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, **kwargs)¶

A GIS is representative of a single ArcGIS Online organization or an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. 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 its state, which is 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.

The constructor constructs a GIS object given a url and user credentials to ArcGIS Online or an ArcGIS Enterprise Portal. User credentials can be passed in using username/password pair, or key_file/cert_file pair (in case of PKI). Supports built-in users, LDAP, PKI, Integrated Windows Authentication (using NTLM and Kerberos) and Anonymous access.

If no url is provided, ArcGIS Online is used. If username/password or key/cert files are not provided, the currently logged-in user’s credentials (IWA) or anonymous access is used.

Persisted profiles for the GIS can be created by giving the GIS authorization credentials and specifying a profile name. The profile stores all of the authorization credentials (except the password) in the user’s home directory in an unencrypted config file named .arcgisprofile. The profile securely stores the password in an O.S. specific password manager through the keyring python module. (Note: Linux systems may need additional software installed and configured for proper security) Once a profile has been saved, passing the profile parameter by itself uses the authorization credentials saved in the configuration file/password manager by that profile name. Multiple profiles can be created and used in parallel.

See https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/working-with-different-authentication-schemes/ for examples.

Argument	Description
url	Optional string. If URL is None, then the URL will be ArcGIS Online. This should be a web address to either a local Portal or to ArcGIS Online in the form: <scheme>://<fully_qualified_domain_name>/<web_adaptor> (Portal Example) https://gis.example.com/portal
username	Optional string. The login user name (case-sensitive).
password	Optional string. If a username is provided, a password is expected. This is case-sensitive. If the password is not provided, the user is prompted in the interactive dialog.
key_file	Optional string. The file path to a user’s key certificate for PKI authentication
cert_file	Optional string. The file path to a user’s certificate file for PKI authentication. If a PFX or P12 certificate is used, a password is required. If a PEM file is used, the key_file is required.
verify_cert	Optional boolean. If a site has an invalid SSL certificate or is being accessed via the IP or hostname instead of the name on the certificate, set this value to False. This will ensure that all SSL certificate issues are ignored. The default is True. Warning Setting the value to False can be a security risk.
set_active	Optional boolean. The default is True. If True, the GIS object will be used as the default GIS object throughout the whole scripting session.
client_id	Optional string. Used for OAuth authentication. This is the client ID value.
profile	Optional string. the name of the profile that the user wishes to use to authenticate, if set, the identified profile will be used to login to the specified GIS.

In addition to explicitly named parameters, the GIS object supports optional key word arguments:

kwargs	Description
proxy_host	Optional string. The host name of the proxy server used to allow HTTP/S access in the network where the script is run. ex: 127.0.0.1
proxy_port	Optional integer. The proxy host port. The default is 80.
token	Optional string. This is the Enterprise token for built-in logins. This parameter is only honored if the username/password is None and the security for the site uses BUILT-IN security.

# Usage Example 1: Anonymous Login to ArcGIS Online

gis = GIS()

# Usage Example 2: Built-in Login to ArcGIS Online

gis = GIS(username="someuser", password="secret1234")

# Usage Example 3: Built-in Login to ArcGIS Enterprise

gis = GIS(url="http://pythonplayground.esri.com/portal",
      username="user1", password="password1")

# Usage Example 4: Built-in Login to ArcGIS Enterprise, ignoring SSL errors

gis = GIS(url="http://pythonplayground.esri.com/portal", username="user1",
          password="password1", verify_cert=False)

# Usage Example 5: Anonymous ArcGIS Online Login with Proxy

gis = GIS(proxy_host='127.0.0.1', proxy_port=8888)

# Usage Example 6: PKI Login to ArcGIS Enterprise, using PKCS12 user certificate

gis = GIS(url="https://pkienterprise.esri.com/portal",
          cert_file="C:\users\someuser\mycert.pfx", password="password1")

property content¶: The resource manager for GIS content. See ContentManager.

property datastore¶

property groups¶: The resource manager for GIS groups. See GroupManager.

property hub¶: The resource manager for GIS hub. See Hub.

map(location=None, zoomlevel=None, mode='2D', geocoder=None)¶

Creates a map widget centered at the declared location with the specified zoom level. 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. See widgets for more information.

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

Argument	Description
location	Optional string. The address or lat-long tuple of where the map is to be centered.
zoomlevel	Optional integer. The desired zoom level.
mode	Optional string of either ‘2D’ or ‘3D’ to specify map mode. Defaults to ‘2D’.
geocoder	Optional Geocoder. Allows users to specify a geocoder to find a given location.

Returns: The map widget (displayed in Jupyter Notebook when queried).

property properties¶: The properties of the GIS.

update_properties(properties_dict)¶

Updates the GIS’s properties from those in properties_dict. This method can be useful for updating the utility services used by the GIS.

Argument	Description
properties_dict	Required dictionary. A dictionary of just those properties and values that are to be updated.

Returns: True if successfully updated, False if unsuccessful.

