ids_only, or return_extent_only are True, this parameter will be ignored.
result_type	Optional string. The result_type parameter can be used to control the number of features returned by the query operation. Values: None | standard | tile
historic_moment	Optional integer. The historic moment to query. This parameter applies only if the layer is archiving enabled and the supportsQueryWithHistoricMoment property is set to true. This property is provided in the layer resource. If historic_moment is not specified, the query will apply to the current features.
sql_format	Optional string. The sql_format parameter can be either standard SQL92 standard or it can use the native SQL of the underlying datastore native. The default is none which means the sql_format depends on useStandardizedQuery parameter. Values: none | standard | native
return_true_curves	Optional boolean. When set to true, returns true curves in output geometries. When set to false, curves are converted to densified polylines or polygons.
return_exceeded_limit_features	Optional boolean. Optional parameter which is true by default. When set to true, features are returned even when the results include ‘exceededTransferLimit’: True. When set to false and querying with resultType = tile features are not returned when the results include ‘exceededTransferLimit’: True. This allows a client to find the resolution in which the transfer limit is no longer exceeded without making multiple calls.
kwargs	Optional dict. Optional parameters that can be passed to the Query function. This will allow users to pass additional parameters not explicitly implemented on the function. A complete list of functions available is documented on the Query REST API.

Returns

A FeatureSet containing the features matching the query unless another return type is specified, such as count

query_related_records(object_ids, relationship_id, out_fields='*', definition_expression=None, return_geometry=True, max_allowable_offset=None, geometry_precision=None, out_wkid=None, gdb_version=None, return_z=False, return_m=False)

The Query operation is performed on a feature service layer resource. The result of this operation are feature sets grouped by source layer/table object IDs. Each feature set contains Feature objects including the values for the fields requested by the user. For related layers, if you request geometry information, the geometry of each feature is also returned in the feature set. For related tables, the feature set does not include geometries.

Argument	Description
object_ids	Required string. The object IDs of the table/layer to be queried
relationship_id	Required string. The ID of the relationship to be queried.
out_fields	Required string. the list of fields from the related table/layer to be included in the returned feature set. This list is a comma delimited list of field names. If you specify the shape field in the list of return fields, it is ignored. To request geometry, set return_geometry to true. You can also specify the wildcard “*” as the value of this parameter. In this case, the results will include all the field values.
definition_expression	Optional string. The definition expression to be applied to the related table/layer. From the list of objectIds, only those records that conform to this expression are queried for related records.
return_geometry	Optional boolean. If true, the feature set includes the geometry associated with each feature. The default is true.
max_allowable_offset	Optional float. This option can be used to specify the max_allowable_offset to be used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. The max_allowable_offset is in the units of the outSR. If out_wkid is not specified, then max_allowable_offset is assumed to be in the unit of the spatial reference of the map.
geometry_precision	Optional integer. This option can be used to specify the number of decimal places in the response geometries.
out_wkid	Optional Integer. The spatial reference of the returned geometry.
gdb_version	Optional string. The geodatabase version to query. This parameter applies only if the isDataVersioned property of the layer queried is true.
return_z	Optional boolean. If true, Z values are included in the results if the features have Z values. Otherwise, Z values are not returned. The default is false.
return_m	Optional boolean. If true, M values are included in the results if the features have M values. Otherwise, M values are not returned. The default is false.

Returns

dict

validate_sql(sql, sql_type='where')

The validate_sql operation validates an SQL-92 expression or WHERE clause. The validate_sql operation ensures that an SQL-92 expression, such as one written by a user through a user interface, is correct before performing another operation that uses the expression. For example, validateSQL can be used to validate information that is subsequently passed in as part of the where parameter of the calculate operation. validate_sql also prevents SQL injection. In addition, all table and field names used in the SQL expression or WHERE clause are validated to ensure they are valid tables and fields.

Argument	Description
sql	Required String. The SQL expression of WHERE clause to validate. Example: “Population > 300000”
sql_type	Optional String. Three SQL types are supported in validate_sql where (default) - Represents the custom WHERE clause the user can compose when querying a layer or using calculate. expression - Represents an SQL-92 expression. Currently, expression is used as a default value expression when adding a new field or using the calculate API. statement - Represents the full SQL-92 statement that can be passed directly to the database. No current ArcGIS REST API resource or operation supports using the full SQL-92 SELECT statement directly. It has been added to the validateSQL for completeness. Values: where | expression | statement

Returns

dict

Table

class arcgis.features.Table(url, gis=None, container=None, dynamic_layer=None)

Tables represent entity classes with uniform properties. In addition to working with “entities with location” as features, the GIS can also work with non-spatial entities as rows in tables.

Working with tables is similar to working with feature layers, except that the rows (Features) in a table do not have a geometry, and tables ignore any geometry related operation.

append(item_id=None, upload_format='featureCollection', source_table_name=None, field_mappings=None, edits=None, source_info=None, upsert=True, skip_updates=False, use_globalids=False, update_geometry=True, append_fields=None, rollback=False, skip_inserts=None, upsert_matching_field=None)

Only available in AGOL

Update an existing hosted feature layer using append.

Argument	Description
source_table_name	optional string. Required only when the source data contains more than one tables, e.g., for filegdb. Example: source_tabl_name= “Building”
item_id	optional string. The ID for the Portal item that contains the source file. Used in conjunction with editsUploadFormat.
field_mappings	optional list. Used to map source data to a destination layer. Syntax: fieldMappings=[{“name” : <”targerName”>, “sourceName” : < “sourceName”>}, …] Examples: fieldMappings=[{“name”“CountyID”, “sourceName” : “GEOID10”}]
edits	optional string. Only feature collection json is supported. Append supports all format through the upload_id or item_id.
source_info	optional dictionary. This is only needed when appending data from excel or csv. The appendSourceInfo can be the publishing parameter returned from analyze the csv or excel file.
upsert	optional boolean. Optional parameter specifying whether the edits needs to be applied as updates if the feature already exists. Default is false.
skip_updates	Optional boolean. Parameter is used only when upsert is true.
use_globalids	Optional boolean. Specifying whether upsert needs to use GlobalId when matching features.
update_geometry	Optional boolean. The parameter is used only when upsert is true. Skip updating the geometry and update only the attributes for existing features if they match source features by objectId or globalId.(as specified by useGlobalIds parameter).
append_fields	Optional list. The list of destination fields to append to. This is supported when upsert=true or false. Values: [“fieldName1”, “fieldName2”,….]
upload_format	required string. The source append data format. The default is featureCollection format. Values: sqlite | shapefile | filegdb | featureCollection | geojson | csv | excel
rollback	Optional boolean. Optional parameter specifying whether the upsert edits needs to be rolled back in case of failure. Default is false.
skip_inserts	Used only when upsert is true. Used to skip inserts if the value is true. The default value is false.
upsert_matching_field	Optional string. The layer field to be used when matching features with upsert. ObjectId, GlobalId, and any other field that has a unique index can be used with upsert. This parameter overrides use_globalids; e.g., specifying upsert_matching_field will be used even if you specify use_globalids = True. Example: upsert_matching_field=”MyfieldWithUniqueIndex”

Returns

boolean

calculate(where, calc_expression, sql_format='standard')

The calculate operation is performed on a feature layer resource. It updates the values of one or more fields in an existing feature service layer based on SQL expressions or scalar values. The calculate operation can only be used if the supportsCalculate property of the layer is true. Neither the Shape field nor system fields can be updated using calculate. System fields include ObjectId and GlobalId. See Calculate a field for more information on supported expressions

Inputs	Description
where	A where clause can be used to limit the updated records. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
calc_expression	The array of field/value info objects that contain the field or fields to update and their scalar values or SQL expression. Allowed types are dictionary and list. List must be a list of dictionary objects. Calculation Format is as follows: {“field” : “<field name>”, “value” : “<value>”}
sql_format	The SQL format for the calcExpression. It can be either standard SQL92 (standard) or native SQL (native). The default is standard. Values: standard, native

# Usage Example 1:

print(fl.calculate(where="OBJECTID < 2",
                   calc_expression={"field": "ZONE", "value" : "R1"}))

# Usage Example 2:

print(fl.calculate(where="OBJECTID < 2001",
                   calc_expression={"field": "A",  "sqlExpression" : "B*3"}))

Output: dictionary with format {‘updatedFeatureCount’: 1, ‘success’: True}

property container

The feature layer collection to which this layer belongs.

delete_features(deletes=None, where=None, geometry_filter=None, gdb_version=None, rollback_on_failure=True)

This operation deletes features in a feature layer or table

Argument	Description
deletes	Optional string. A comma seperated string of OIDs to remove from the service.
where	Optional string. A where clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed. Features conforming to the specified where clause will be deleted.
geometry_filter	Optional SpatialFilter. A spatial filter from arcgis.geometry.filters module to filter results by a spatial relationship with another geometry.
gdb_version	Optional string. A Geodatabase version to apply the edits.
rollback_on_failure	Optional boolean. Optional parameter to specify if the edits should be applied only if all submitted edits succeed. If false, the server will apply the edits that succeed even if some of the submitted edits fail. If true, the server will apply the edits only if all edits succeed. The default value is true.

Returns

dict

edit_features(adds=None, updates=None, deletes=None, gdb_version=None, use_global_ids=False, rollback_on_failure=True)

This operation adds, updates, and deletes features to the associated feature layer or table in a single call.

Inputs	Description
adds	Optional FeatureSet/List. The array of features to be added.
updates	Optional FeatureSet/List. The array of features to be updateded.
deletes	Optional FeatureSet/List. string of OIDs to remove from service
use_global_ids	Optional boolean. Instead of referencing the default Object ID field, the service will look at a GUID field to track changes. This means the GUIDs will be passed instead of OIDs for delete, update or add features.
gdb_version	Optional boolean. Geodatabase version to apply the edits.
rollback_on_failure	Optional boolean. Optional parameter to specify if the edits should be applied only if all submitted edits succeed. If false, the server will apply the edits that succeed even if some of the submitted edits fail. If true, the server will apply the edits only if all edits succeed. The default value is true.

Output: dictionary

classmethod fromitem(item, layer_id=0)

Creates a feature layer from a GIS Item. The type of item should be a ‘Feature Service’ that represents a FeatureLayerCollection. The layer_id is the id of the layer in feature layer collection (feature service).

generate_renderer(definition, where=None)

This operation groups data using the supplied definition (classification definition) and an optional where clause. The result is a renderer object. Use baseSymbol and colorRamp to define the symbols assigned to each class. If the operation is performed on a table, the result is a renderer object containing the data classes and no symbols.

Argument	Description
definition	required dict. The definition using the renderer that is generated. Use either class breaks or unique value classificatoin definitions. See: https://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/rest/apiref/ms_classification.html
where	optional string. A where clause for which the data needs to be classified. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the dynamic layer/table is allowed.

Returns

dictionary

get_html_popup(oid)

The htmlPopup resource provides details about the HTML pop-up authored by the user using ArcGIS for Desktop.

Argument	Description
oid	Optional string. Object id of the feature to get the HTML popup.

Returns

string

property manager

Helper object to manage the feature layer, update it’s definition, etc

property properties

The properties of this object

query(where='1=1', out_fields='*', time_filter=None, geometry_filter=None, return_geometry=True, return_count_only=False, return_ids_only=False, return_distinct_values=False, return_extent_only=False, group_by_fields_for_statistics=None, statistic_filter=None, result_offset=None, result_record_count=None, object_ids=None, distance=None, units=None, max_allowable_offset=None, out_sr=None, geometry_precision=None, gdb_version=None, order_by_fields=None, out_statistics=None, return_z=False, return_m=False, multipatch_option=None, quantization_parameters=None, return_centroid=False, return_all_records=True, result_type=None, historic_moment=None, sql_format=None, return_true_curves=False, return_exceeded_limit_features=None, **kwargs)