Note

For examples of the property names and key/values to use when updating utility services, refer to the Portal parameters section at https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/common-parameters.htm

# Usage Example: Update the geocode service

gis = GIS(profile='xyz')
upd = {'geocodeService': [{
  "singleLineFieldName": "Single Line Input",
  "name": "AtlantaLocator",
  "url": "https://some.server.com/server/rest/services/GeoAnalytics/AtlantaLocator/GeocodeServer",
  "itemId": "abc6e1fc691542938917893c8944606d",
  "placeholder": "",
  "placefinding": "true",
  "batch": "true",
  "zoomScale": 10000}]}

gis.update_properties(upd)

property url¶: Readonly URL of the GIS you are connected to.

property users¶: The resource manager for GIS users. See UserManager.

property version¶: returns the GIS version number

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.

Argument	Description
comment	Required string. Text to be added as a comment to a specific item.

Returns: Comment ID if successful, None on failure.

add_relationship(rel_item, rel_type)¶

Adds a relationship from this item to rel_item.

Note

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.

Argument	Description
rel_item	Required Item object corresponding to the related item.
rel_type	Required string. The type of the related item; is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’]. See Relationship Types. in the REST API help for more information on this parameter.

Returns: Returns True if the relationship was added, False if the add failed.

property app_info¶

If the parent item is registered using the register app operation, this resource returns information pertaining to the registered app. Every registered app gets an App ID and App Secret which in OAuth speak are known as client_id and client_secret respectively.

Returns: dict

property comments¶: Gets a list of comments for a given item.

property content_status¶

The content_status property states if an Item is authoritative or deprecated. This givens owners and administrators of Item the ability to warn users that they should be either this information or not.

Argument

Description

value

Optional string or None. Defines if an Item is deprecated or authoritative. If a value of None is given, then the value will be reset.

Allowed Values: authoritative, deprecated, or None

copy(title=None, tags=None, snippet=None, description=None, layers=None)¶

Copy allows for the creation of an item that is derived from the current item.

For layers, copy will create a new item that uses the URL as a reference. For non-layer based items, these will be copied and the exact same data will be provided.

If title, tags, snippet of description is not provided the values from item will be used.

Copy use example:

Vector tile service sprite customization

Limiting feature service exposure

Sharing content by reference with groups

Creating backup items.

Usage Example

>>> item.copy()
<Item title:"gisslideshow - Copy 94452b" type:Microsoft Powerpoint owner:geoguy>
>>> item.copy(title="GIS_Tutorial")
<Item title:"GIS_Tutorial" type:Microsoft Powerpoint owner:geoguy>
>>> item.copy()
<Item title:"NZTiles - Copy 021a06" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:geoguy>

Argument	Description
title	Optional string. The name of the new item.
tags	Optional list of string. Descriptive words that help in the searching and locating of the published information.
snippet	Optional string. A brief summary of the information being published.
description	Optional string. A long description of the Item being published.
layers	Optional list of integers. If you have a layer with multiple and you only want specific layers, an index can be provided those layers. If nothing is provided, all layers will be visible. Example: layers=[0,3] Example 2: layers=[9]

Returns: Item

copy_feature_layer_collection(service_name, layers=None, tables=None, folder=None, description=None, snippet=None, owner=None)¶

This operation allows users to copy existing Feature Layer Collections and select the layers/tables that the user wants in the service.

Argument	Description
service_name	Required string. It is the name of the service.
layers	Optional list/string. This is a either a list of integers or a comma seperated list of integers as a string. Each index value represents a layer in the feature layer collection.
tables	Optional list/string. This is a either a list of integers or a comma seperated list of integers as a string. Each index value represents a table in the feature layer collection.
folder	Optional string. This is the name of the folder to place in. The default is None, which means the root folder.
description	Optional string. This is the Item description of the service.
snippet	Optional string. This is the Item’s snippet of the service. It is no longer than 250 characters.
owner	Optional string/User. The default is the current user, but if you want the service to be owned by another user, pass in this value.

Returns: Item on success. None on failure

create_thumbnail(update=True)¶

Creates a Thumbnail for a feature service portal item using the service’s symbology and the print service registered for the enterprise.

Argument	Description
update	Optional boolean. When set to True, the item will be updated with the thumbnail generated in this call, else it will not update the item. The default is True.

Returns: DataFile

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. The name of the new service. Example: “SeasideHeightsNJTiles”
min_scale	Required float. The smallest scale at which to view data. Example: 577790.0
max_scale	Required float. The largest scale at which 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 is False; if True, the cache will be built at publishing time. This will increase the time it takes to publish the service.

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

delete(force=False, dry_run=False)¶

Deletes the item. If unable to delete, raises a RuntimeException. To know if you can safely delete the item, use the optional parameter ‘dry_run’

Argument	Description
force	Optional bool. Available in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 and higher. Force deletion is applicable only to items that were orphaned when a server federated to the ArcGIS Enterprise was removed accidentally before properly unfederating it. When called on other items, it has no effect.
dry_run	Optional bool. Available in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 and higher.If True, checks if the item can be safely deleted and gives you back either a dictionary with details. If dependent items are preventing deletion, a list of such Item objects are provided.