Queries a feature layer based on a sql statement

Argument	Description
where	Optional string. The default is 1=1. The selection sql statement.
out_fields	Optional string. The attribute fields to return. The default is “*”.
object_ids	Optional string. The object IDs of this layer or table to be queried. The object ID values are comma seperate string.
distance	Optional integer. The buffer distance for the input geometries. The distance unit is specified by units. For example, if the distance is 100, the query geometry is a point, units is set to meters, and all points within 100 meters of the point are returned.
units	Optional string. The unit for calculating the buffer distance. If unit is not specified, the unit is derived from the geometry spatial reference. If the geometry spatial reference is not specified, the unit is derived from the feature service data spatial reference. This parameter only applies if supportsQueryWithDistance is true. Values: esriSRUnit_Meter | esriSRUnit_StatuteMile | esriSRUnit_Foot | esriSRUnit_Kilometer | esriSRUnit_NauticalMile | esriSRUnit_USNauticalMile
time_filter	Optional list. The format is of [<startTime>, <endTime>] using datetime.date, datetime.datetime or timestamp in milliseconds. Syntax: time_filter=[<startTime>, <endTime>] ; specified as datetime.date, datetime.datetime or timestamp in milliseconds
geometry_filter	Optional from arcgis.geometry.filter. Allows for the information to be filtered on spatial relationship with another geometry.
max_allowable_offset	Optional float. This option can be used to specify the max_allowable_offset to be used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. The max_allowable_offset is in the units of out_sr. If out_sr is not specified, max_allowable_offset is assumed to be in the unit of the spatial reference of the layer.
out_sr	Optional Integer. The WKID for the spatial reference of the returned geometry.
geometry_precision	Optional Integer. This option can be used to specify the number of decimal places in the response geometries returned by the query operation. This applies to X and Y values only (not m or z-values).
gdb_version	Optional string. The geodatabase version to query. This parameter applies only if the isDataVersioned property of the layer is true. If this is not specified, the query will apply to the published map’s version.
return_geometry	Optional boolean. If true, geometry is returned with the query. Default is true.
return_distinct_values	Optional boolean. If true, it returns distinct values based on the fields specified in out_fields. This parameter applies only if the supportsAdvancedQueries property of the layer is true.
return_ids_only	Optional boolean. Default is False. If true, the response only includes an array of object IDs. Otherwise, the response is a feature set.
return_count_only	Optional boolean. If true, the response only includes the count (number of features/records) that would be returned by a query. Otherwise, the response is a feature set. The default is false. This option supersedes the returnIdsOnly parameter. If returnCountOnly = true, the response will return both the count and the extent.
return_extent_only	Optional boolean. If true, the response only includes the extent of the features that would be returned by the query. If returnCountOnly=true, the response will return both the count and the extent. The default is false. This parameter applies only if the supportsReturningQueryExtent property of the layer is true.
order_by_fields	Optional string. One or more field names on which the features/records need to be ordered. Use ASC or DESC for ascending or descending, respectively, following every field to control the ordering. example: STATE_NAME ASC, RACE DESC, GENDER
group_by_fields_for_statistics	Optional string. One or more field names on which the values need to be grouped for calculating the statistics. example: STATE_NAME, GENDER
out_statistics	Optional string. The definitions for one or more field-based statistics to be calculated. Syntax: [ { “statisticType”: “<count | sum | min | max | avg | stddev | var>”, “onStatisticField”: “Field1”, “outStatisticFieldName”: “Out_Field_Name1” }, { “statisticType”: “<count | sum | min | max | avg | stddev | var>”, “onStatisticField”: “Field2”, “outStatisticFieldName”: “Out_Field_Name2” } ]
return_z	Optional boolean. If true, Z values are included in the results if the features have Z values. Otherwise, Z values are not returned. The default is False.
return_m	Optional boolean. If true, M values are included in the results if the features have M values. Otherwise, M values are not returned. The default is false.
multipatch_option	Optional x/y footprint. This option dictates how the geometry of a multipatch feature will be returned.
result_offset	Optional integer. This option can be used for fetching query results by skipping the specified number of records and starting from the next record (that is, resultOffset + 1th). This option is ignored if return_all_records is True (i.e. by default).
result_record_count	Optional integer. This option can be used for fetching query results up to the result_record_count specified. When result_offset is specified but this parameter is not, the map service defaults it to max_record_count. The maximum value for this parameter is the value of the layer’s max_record_count property. This option is ignored if return_all_records is True (i.e. by default).
quantization_parameters	Optional dict. Used to project the geometry onto a virtual grid, likely representing pixels on the screen.
return_centroid	Optional boolean. Used to return the geometry centroid associated with each feature returned. If true, the result includes the geometry centroid. The default is false.
return_all_records	Optional boolean. When True, the query operation will call the service until all records that satisfy the where_clause are returned. Note: result_offset and result_record_count will be ignored if return_all_records is True. Also, if return_count_only, return_ids_only, or return_extent_only are True, this parameter will be ignored.
result_type	Optional string. The result_type parameter can be used to control the number of features returned by the query operation. Values: None | standard | tile
historic_moment	Optional integer. The historic moment to query. This parameter applies only if the layer is archiving enabled and the supportsQueryWithHistoricMoment property is set to true. This property is provided in the layer resource. If historic_moment is not specified, the query will apply to the current features.
sql_format	Optional string. The sql_format parameter can be either standard SQL92 standard or it can use the native SQL of the underlying datastore native. The default is none which means the sql_format depends on useStandardizedQuery parameter. Values: none | standard | native
return_true_curves	Optional boolean. When set to true, returns true curves in output geometries. When set to false, curves are converted to densified polylines or polygons.
return_exceeded_limit_features	Optional boolean. Optional parameter which is true by default. When set to true, features are returned even when the results include ‘exceededTransferLimit’: True. When set to false and querying with resultType = tile features are not returned when the results include ‘exceededTransferLimit’: True. This allows a client to find the resolution in which the transfer limit is no longer exceeded without making multiple calls.
kwargs	Optional dict. Optional parameters that can be passed to the Query function. This will allow users to pass additional parameters not explicitly implemented on the function. A complete list of functions available is documented on the Query REST API.

Returns

A FeatureSet containing the features matching the query unless another return type is specified, such as count

query_related_records(object_ids, relationship_id, out_fields='*', definition_expression=None, return_geometry=True, max_allowable_offset=None, geometry_precision=None, out_wkid=None, gdb_version=None, return_z=False, return_m=False)

The Query operation is performed on a feature service layer resource. The result of this operation are feature sets grouped by source layer/table object IDs. Each feature set contains Feature objects including the values for the fields requested by the user. For related layers, if you request geometry information, the geometry of each feature is also returned in the feature set. For related tables, the feature set does not include geometries.

Argument	Description
object_ids	Required string. The object IDs of the table/layer to be queried
relationship_id	Required string. The ID of the relationship to be queried.
out_fields	Required string. the list of fields from the related table/layer to be included in the returned feature set. This list is a comma delimited list of field names. If you specify the shape field in the list of return fields, it is ignored. To request geometry, set return_geometry to true. You can also specify the wildcard “*” as the value of this parameter. In this case, the results will include all the field values.
definition_expression	Optional string. The definition expression to be applied to the related table/layer. From the list of objectIds, only those records that conform to this expression are queried for related records.
return_geometry	Optional boolean. If true, the feature set includes the geometry associated with each feature. The default is true.
max_allowable_offset	Optional float. This option can be used to specify the max_allowable_offset to be used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. The max_allowable_offset is in the units of the outSR. If out_wkid is not specified, then max_allowable_offset is assumed to be in the unit of the spatial reference of the map.
geometry_precision	Optional integer. This option can be used to specify the number of decimal places in the response geometries.
out_wkid	Optional Integer. The spatial reference of the returned geometry.
gdb_version	Optional string. The geodatabase version to query. This parameter applies only if the isDataVersioned property of the layer queried is true.
return_z	Optional boolean. If true, Z values are included in the results if the features have Z values. Otherwise, Z values are not returned. The default is false.
return_m	Optional boolean. If true, M values are included in the results if the features have M values. Otherwise, M values are not returned. The default is false.

Returns

dict

validate_sql(sql, sql_type='where')

The validate_sql operation validates an SQL-92 expression or WHERE clause. The validate_sql operation ensures that an SQL-92 expression, such as one written by a user through a user interface, is correct before performing another operation that uses the expression. For example, validateSQL can be used to validate information that is subsequently passed in as part of the where parameter of the calculate operation. validate_sql also prevents SQL injection. In addition, all table and field names used in the SQL expression or WHERE clause are validated to ensure they are valid tables and fields.

Argument	Description
sql	Required String. The SQL expression of WHERE clause to validate. Example: “Population > 300000”
sql_type	Optional String. Three SQL types are supported in validate_sql where (default) - Represents the custom WHERE clause the user can compose when querying a layer or using calculate. expression - Represents an SQL-92 expression. Currently, expression is used as a default value expression when adding a new field or using the calculate API. statement - Represents the full SQL-92 statement that can be passed directly to the database. No current ArcGIS REST API resource or operation supports using the full SQL-92 SELECT statement directly. It has been added to the validateSQL for completeness. Values: where | expression | statement

Returns

dict

FeatureLayerCollection

class arcgis.features.FeatureLayerCollection(url, gis=None)

A FeatureLayerCollection is a collection of feature layers and tables, with the associated relationships among the entities.

In a web GIS, a feature layer collection is exposed as a feature service with multiple feature layers.

Instances of FeatureDatasets can be obtained from feature service Items in the GIS using FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(item), from feature service endpoints using the constructor, or by accessing the dataset attribute of feature layer objects.

FeatureDatasets can be configured and managed using their manager helper object.

If the dataset supports the sync operation, the replicas helper object allows management and synchronization of replicas for disconnected editing of the feature layer collection.

Note: You can use the layers and tables property to get to the individual layers and tables in this feature layer collection.

classmethod fromitem(item)

property manager

helper object to manage the feature layer collection, update it’s definition, etc

property properties

The properties of this object

query(layer_defs_filter=None, geometry_filter=None, time_filter=None, return_geometry=True, return_ids_only=False, return_count_only=False, return_z=False, return_m=False, out_sr=None)

queries the feature layer collection

query_related_records(object_ids, relationship_id, out_fields='*', definition_expression=None, return_geometry=True, max_allowable_offset=None, geometry_precision=None, out_wkid=None, gdb_version=None, return_z=False, return_m=False)

The Query operation is performed on a feature service layer resource. The result of this operation are feature sets grouped by source layer/table object IDs. Each feature set contains Feature objects including the values for the fields requested by the user. For related layers, if you request geometry information, the geometry of each feature is also returned in the feature set. For related tables, the feature set does not include geometries.

Argument	Description
object_ids	Optional string. the object IDs of the table/layer to be queried.
relationship_id	Optional string. The ID of the relationship to be queried.
out_fields	Optional string.the list of fields from the related table/layer to be included in the returned feature set. This list is a comma delimited list of field names. If you specify the shape field in the list of return fields, it is ignored. To request geometry, set return_geometry to true. You can also specify the wildcard “*” as the value of this parameter. In this case, the results will include all the field values.
definition_expression	Optional string. The definition expression to be applied to the related table/layer. From the list of objectIds, only those records that conform to this expression are queried for related records.
return_geometry	Optional boolean. If true, the feature set includes the geometry associated with each feature. The default is true.
max_allowable_offset	Optional float. This option can be used to specify the max_allowable_offset to be used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. The max_allowable_offset is in the units of the outSR. If outSR is not specified, then max_allowable_offset is assumed to be in the unit of the spatial reference of the map.
geometry_precision	Optional integer. This option can be used to specify the number of decimal places in the response geometries.
out_wkid	Optional integer. The spatial reference of the returned geometry.
gdb_version	Optional string. The geodatabase version to query. This parameter applies only if the isDataVersioned property of the layer queried is true.
return_z	Optional boolean. If true, Z values are included in the results if the features have Z values. Otherwise, Z values are not returned. The default is false.
return_m	Optional boolean. If true, M values are included in the results if the features have M values. Otherwise, M values are not returned. The default is false.

Returns

dict

upload(path, description=None)

Uploads a new item to the server. Once the operation is completed successfully, the JSON structure of the uploaded item is returned.

Argument	Description
path	Optional string. Filepath of the file to upload.
description	Optional string. Descriptive text for the uploaded item.

Returns

boolean

FeatureSet

class arcgis.features.FeatureSet(features, fields=None, has_z=False, has_m=False, geometry_type=None, spatial_reference=None, display_field_name=None, object_id_field_name=None, global_id_field_name=None)

A set of features with information about their fields, field aliases, geometry type, spatial reference etc.

FeatureSets are commonly used as input/output with several Geoprocessing Tools, and can be the obtained through the query() methods of feature layers. A FeatureSet can be combined with a layer definition to compose a FeatureCollection.

FeatureSet contains Feature objects, including the values for the fields requested by the user. For layers, if you request geometry information, the geometry of each feature is also returned in the FeatureSet. For tables, the FeatureSet does not include geometries.

If a Spatial Reference is not specified at the FeatureSet level, the FeatureSet will assume the SpatialReference of its first feature. If the SpatialReference of the first feature is also not specified, the spatial reference will be UnknownCoordinateSystem.

property df

converts the FeatureSet to a Pandas dataframe. Requires pandas

property display_field_name

gets/sets the displayFieldName

property features

gets the features in the FeatureSet

property fields

gets the fields in the FeatureSet

static from_dataframe(df)

returns a featureset from a Pandas’ Data or Spatial DataFrame

static from_dict(featureset_dict)

returns a featureset from a dict

static from_geojson(geojson)

Converts a GeoJSON Feature Collection into a FeatureSet

static from_json(json_str)

returns a featureset from a JSON string

property geometry_type

gets/sets the geometry Type

property global_id_field_name

gets/sets the globalIdFieldName

property has_m

gets/set the M-property

property has_z

gets/sets the Z-property

property object_id_field_name

gets/sets the object id field

save(save_location, out_name, encoding=None)

Saves a featureset object to a feature class

Argument	Description
save_location	Required string. Path to export the FeatureSet to.
out_name	Required string. Name of the saved table.
encoding	Optional string. character encoding is used to represent a repertoire of characters by some kind of encoding system. The default is None.