Returns: A bool containing True (for success) or False (for failure). When dry_run is used, a dictionary with details is returned.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Successful deletion of an item

item1 = gis.content.get('itemId12345')
item1.delete()

>> True

USAGE EXAMPLE: Failed deletion of an item

item1 = gis.content.get('itemId12345')
item1.delete()

>> RuntimeError: Unable to delete item. This service item has a related Service item
>> (Error Code: 400)

USAGE EXAMPLE: Dry run to check deletion of an item

item1 = gis.content.get('itemId12345abcde')
item1.delete(dry_run=True)

>> {'can_delete': False,
>> 'details': {'code': 400,
>> 'message': 'Unable to delete item. This service item has a related Service item',
>> 'offending_items': [<Item title:"Chicago_accidents_WFS" type:WFS owner:sharing1>]}}

Note

During the dry run, if you receive a list of offending items, attempt to delete them first before deleting the current item. You can in turn call ‘dry_run’ on those items to ensure they can be deleted safely.

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.

Argument	Description
rel_item	Required Item object corresponding to the related item.
rel_type	Required string. The type of the related item; is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’]. See Relationship Types. in the REST API help for more information on this parameter.

Returns: Returns True if the relationship was deleted, False if the deletion failed.

property dependencies¶: returns a class to management Item dependencies

dependent_to()¶: Returns items, urls, etc that are dependent to this item. This capability (item dependencies) is not yet available on ArcGIS Online. Currently it is available only with an ArcGIS Enterprise.

dependent_upon()¶: Returns items, urls, etc that this item is dependent on. This capability (item dependencies) is not yet available on ArcGIS Online. Currently it is available only with an ArcGIS Enterprise.

download(save_path=None, file_name=None)¶

Downloads the data to the specified folder or a temporary folder if a folder is not provided.

Argument	Description
save_path	Optional string. Folder location to download the file to.
file_name	Optional string. The name of the file.

Returns: The download path if data was available, otherwise None.

download_metadata(save_folder=None)¶

Downloads the item metadata for the specified item id. Items with metadata have ‘Metadata’ in their typeKeywords.

Argument	Description
save_folder	Optional string. Folder location to download the item’s metadata to.

Returns: For a successful download of metadata, a file path. None if the item does not have metadata.

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)¶

Downloads the thumbnail for this item.

Argument	Description
save_folder	Optional string. Folder location to download the item’s thumbnail to.

Returns: For a successful download of the thumbnail, a file path. None if the item does not have a thumbnail.

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

Exports a service item to the specified export format. Available only to users with an organizational subscription. Invokable only by the service item owner or an administrator. This is useful for long running exports that could hold up a script.

Argument	Description
title	Required string. The desired name of the exported service item.
export_format	Required string. The format to export the data to. Allowed types: ‘Shapefile’, ‘CSV’, ‘File Geodatabase’, ‘Feature Collection’, ‘GeoJson’, ‘Scene Package’, ‘KML’, and ‘Excel’
parameters	Optional string. A JSON object describing the layers to be exported and the export parameters for each layer. See http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#/Export_Item/02r30000008s000000/ for guidance.
wait	Optional boolean. Default is True, which forces a wait for the export to complete; use False for when it is okay to proceed while the export continues to completion.

Returns: Item or dictionary. Item is returned when wait=True. A dictionary describing the status of the item is returned when wait=False.

get_data(try_json=True)¶

Retrieves the data associated with an item. Note that this call may return different results for different item types: some item types may even return None. See this REST API page for more information.

Argument	Description
try_json	Optional string. Default is True. For JSON/text files, if try_json is True, the method tries to convert the data to a Python dictionary (use json.dumps(data) to convert the dictionary to a string), otherwise the data is returned as a string.

Returns: Dependent on the content type of the data. For non-JSON/text data, binary files are returned and the path to the downloaded file. For JSON/text files, a Python dictionary or a string. All others will be a byte array, that can be converted to string using data.decode(‘utf-8’). Zero byte files will return None.

get_thumbnail()¶

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

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.

property homepage¶: Gets the URL to the HTML page for the item.

property metadata¶: Gets and sets 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)¶

Moves 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 dictionary containing the folder ID, such as the dictionary 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)¶

Enables or disables delete protection on this item.

Argument	Description
enable	Optional boolean. Default is True which enables delete protection, False to disable delete protection.

Returns: A json object like the following: {“success”: true | false}

property proxies¶: Gets the 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, build_initial_cache=False)¶

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 (i.e. address fields or XY 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.