Returns

string

property spatial_reference

gets the featureset’s spatial reference

to_dict()

converts the object to Python dictionary

property to_geojson

converts the object to GeoJSON

property to_json

converts the object to JSON

property value

returns object as dictionary

FeatureCollection

class arcgis.features.FeatureCollection(dictdata)

FeatureCollection is an object with a layer definition and a feature set.

It is an in-memory collection of features with rendering information.

Feature Collections can be stored as Items in the GIS, added as layers to a map or scene, passed as inputs to feature analysis tools, and returned as results from feature analysis tools if an output name for a feature layer is not specified when calling the tool.

static from_featureset(fset, symbol=None)

Create a FeatureCollection object from a FeatureSet object.

Returns

A FeatureCollection object.

query()

Returns the data in this feature collection as a FeatureSet. Filtering by where clause is not supported for feature collections

SpatialDataFrame

class arcgis.features.SpatialDataFrame(*args, **kwargs)

A Spatial Dataframe is an object to manipulate, manage and translate data into new forms of information for users.

Functionality of the Spatial DataFrame is determined by the Geometry Engine available to the object at creation. It will first leverage the arcpy geometry engine, then shapely, then it will create the geometry objects without any engine.

Scenerios

Engine Type	Functionality
ArcPy	Users will have the full functionality provided by the API.
Shapely	Users get a sub-set of operations, and all properties. Valid Properties JSON WKT WKB area centroid extent first_point hull_rectangle is_multipart label_point last_point length length3D part_count point_count true_centroid Valid Functions boundary buffer contains convex_hull crosses difference disjoint distance_to equals generalize intersect overlaps symmetric_difference touches union within Everything else will return None
No Engine	Values will return None by default

Required Parameters:

None

Optional:

param data

panda’s dataframe containing attribute information

param geometry

list/array/geoseries of arcgis.geometry objects

param sr

spatial reference of the dataframe. This can be the factory code, WKT string, arcpy.SpatialReference object, or arcgis.SpatailReference object.

param gis

passing a gis.GIS object set to Pro will ensure arcpy is installed and a full swatch of functionality is available to the end user.

copy(deep=True)

Make a copy of this SpatialDataFrame object Parameters:

Deep

boolean, default True Make a deep copy, i.e. also copy data

Returns:

copy

of SpatialDataFrame

erase(other, inplace=False)

Erases

Argument	Description
other	Required Geometry. A geometry object to erase from other geometries.
inplace	Optional boolean. Default False. Modify the SpatialDataFrame in place (do not create a new object)

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

static from_df(df, address_column='address', geocoder=None)

Returns a SpatialDataFrame from a dataframe with an address column.

Argument	Description
df	Required Pandas DataFrame. Source dataset
address_column	Optional String. The default is “address”. This is the name of a column in the specified dataframe that contains addresses (as strings). The addresses are batch geocoded using the GIS’s first configured geocoder and their locations used as the geometry of the spatial dataframe. Ignored if the ‘geometry’ parameter is also specified.
geocoder	Optional Geocoder. The geocoder to be used. If not specified, the active GIS’s first geocoder is used.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

NOTE: Credits will be consumed for batch_geocoding, from the GIS to which the geocoder belongs.

static from_featureclass(filename, **kwargs)

Returns a SpatialDataFrame from a feature class.

Argument	Description
filename	Required string. The full path to the feature class
sql_clause	Optional string. The sql clause to parse data down
where_clause	Optional string. A where statement
sr	Optional SpatialReference. A spatial reference object

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

static from_hdf(path_or_buf, key=None, **kwargs)

read from the store, close it if we opened it

Retrieve pandas object stored in file, optionally based on where criteria

path_or_bufpath (string), buffer, or path object (pathlib.Path or

py._path.local.LocalPath) to read from

New in version 0.19.0: support for pathlib, py.path.

keygroup identifier in the store. Can be omitted if the HDF file

contains a single pandas object.

where : list of Term (or convertable) objects, optional start : optional, integer (defaults to None), row number to start

selection

stopoptional, integer (defaults to None), row number to stop

selection

columnsoptional, a list of columns that if not None, will limit the

return columns

iterator : optional, boolean, return an iterator, default False chunksize : optional, nrows to include in iteration, return an iterator

The selected object

static from_layer(layer, **kwargs)

Returns a SpatialDataFrame/Pandas’ Dataframe from a FeatureLayer or Table object.

Arguments	Description
layer	required FeatureLayer/Table. This is the service endpoint object.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame for feature layers with geometry and Panda’s Dataframe for tables

static from_xy(df, x_column, y_column, sr=4326)

Converts a Pandas DataFrame into a Spatial DataFrame by providing the X/Y columns.

Argument	Description
df	Required Pandas DataFrame. Source dataset
x_column	Required string. The name of the X-coordinate series
y_column	Required string. The name of the Y-coordinate series
sr	Optional int. The wkid number of the spatial reference.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

property geoextent

returns the extent of the spatial dataframe

property geometry

Get/Set the geometry data for SpatialDataFrame

info(verbose=None, buf=None, max_cols=None, memory_usage=None, null_counts=None)

Concise summary of a DataFrame.

verbose{None, True, False}, optional

Whether to print the full summary. None follows the display.max_info_columns setting. True or False overrides the display.max_info_columns setting.

buf : writable buffer, defaults to sys.stdout max_cols : int, default None

Determines whether full summary or short summary is printed. None follows the display.max_info_columns setting.

memory_usageboolean/string, default None

Specifies whether total memory usage of the DataFrame elements (including index) should be displayed. None follows the display.memory_usage setting. True or False overrides the display.memory_usage setting. A value of ‘deep’ is equivalent of True, with deep introspection. Memory usage is shown in human-readable units (base-2 representation).

null_countsboolean, default None

Whether to show the non-null counts

• If None, then only show if the frame is smaller than max_info_rows and max_info_columns.

• If True, always show counts.

• If False, never show counts.

merge_datasets(other)

This operation combines two dataframes into one new DataFrame. If the operation is combining two SpatialDataFrames, the geometry_type must match.

Argument	Description
other	Required SpatialDataFrame. Another SpatialDataFrame to combine.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

plot(*args, **kwargs)

Plot draws the data on a web map. The user can describe in simple terms how to renderer spatial data using symbol. To make the process simplier a pallette for which colors are drawn from can be used instead of explicit colors.