Note

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

Argument	Description
publish_parameters	Optional dictionary. containing publish instructions and customizations. Cannot be combined with overwrite. See http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#/Publish_Item/02r300000080000000/ for details.
address_fields	Optional dictionary. containing mapping of df columns to address fields, eg: { “CountryCode” : “Country”} or { “Address” : “Address” }
output_type	Optional string. Only used when a feature service is published as a tile service. eg: output_type=’Tiles’
overwrite	Optional boolean. If True, the hosted feature service is overwritten. Only available in ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS 10.5 or later.
file_type	Optional string. Some formats are not automatically detected, when this occurs, the file_type can be specified: serviceDefinition,shapefile,csv, tilePackage, featureService, featureCollection, fileGeodatabase, geojson, scenepackage, vectortilepackage, imageCollection, mapService, and sqliteGeodatabase are valid entries. This is an optional parameter.
build_initial_cache	Optional boolean. The boolean value (default False), if true and applicable for the file_type, the value will built cache for the service.

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

For publish_parameters, see http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#/Publish_Item/02r300000080000000/

property rating¶: Gets or sets the rating given by the current user to the item.

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. The unique identifier for the item.
target_owner	Required string. The new desired owner of the item.
target_folder	Optional string. The folder to move the item to.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) with the ID of the reassigned item, or failure (False).

register(app_type, redirect_uris=None)¶

The register method registers an app item with the enterprise. App registration results in an APPID and APPSECRET (also known as client_id and client_secret in OAuth speak, respectively) being generated for that app. Upon successful registration, a Registered App type keyword gets appended to the app item.

Available to the item owner.

Argument

Description

app_type

Required string. The type of app that was registered indicating whether it’s a browser app, native app, server app, or a multiple interface app. Values: browser, native, server, or multiple

redirect_uris

Optional list. The URIs where the access_token or authorization code will be delivered upon successful authorization. The redirect_uri specified during authorization must match one of the registered URIs, otherwise authorization will be rejected.

A special value of urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob can also be specified for authorization grants. This will result in the authorization code being delivered to a portal URL (/oauth2/approval). This value is typically used by apps that don’t have a web server or a custom URI scheme where the code can be delivered.

The value is a JSON string array.

Example:

[: “https://app.example.com”, “urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob”

]

Returns: dict

related_items(rel_type, direction='forward')¶

Retrieves the items related to this item. Relationships can be added and deleted using item.add_relationship() and item.delete_relationship(), respectively.

Note

With WebMaps items, relationships are only available on local enterprises.

Argument	Description
rel_type	Required string. The type of the related item; is one of [‘Map2Service’, ‘WMA2Code’, ‘Map2FeatureCollection’, ‘MobileApp2Code’, ‘Service2Data’, ‘Service2Service’]. See Relationship Types. in the REST API help for more information on this parameter.
direction	Required string. One of [‘forward’, ‘reverse’]

Returns: The list of related items.

property resources¶

Returns the Item’s Resource Manager

Returns: ResourceManager

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

Shares an item with the specified list of groups.

Argument	Description
everyone	Optional boolean. Default is False, don’t share with everyone.
org	Optional boolean. Default is False, don’t share with the organization.
groups	Optional list of group ids as strings, or a list of arcgis.gis.Group objects, or a comma-separated list of group IDs.
allow_members_to_edit	Optional boolean. Default is False, to allow item to be shared with groups that allow shared update

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

property shared_with¶

Reveals the privacy or sharing status of the current item. An item can be private or shared with one or more of the following: A specified list of groups, to all members in the organization or to everyone (including anonymous users). If the return is False for org, everyone and contains an empty list of groups, then the item is private and visible only to the owner.

Returns: Dictionary of the following kind { ‘groups’: [], # one or more Group objects ‘everyone’: True | False, ‘org’: True | False }

status(job_id=None, job_type=None)¶

Provides the 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.

Argument	Description
job_id	Optional string. The job ID returned during publish, generateFeatures, export, and createService calls.
job_type	Optional string. The type of asynchronous job for which the status has to be checked. Default is none, which checks the item’s status. This parameter is optional unless used with the operations listed below. Values: publish, generateFeatures, export, and createService

Returns: The status of a publishing item.

unregister()¶

The unregister app removes the application registration from an app item along with the Registered App type keyword.

The operation is available to item owner and organization administrators.

Available to the item owner.

Returns: boolean

unshare(groups)¶

Stops sharing of the item with the specified list of groups.

Argument	Description
groups	Optional list of group names as strings, or a list of arcgis.gis.Group objects, or a comma-separated list of group IDs.

Returns: Dictionary 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

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

To upload a package or other file, provide a path or URL to the file in the data argument.

For item_properties, pass in arguments for only the properties you want to be updated. All other properties will be untouched. For example, if you want to update only the item’s description, then only provide the description argument in item_properties.

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.

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.
text	Optional string. For text based items such as Feature Collections & WebMaps
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).

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

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

usage(date_range='7D', as_df=True)¶

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7+ and ArcGIS Online Only

For item owners and administrators, usage provides usage details about an item that help you gauge its popularity. Usage details show how many times the item has been used for the time period you select. Historical usage information is available for the past year. Depending on the item type, usage details can include the number of views, requests, or downloads, and the average number of views, requests, or downloads per day.

Views refers to the number of times the item has been viewed or opened. For maps, scenes, nonhosted layers, and web apps, the view count is increased by one when you open the item page or open the item in Map Viewer. For example, if you opened the item page for a map image layer and clicked Open in Map Viewer, the count would increase by two. For other items such as mobile apps, KML, and so on, the view count is increased by one when you open the item; the count does not increase when you open the item details page.

For hosted web layers (feature, tile, and scene), the number of requests is provided instead of views. Requests refers to the number of times a request is made for the data within the layer. For example, someone might open an app that contains a hosted feature layer. Opening the app counts as one view for the application, but multiple requests may be necessary to draw all the features in the hosted layer and are counted as such.

For downloadable file item types such as CSV, SHP, and so on, the number of downloads is displayed. For registered apps, the Usage tab also displays the number of times users have logged in to the app. Apps that allow access to subscriber content through the organization subscription show usage by credits. You can change the time frame for the credit usage reporting period.

Argument

Description

date_range

Optional string. The default is 7d. This is the period to query usage for a given item.

24H	Past 24 hours
7D	Past 7 days (default)
14D	Past 14 days
30D	Past 30 days
60D	Past 60 days
6M	Past 6 months
1Y	Past 12 months

as_df

Optional boolean. Returns a Pandas DataFrame when True, returns data as a dictionary when False

Returns: Pandas DataFrame or Dictionary

User¶

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

Bases: dict

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

Property	Details
username	The username of the user.
fullName	The user’s full name
availableCredits	The number of credits available to the user.
assignedCredits	The number of credits allocated to the user.
firstName	The user’s first name.
lastName	The user’s last name.
preferredView	The user’s preferred view for content, either web or GIS.
description	A description of the user.
email	The user’s e-mail address.
idpUsername	The original username if using enterprise logins.
favGroupId	The user’s favorites group and is created automatically for each user.
lastLogin	The last login date of the user as a UNIX timestamp.
mfaEnabled	Indicates if the user’s account has multifactor authentication set up.
access	Indicates the level of access of the user: private, org, or public. If private, the user descriptive information will not be available to others nor will the username be searchable.
storageUsage	The amount of storage used for the user’s subscription.
storageQuota	Applicable to public users as it sets the total amount of storage available for a subscription. The maximum quota is 2GB.
orgId	The ID of the organization the user belongs to.
role	Defines the user’s role in the organization.<br><br>Values: org_admin (organization administrator or custom role with administrative privileges) , org_publisher (organization publisher or custom role with publisher privileges) , org_user (organization user or custom role with user privileges)
privileges	A JSON array of strings with predefined permissions in each. For a complete listing, see Privileges.
roleId	(Optional) The ID of the user’s role if it is a custom one.
level	The level of the user.
disabled	Disables access to the organization by the user.
units	User-defined units for measurement.
tags	User-defined tags that describe the user.
culture	The user locale information (language and country).
cultureFormat	The user preferred number and date format defined in CLDR (only applicable for English and Spanish, i.e. when culture is en or es).<br><br>See Languages for supported formats. It will inherit from organization cultureFormat if undefined.
region	The user preferred region, used to set the featured maps on the home page, content in the gallery, and the default extent of new maps in the Viewer.
thumbnail	The file name of the thumbnail used for the user.
created	The date the user was created. Shown in UNIX time.
modified	The date the user was last modified. Shown in UNIX time.
groups	A JSON array of groups the user belongs to. See Group for properties of a group.
provider	The identity provider for the organization.<br>Values: arcgis (for built-in users) ,enterprise (for external users managed by an enterprise identity store), facebook (for public accounts in ArcGIS Online), google (for public accounts in ArcGIS Online)
id	(optional) The unique identifier of the user used on AGOL/ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7+

property bundles¶

Provides the current user’s assigned application bundles.

Available in ArcGIS Online and Portal 10.7+

Returns: List of Bundle objects

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 and/or is assigned an application bundle. 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. The new owner of the items and groups that belong to the user being deleted.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

disable()¶

Disables login access for the user. It is only available to the administrator of the organization.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)¶

Downloads the item thumbnail for this user.

Argument	Description
save_folder	Optional string. The desired folder name to download the thumbnail to.

Returns: The file path of the downloaded thumbnail.

enable()¶: Enables login access for the user. It is only available to the administrator of the organization.

property esri_access¶

When getting, will return a string describing the current user’s esri access When setting, supply a bool to enable or disable esri_access for that user (Administrator privileges required)

A member whose account has Esri access enabled can use My Esri and Community and Forums (GeoNet), access e-Learning on the Training website, and manage email communications from Esri. The member cannot enable or disable their own access to these Esri resources.

Trial accounts cannot modify esri_access property.

Please see: http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/administer/manage-members.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_7CE845E428034AE8A40EF8C1085E2A23 or https://bit.ly/2JsJV1i for more information.

property folders¶: Gets the list of the user’s folders

get_thumbnail()¶

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

Returns: Bytes that represent the image.

Usage Example:

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

get_thumbnail_link()¶

Retrieves the URL to the thumbnail image.