Explicit Argument	Description
df	required SpatialDataFrame or GeoSeries. This is the data to map.
map_widget	optional WebMap object. This is the map to display the data on.
palette	optional string/dict. Color mapping. For simple renderer, just provide a string. For more robust renderers like unique renderer, a dictionary can be given.
renderer_type	optional string. Determines the type of renderer to use for the provided dataset. The default is ‘s’ which is for simple renderers. Allowed values: ‘s’ - is a simple renderer that uses one symbol only. ‘u’ - unique renderer symbolizes features based on one or more matching string attributes. ‘c’ - A class breaks renderer symbolizes based on the value of some numeric attribute. ‘h’ - heatmap renders point data into a raster visualization that emphasizes areas of higher density or weighted values.
symbol_type	optional string. This is the type of symbol the user needs to create. Valid inputs are: simple, picture, text, or carto. The default is simple.
symbol_type	optional string. This is the symbology used by the geometry. For example ‘s’ for a Line geometry is a solid line. And ‘-‘ is a dash line. Allowed symbol types based on geometries: Point Symbols ‘o’ - Circle (default) ‘+’ - Cross ‘D’ - Diamond ‘s’ - Square ‘x’ - X Polyline Symbols ‘s’ - Solid (default) ‘-‘ - Dash ‘-.’ - Dash Dot ‘-..’ - Dash Dot Dot ‘.’ - Dot ‘–’ - Long Dash ‘–.’ - Long Dash Dot ‘n’ - Null ‘s-‘ - Short Dash ‘s-.’ - Short Dash Dot ‘s-..’ - Short Dash Dot Dot ‘s.’ - Short Dot Polygon Symbols ‘s’ - Solid Fill (default) ‘’ - Backward Diagonal ‘/’ - Forward Diagonal ‘|’ - Vertical Bar ‘-‘ - Horizontal Bar ‘x’ - Diagonal Cross ‘+’ - Cross
col	optional string/list. Field or fields used for heatmap, class breaks, or unique renderers.
pallette	optional string. The color map to draw from in order to visualize the data. The default pallette is ‘jet’. To get a visual representation of the allowed color maps, use the display_colormaps method.
alpha	optional float. This is a value between 0 and 1 with 1 being the default value. The alpha sets the transparancy of the renderer when applicable.

** Render Syntax **

The render syntax allows for users to fully customize symbolizing the data.

** Simple Renderer**

A simple renderer is a renderer that uses one symbol only.

Optional Argument	Description
symbol_type	optional string. This is the type of symbol the user needs to create. Valid inputs are: simple, picture, text, or carto. The default is simple.
symbol_type	optional string. This is the symbology used by the geometry. For example ‘s’ for a Line geometry is a solid line. And ‘-‘ is a dash line. Point Symbols ‘o’ - Circle (default) ‘+’ - Cross ‘D’ - Diamond ‘s’ - Square ‘x’ - X Polyline Symbols ‘s’ - Solid (default) ‘-‘ - Dash ‘-.’ - Dash Dot ‘-..’ - Dash Dot Dot ‘.’ - Dot ‘–’ - Long Dash ‘–.’ - Long Dash Dot ‘n’ - Null ‘s-‘ - Short Dash ‘s-.’ - Short Dash Dot ‘s-..’ - Short Dash Dot Dot ‘s.’ - Short Dot Polygon Symbols ‘s’ - Solid Fill (default) ‘’ - Backward Diagonal ‘/’ - Forward Diagonal ‘|’ - Vertical Bar ‘-‘ - Horizontal Bar ‘x’ - Diagonal Cross ‘+’ - Cross
description	Description of the renderer.
rotation_expression	A constant value or an expression that derives the angle of rotation based on a feature attribute value. When an attribute name is specified, it’s enclosed in square brackets.
rotation_type	String value which controls the origin and direction of rotation on point features. If the rotationType is defined as arithmetic, the symbol is rotated from East in a counter-clockwise direction where East is the 0 degree axis. If the rotationType is defined as geographic, the symbol is rotated from North in a clockwise direction where North is the 0 degree axis. Must be one of the following values: arithmetic geographic
visual_variables	An array of objects used to set rendering properties.

Heatmap Renderer

The HeatmapRenderer renders point data into a raster visualization that emphasizes areas of higher density or weighted values.

Optional Argument	Description
blur_radius	The radius (in pixels) of the circle over which the majority of each point’s value is spread.
field	This is optional as this renderer can be created if no field is specified. Each feature gets the same value/importance/weight or with a field where each feature is weighted by the field’s value.
max_intensity	The pixel intensity value which is assigned the final color in the color ramp.
min_intensity	The pixel intensity value which is assigned the initial color in the color ramp.
ratio	A number between 0-1. Describes what portion along the gradient the colorStop is added.

Unique Renderer

This renderer symbolizes features based on one or more matching string attributes.

Optional Argument	Description
background_fill_symbol	A symbol used for polygon features as a background if the renderer uses point symbols, e.g. for bivariate types & size rendering. Only applicable to polygon layers. PictureFillSymbols can also be used outside of the Map Viewer for Size and Predominance and Size renderers.
default_label	Default label for the default symbol used to draw unspecified values.
default_symbol	Symbol used when a value cannot be matched.
field1, field2, field3	Attribute field renderer uses to match values.
field_delimiter	String inserted between the values if multiple attribute fields are specified.
rotation_expression	A constant value or an expression that derives the angle of rotation based on a feature attribute value. When an attribute name is specified, it’s enclosed in square brackets. Rotation is set using a visual variable of type rotation info with a specified field or value expression property.
rotation_type	String property which controls the origin and direction of rotation. If the rotation type is defined as arithmetic the symbol is rotated from East in a counter-clockwise direction where East is the 0 degree axis. If the rotation type is defined as geographic, the symbol is rotated from North in a clockwise direction where North is the 0 degree axis. Must be one of the following values: arithmetic geographic
arcade_expression	An Arcade expression evaluating to either a string or a number.
arcade_title	The title identifying and describing the associated Arcade expression as defined in the valueExpression property.
visual_variables	An array of objects used to set rendering properties.

Class Breaks Renderer

A class breaks renderer symbolizes based on the value of some numeric attribute.

Optional Argument	Description
background_fill_symbol	A symbol used for polygon features as a background if the renderer uses point symbols, e.g. for bivariate types & size rendering. Only applicable to polygon layers. PictureFillSymbols can also be used outside of the Map Viewer for Size and Predominance and Size renderers.
default_label	Default label for the default symbol used to draw unspecified values.
default_symbol	Symbol used when a value cannot be matched.
method	Determines the classification method that was used to generate class breaks. Must be one of the following values: esriClassifyDefinedInterval esriClassifyEqualInterval esriClassifyGeometricalInterval esriClassifyNaturalBreaks esriClassifyQuantile esriClassifyStandardDeviation esriClassifyManual
field	Attribute field used for renderer.
min_value	The minimum numeric data value needed to begin class breaks.
normalization_field	Used when normalizationType is field. The string value indicating the attribute field by which the data value is normalized.
normalization_total	Used when normalizationType is percent-of-total, this number property contains the total of all data values.
normalization_type	Determine how the data was normalized. Must be one of the following values: esriNormalizeByField esriNormalizeByLog esriNormalizeByPercentOfTotal
rotation_expression	A constant value or an expression that derives the angle of rotation based on a feature attribute value. When an attribute name is specified, it’s enclosed in square brackets.
rotation_type	A string property which controls the origin and direction of rotation. If the rotation_type is defined as arithmetic, the symbol is rotated from East in a couter-clockwise direction where East is the 0 degree axis. If the rotationType is defined as geographic, the symbol is rotated from North in a clockwise direction where North is the 0 degree axis. Must be one of the following values: arithmetic geographic
arcade_expression	An Arcade expression evaluating to a number.
arcade_title	The title identifying and describing the associated Arcade expression as defined in the arcade_expression property.
visual_variables	An object used to set rendering options.

** Symbol Syntax **

Optional Argument	Description
symbol_type	optional string. This is the type of symbol the user needs to create. Valid inputs are: simple, picture, text, or carto. The default is simple.
symbol_type	optional string. This is the symbology used by the geometry. For example ‘s’ for a Line geometry is a solid line. And ‘-‘ is a dash line. Point Symbols ‘o’ - Circle (default) ‘+’ - Cross ‘D’ - Diamond ‘s’ - Square ‘x’ - X Polyline Symbols ‘s’ - Solid (default) ‘-‘ - Dash ‘-.’ - Dash Dot ‘-..’ - Dash Dot Dot ‘.’ - Dot ‘–’ - Long Dash ‘–.’ - Long Dash Dot ‘n’ - Null ‘s-‘ - Short Dash ‘s-.’ - Short Dash Dot ‘s-..’ - Short Dash Dot Dot ‘s.’ - Short Dot Polygon Symbols ‘s’ - Solid Fill (default) ‘’ - Backward Diagonal ‘/’ - Forward Diagonal ‘|’ - Vertical Bar ‘-‘ - Horizontal Bar ‘x’ - Diagonal Cross ‘+’ - Cross
cmap	optional string or list. This is the color scheme a user can provide if the exact color is not needed, or a user can provide a list with the color defined as: [red, green blue, alpha]. The values red, green, blue are from 0-255 and alpha is a float value from 0 - 1. The default value is ‘jet’ color scheme.
cstep	optional integer. If provided, its the color location on the color scheme.

Simple Symbols

This is a list of optional parameters that can be given for point, line or polygon geometries.

Argument	Description
marker_size	optional float. Numeric size of the symbol given in points.
marker_angle	optional float. Numeric value used to rotate the symbol. The symbol is rotated counter-clockwise. For example, The following, angle=-30, in will create a symbol rotated -30 degrees counter-clockwise; that is, 30 degrees clockwise.
marker_xoffset	Numeric value indicating the offset on the x-axis in points.
marker_yoffset	Numeric value indicating the offset on the y-axis in points.
line_width	optional float. Numeric value indicating the width of the line in points
outline_style	Optional string. For polygon point, and line geometries , a customized outline type can be provided. Allowed Styles: ‘s’ - Solid (default) ‘-‘ - Dash ‘-.’ - Dash Dot ‘-..’ - Dash Dot Dot ‘.’ - Dot ‘–’ - Long Dash ‘–.’ - Long Dash Dot ‘n’ - Null ‘s-‘ - Short Dash ‘s-.’ - Short Dash Dot ‘s-..’ - Short Dash Dot Dot ‘s.’ - Short Dot
outline_color	optional string or list. This is the same color as the cmap property, but specifically applies to the outline_color.

Picture Symbol

This type of symbol only applies to Points, MultiPoints and Polygons.

Argument	Description
marker_angle	Numeric value that defines the number of degrees ranging from 0-360, that a marker symbol is rotated. The rotation is from East in a counter-clockwise direction where East is the 0 axis.
marker_xoffset	Numeric value indicating the offset on the x-axis in points.
marker_yoffset	Numeric value indicating the offset on the y-axis in points.
height	Numeric value used if needing to resize the symbol. Specify a value in points. If images are to be displayed in their original size, leave this blank.
width	Numeric value used if needing to resize the symbol. Specify a value in points. If images are to be displayed in their original size, leave this blank.
url	String value indicating the URL of the image. The URL should be relative if working with static layers. A full URL should be used for map service dynamic layers. A relative URL can be dereferenced by accessing the map layer image resource or the feature layer image resource.
image_data	String value indicating the base64 encoded data.
xscale	Numeric value indicating the scale factor in x direction.
yscale	Numeric value indicating the scale factor in y direction.
outline_color	optional string or list. This is the same color as the cmap property, but specifically applies to the outline_color.
outline_style	Optional string. For polygon point, and line geometries , a customized outline type can be provided. Allowed Styles: ‘s’ - Solid (default) ‘-‘ - Dash ‘-.’ - Dash Dot ‘-..’ - Dash Dot Dot ‘.’ - Dot ‘–’ - Long Dash ‘–.’ - Long Dash Dot ‘n’ - Null ‘s-‘ - Short Dash ‘s-.’ - Short Dash Dot ‘s-..’ - Short Dash Dot Dot ‘s.’ - Short Dot
outline_color	optional string or list. This is the same color as the cmap property, but specifically applies to the outline_color.
line_width	optional float. Numeric value indicating the width of the line in points

Text Symbol

This type of symbol only applies to Points, MultiPoints and Polygons.

Argument	Description
font_decoration	The text decoration. Must be one of the following values: - line-through - underline - none
font_family	Optional string. The font family.
font_size	Optional float. The font size in points.
font_style	Optional string. The text style. - italic - normal - oblique
font_weight	Optional string. The text weight. Must be one of the following values: - bold - bolder - lighter - normal
background_color	optional string/list. Background color is represented as a four-element array or string of a color map.
halo_color	Optional string/list. Color of the halo around the text. The default is None.
halo_size	Optional integer/float. The point size of a halo around the text symbol.
horizontal_alignment	optional string. One of the following string values representing the horizontal alignment of the text. Must be one of the following values: - left - right - center - justify
kerning	optional boolean. Boolean value indicating whether to adjust the spacing between characters in the text string.
line_color	optional string/list. Outline color is represented as a four-element array or string of a color map.
line_width	optional integer/float. Outline size.
marker_angle	optional int. A numeric value that defines the number of degrees (0 to 360) that a text symbol is rotated. The rotation is from East in a counter-clockwise direction where East is the 0 axis.
marker_xoffset	optional int/float.Numeric value indicating the offset on the x-axis in points.
marker_yoffset	optional int/float.Numeric value indicating the offset on the x-axis in points.
right_to_left	optional boolean. Set to true if using Hebrew or Arabic fonts.
rotated	optional boolean. Boolean value indicating whether every character in the text string is rotated.
text	Required string. Text Value to display next to geometry.
vertical_alignment	Optional string. One of the following string values representing the vertical alignment of the text. Must be one of the following values: - top - bottom - middle - baseline

Cartographic Symbol

This type of symbol only applies to line geometries.