Returns: The thumbnail’s URL.

property groups¶: Gets a list of Group objects the current user belongs to.

property homepage¶: Gets the URL to the HTML page for the user.

items(folder=None, max_items=100)¶

Provides a list of items in the specified folder. For content in the root folder, use the default value of None for the folder argument. For other folders, pass in the folder name as a string, or as a dictionary containing the folder ID, such as the dictionary obtained from the folders property.

Argument	Description
folder	Optional string. The specifc folder (as a string or dictionary) to get a list of items in.
max_items	Optional integer. The maximum number of items to be returned. The default is 100.

Returns: The list of items in the specified folder.

link_account(username, user_gis)¶

If you use multiple accounts for ArcGIS Online and Esri websites, you can link them so you can switch between accounts and share your Esri customer information with My Esri, e-Learning, and GeoNet. You can link your organizational, public, enterprise, and social login accounts. Your content and privileges are unique to each account. From Esri websites, only Esri access-enabled accounts appear in your list of linked accounts.

See: http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/sign-in.htm for addtional information.

Argument	Description
username	required string/User. This is the username or User object that a user wants to link to.
user_gis	required GIS. This is the GIS object for the username. In order to link an account, a user must be able to login to that account. The GIS object is the entry into that account.

returns: Boolean. True for success, False for failure.

property linked_accounts¶: returns all linked account for the current user as User objects

property notifications¶: Gets the list of notifications available for the given user.

property provisions¶

Returns a list of all provisioned licenses for the current user.

Available in 10.7+

Returns: List

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. The user who will be the new owner of the items and groups from which these are being reassigned from.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

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. The current password.
new_password	Optional string. The new password if resetting password.
new_security_question	Optional string. The new security question if desired.
new_security_answer	Optional string. The new security question answer if desired.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

unlink_account(username)¶

When a user wishes to no longer have a linked account, the unlink method allows for the removal if linked accounts.

See: http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/sign-in.htm for addtional information.

Argument	Description
username	required string/User. This is the username or User object that a user wants to unlink.

returns: boolean.

update(access=None, preferred_view=None, description=None, tags=None, thumbnail=None, fullname=None, email=None, culture=None, region=None, first_name=None, last_name=None, security_question=None, security_answer=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 the description, then only provide the description argument.

Note

When updating the security question, you must provide a security_answer as well.

Argument	Description
access	Optional string. The access level for the user, values allowed are private, org, public.
preferred_view	Optional string. The preferred view for the user, values allowed are Web, GIS, null.
description	Optional string. A description of the user.
tags	Optional string. Tags listed as comma-separated values, or a list of strings.
thumbnail	Optional string. The path or url to a file of type PNG, GIF, or JPEG. Maximum allowed size is 1 MB.
fullname	Optional string. The full name of this user, only for built-in users.
email	Optional string. The e-mail address of this user, only for built-in users.
culture	Optional string. The two-letter language code, fr for example.
region	Optional string. The two-letter country code, FR for example.
first_name	Optional string. User’s first name.
last_name	Optional string. User’s first name.
security_question	Optional integer. The is a number from 1-14. The questions are as follows: What city were you born in? What was your high school mascot? What is your mother’s maden name? What was the make of your first car? What high school did you got to? What is the last name of your best friend? What is the middle name of your youngest sibling? What is the name of the street on which your grew up? What is the name of your favorite fictional character? What is the name of your favorite pet? What is the name of your favorite restaurant? What is the title of your facorite book? What is your dream job? Where did you go on your first date? Usage Example: security_question=13
security_answer	Optional string. This is the answer to security querstion. If you are changing a user’s question, an answer must be provided. Usage example: security_answer=”Working on the Python API”

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

update_level(level)¶

Allows only administrators of an organization to update the level of a user. Administrators can leverage two levels of membership when assigning roles and privileges to members. Membership levels allow organizations to control access to some ArcGIS capabilities for some members while granting more complete access to other members. Level 1 membership is designed for members who need privileges to view and interact with existing content, while Level 2 membership is for those who contribute, create, and share content and groups, in addition to other tasks.

Maximum user quota of an organization at the given level is checked before allowing the update.

Built-in roles including organization administrator, publisher, and user are assigned as Level 2, members with custom roles can be assigned as Level 1, 1PlusEdit, or Level 2.

Level 1 membership allows for limited capabilities given through a maximum of 8 privileges: portal:user:joinGroup, portal:user:viewOrgGroups, portal:user:viewOrgItems, portal:user:viewOrgUsers, premium:user:geocode, premium:user:networkanalysis, premium:user:demographics, and premium:user:elevation. If updating the role of a Level 1 user with a custom role that has more privileges than the eight, additional privileges will be disabled for the user to ensure restriction.

Level 1 users are not allowed to own any content or group which can be reassigned to other users through the Reassign Item and Reassign Group operations before downgrading them. The operation will also fail if the user being updated has got licenses assigned to premium apps that are not allowed at the targeting level.

Argument

Description

level

Required string. The values of 1 or 2. This is the user level for the given user.

1 - View only

2 - Content creator

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

update_license_type(user_type)¶

Allows for the updating of the user’s licensing type. This allows administrators to change a user from a creator to a viewer or any other custom user license type.