Argument	Description
line_width	optional float. Numeric value indicating the width of the line in points
cap	Optional string. The cap style.
join	Optional string. The join style.
miter_limit	Optional string. Size threshold for showing mitered line joins.

The kwargs parameter accepts all parameters of the create_symbol method and the create_renderer method.

reproject(spatial_reference, transformation=None, inplace=False)

Reprojects a given dataframe into a new coordinate system.

Argument	Description
spatial_reference	Required Integer/SpatialReference. The spatial reference the data should be reprojected into.
transformation	Optional string. The optional transformation string.
inplace	Optional boolean. Default False. Modify the SpatialDataFrame in place (do not create a new object)

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

select_by_location(other, matches_only=True)

Selects all rows in a given SpatialDataFrame based on a given geometry

Argument	Description
other	Required Geometry. A geometry object to check for intersection.
matches_only	Optional boolean. if true, only matched records will be returned, else a field called ‘select_by_location’ will be added to the dataframe with the results of the select by location.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

set_geometry(col, drop=False, inplace=False, sr=None)

Set the SpatialDataFrame geometry using either an existing column or the specified input. By default yields a new object.

The original geometry column is replaced with the input.

Argument	Description
col	Required string/np.array. column label or array
drop	Optional boolean. Default True. Delete column to be used as the new geometry
inplace	Optional boolean. Default False. Modify the SpatialDataFrame in place (do not create a new object)
sr	Optional SpatialReference/Integer. The wkid value Coordinate system to use. If passed, overrides both DataFrame and col’s sr. Otherwise, tries to get sr from passed col values or DataFrame.

Returns

SpatialDataFrame

to_feature_collection(name=None, drawing_info=None, extent=None, global_id_field=None)

converts a Spatial DataFrame to a Feature Collection

optional argument	Description
name	optional string. Name of the Feature Collection
drawing_info	Optional dictionary. This is the rendering information for a Feature Collection. Rendering information is a dictionary with the symbology, labelling and other properties defined. See: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#/Renderer_objects/02r30000019t000000/
extent	Optional dictionary. If desired, a custom extent can be provided to set where the map starts up when showing the data. The default is the full extent of the dataset in the Spatial DataFrame.
global_id_field	Optional string. The Global ID field of the dataset.

Returns

FeatureCollection object

to_featureclass(out_location, out_name, overwrite=True, skip_invalid=True)

converts a SpatialDataFrame to a feature class

Argument	Description
out_location	Required string. A save location workspace
out_name	Required string. The name of the feature class to save as
overwrite	Optional boolean. True means to erase and replace value, false means to append
skip_invalids	Optional boolean. If True, any bad rows will be ignored.

Returns

string

to_featurelayer(title, gis=None, tags=None)

publishes a spatial dataframe to a new feature layer

Argument	Description
title	Required string. The name of the service
gis	Optional GIS. The GIS connection object
tags	Optional string. A comma seperated list of descriptive words for the service

Returns

FeatureLayer

to_featureset()

Converts a spatial dataframe to a feature set object

to_hdf(path_or_buf, key, **kwargs)

Write the contained data to an HDF5 file using HDFStore.

path_or_buf : the path (string) or HDFStore object key : string

indentifier for the group in the store

mode : optional, {‘a’, ‘w’, ‘r+’}, default ‘a’

'w'

Write; a new file is created (an existing file with the same name would be deleted).

'a'

Append; an existing file is opened for reading and writing, and if the file does not exist it is created.

'r+'

It is similar to 'a', but the file must already exist.

format‘fixed(f)|table(t)’, default is ‘fixed’

fixed(f)Fixed format

Fast writing/reading. Not-appendable, nor searchable

table(t)Table format

Write as a PyTables Table structure which may perform worse but allow more flexible operations like searching / selecting subsets of the data

appendboolean, default False

For Table formats, append the input data to the existing

data_columnslist of columns, or True, default None

List of columns to create as indexed data columns for on-disk queries, or True to use all columns. By default only the axes of the object are indexed. See here.

Applicable only to format=’table’.

complevelint, 1-9, default 0

If a complib is specified compression will be applied where possible

complib{‘zlib’, ‘bzip2’, ‘lzo’, ‘blosc’, None}, default None

If complevel is > 0 apply compression to objects written in the store wherever possible

fletcher32bool, default False

If applying compression use the fletcher32 checksum

dropnaboolean, default False.

If true, ALL nan rows will not be written to store.

Submodules

• arcgis.features.analysis module
  • aggregate_points
  • calculate_density
  • connect_origins_to_destinations
  • create_buffers
  • create_drive_time_areas
  • create_route_layers
  • create_viewshed
  • create_watersheds
  • derive_new_locations
  • dissolve_boundaries
  • enrich_layer
  • extract_data
  • find_existing_locations
  • find_hot_spots
  • find_nearest
  • find_similar_locations
  • interpolate_points
  • join_features
  • merge_layers
  • overlay_layers
  • plan_routes
  • summarize_nearby
  • summarize_within
  • trace_downstream
• arcgis.features.analyze_patterns module
  • calculate_density
  • find_hot_spots
  • find_outliers
  • interpolate_points
• arcgis.features.enrich_data module
  • enrich_layer
• arcgis.features.find_locations module
  • find_existing_locations
  • derive_new_locations
  • find_similar_locations
  • choose_best_facilities
  • create_viewshed
  • create_watersheds
  • trace_downstream
• arcgis.features.manage_data module
  • dissolve_boundaries
  • extract_data
  • merge_layers
  • overlay_layers
• arcgis.features.summarize_data module
  • aggregate_points
  • join_features
  • summarize_nearby
  • summarize_within
• arcgis.features.use_proximity module
  • connect_origins_to_destinations
  • create_buffers
  • create_drive_time_areas
  • find_nearest
  • plan_routes
• arcgis.features.elevation module
  • profile
  • viewshed
  • summarize_elevation
• arcgis.features.managers module
  • AttachmentManager
  • SyncManager
  • FeatureLayerCollectionManager
  • FeatureLayerManager