Available in ArcGIS Online and Portal 10.7+

Argument

Description

user_type

Required string. The user license type to assign a user.

Built-in Types: creator or viewer

Returns: Boolean

update_role(role)¶

Updates this user’s role to org_user, org_publisher, org_admin, viewer, view_only, viewplusedit, 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 additionally 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. Value must be either org_user, org_publisher, org_admin, viewer, view_only, viewplusedit or a custom role object (from gis.users.roles).

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

user_types()¶: Notes: Available in 10.7+ returns the user type and assigned applications

Group¶

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

Bases: dict

Represents a group 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	Required list of strings or single string. The list of usernames or single username to be added.

Returns: A dictionary which contains the users that were not added to the group.

property applications¶: Gets the group applications for the given group as a list. Available to administrators of the group or administrators of an organization if the group is part of one.

property categories¶: The category manager for groups. See CategorySchemaManager.

content(max_items=1000)¶

Gets the list of items shared with this group.

Argument	Description
max_items	Required integer. The maximum number of items to be returned, defaults to 1000.

Returns: The list of items that are shared.

delete()¶

Deletes this group.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

download_thumbnail(save_folder=None)¶

Downloads the group thumbnail for this group.

Argument	Description
save_folder	Optional string. The file path to where the group thumbnail will be downloaded.

Returns: The file path to which the group thumbnail is downloaded.

get_members()¶

Gets the members of this group.

Key:Value Dictionary Return Values

Key

Value

owner

The group’s owner (string).

admins

The group’s admins (list of strings). Typically this is the same as the owner.

users

The members of the group (list of strings).

Returns: A dictionary with keys: owner, admins, and users.

# Usage Example: To print users in a group

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

get_thumbnail()¶

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

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

property homepage¶: Gets the URL to the HTML page for the group.

invite_by_email(email, message, role='member', expiration='1 Day')¶

Deprecated since version v1.5.1: Use Group.invite instead.

** Deprecated: This function is not supported **

Invites a user by email to the existing group.

Argument	Description
email	Required string. The user to send join email to.
message	Required string. The message to send to the user.
role	Optional string. Either member (the default) or admin.
expiration	Optional string. The is the time out of the invite. The values are: 1 Day (default), 3 Days, 1 Week, or 2 Weeks.

Returns: boolean

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

Invites existing users to this group. The user executing this command must be the group owner.

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.

Argument	Description
usernames	Required list of strings. The users to invite.
role	Optional string. Either group_member (the default) or group_admin.
expiration	Optional integer. Specifies how long the invitation is valid for in minutes. Default is 10,080 minutes (7 days).

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

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.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

leave()¶

Removes the logged in user from this group. It is required that the user be logged in.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

notify(users, subject, message, method='email', client_id=None)¶

Creates a group notification that sends a message to all users within the group.

Argument	Description
users	Required List. A list of users or user names.
subject	Required String. The subject of the notification.
message	Required String. The message body that will be sent to the group’s users.
method	Optional String. This is the form for which users will be contacted. The allowed values are: email, push, and builtin. email - sent a message via smtp. push - pushes a message out. builtin - creates a user notification.
client_id	Optional String. The client id of the application for the push operation.

Returns: Boolean

property protected¶: Indicates if the group is protected from deletion. Default value is false.

reassign_to(target_owner)¶

Reassigns this group to another owner.

Argument	Description
target_owner	Required string or User. The username of the new group owner.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

remove_users(usernames)¶

Remove users from this group.

Argument	Description
usernames	Required string. A comma-separated list of users to be removed.

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, max_file_size=None, users_update_items=False)¶

Updates this group with only values supplied for particular arguments.

Argument	Description
title	Optional string. The new name of the group.
tags	Optional string. A comma-delimited list of new tags, or a list of tags as strings.
description	Optional string. The new description for the group.
snippet	Optional string. A new short snippet (<250 characters) that summarizes the group.
access	Optional string. Choices are private, public, or org.
is_invitation_only	Optional boolean. Defines whether users can join by request. True means an invitation is required.
sort_field	Optional string. Specifies how shared items with the group are sorted.
sort_order	Optional string. Choices are asc or desc for ascending or descending, respectively.
is_view_only	Optional boolean. Defines whether the group is searchable. True means the group is searchable.
thumbnail	Optional string. URL or file location to a new group image.
max_file_size	Optional integer. This is the maximum file size allowed be uploaded/shared to a group. Default value is: 1024000
users_update_items	Optional boolean. Members can update all items in this group. Updates to an item can include changes to the item’s description, tags, metadata, as well as content. This option can’t be disabled once the group has been created. Default is False.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

Datastore¶

class arcgis.gis.Datastore(datastore, path)¶

Bases: dict

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

property datasets¶: Gets the datasets in the data store, as a dictionary (currently implemented for big data file shares).

delete()¶

Unregisters this data item from the data store.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

property manifest¶: Gets or sets the manifest resource for bigdata fileshares, as a dictionary.

property ref_count¶: Gets the total number of references to this data item that exists on the server. You can use this property to determine if this data item can be safely deleted or taken down for maintenance.

regenerate()¶

This regenerates the manifest for a big data file share. You can regenerate a manifest if you have added new data or if you have uploaded a hints file using the edit resource.

Returns: Boolean. True = Success, False = Failure

update(item)¶

Edits this data item to update its connection information.

Argument	Description
item	Required dictionary. The representation of the updated item.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

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.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

Role¶

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

Bases: object

A custom role in the GIS.

delete()¶

Deletes this role.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

property description¶: Gets and sets the description of the custom role.

property name¶: Gets and sets the name of the custom role.

property privileges¶

Get or sets the 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.

filter = None¶: optional attribute query string to select features to process by geoanalytics or spatial analysis tools

classmethod fromitem(item, index=0)¶

Returns the layer at the specified index from a layer item.

Argument	Description
item	Required string. An item ID representing a layer.
index	Optional int. The index of the layer amongst the item’s layers

Returns: The layer at the specified index.

GroupApplication¶

class arcgis.gis.GroupApplication(url, gis, **kwargs)¶

Bases: object

Represents a single group application on the GIS (ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS).

accept()¶

When a user applies to join a group, a group application is created. Group administrators choose to accept this application using the Accept Group Application operation. This operation adds the applying user to the group then deletes the application. This operation also creates a notification for the user indicating that the user’s group application was accepted. Available only to group owners and admins.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

decline()¶

When a user applies to join a group, a group application is created. Group administrators can decline this application using this method. This method deletes the application and creates a notification for the user indicating that the user’s group application was declined. The applying user will not be added to the group. Available only to group owners and admins.

Returns: A boolean indicating success (True) or failure (False).

property properties¶: Gets the properties of the Group application.

CategorySchemaManager¶

class arcgis.gis.CategorySchemaManager(base_url, gis=None)¶

Helper class for managing category schemas. This class is not created by users directly. An instance of this class, called categories, is available as a property on gis.content or on gis.groups.

assign_to_items(items)¶

This function adds group content categories to the portal items specified in the items argument (see below). For assigning categories to items in a group, you must be the group owner/manager. For assigning organization content categories on items, you must be the item owner or an administrator who has the portal:admin:updateItems privilege. A maximum of 100 items can be bulk updated per request.

Argument

Description

items

Required List. A JSON array of item objects. Each is specified with the item ID that consists of a categories object. categories is specified with an array that lists all content categories to update on the item, each with full hierarchical path prefixed with /.

Each item can be categorized to a maximum of 20 categories.

Example

[{

“2678d3002eea4e4a825e3bdf10016e61”: {: “categories”: [“/Categories/Geology”, “/Categories/Elevation”]

}

}, {

“c3ad4ed8bcf04d619537cfe252a1760d”: {: “categories”: [“/Categories/Geology”, “/Categories/Land cover/Forest/Deciduous Forest”]

}

}, {

“9ced00fdce3e4b20bb4b05155acbe817”: {: “categories”: []

}

}]

Returns: A dict of item_id : status, with status being

whether the content categories were successfully added

delete()¶

This function allows group owner or managers to remove the category schema set on a group.

Returns: Boolean

property properties¶: Returns the properties of the schema.

property schema¶

This property allows group owners/managers to manage the content categories for a group. These content categories are a hierarchical set of classes to help organize and browse group content.

Each group can have a maximum of 5 category trees with each category schema can have up to 4 hierarchical levels. The maximum number of categories a group can have in total is 200 with each category of less than 100 characters title and 300 characters description.

When getting this property, returns the content category schema set on a group.

When setting this property, will update the group category schema based on the dict this property is set to. See below.

Argument	Description
categories	Required Dict. A category schema object consists of an array of dict objects representing top level categories. Each object has title, description and categories properties where categories consists of an array of objects with each having the same properties and represents the descendant categories or subcategories and so on.

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.
dataUrl	Optional string. The Url of the data stored on cloud storage. If given, filename is required.
filename	Optional string. The name of the file on cloud storage. This is required is dataUrl is used.
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.
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.

advanced_search(query, return_count=False, max_items=100, bbox=None, categories=None, category_filter=None, start=1, sort_field='title', sort_order='asc', count_fields=None, count_size=None, as_dict=False)¶

This method allows the ability to fully customize the search experience. The advanced_search method allows users to control of the finer grained parameters not exposed by the ‘search’ method. Additionally, it allows for the manual paging of information and how the data is returned.

Argument	Description
query	Required String. The search query.
bbox	Optional String/List. This is the xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax bounding box to limit the search in. Items like documents do not have bounding boxes and will not be included in the search.
categories	Optional String. A comma separated list of up to 8 org content categories to search items. Exact full path of each category is required, OR relationship between the categories specified. Each request allows a maximum of 8 categories parameters with AND relationship between the different categories parameters called.
category_filters	Optional String. A comma separated list of up to 3 category terms to search items that have matching categories. Up to 2 category_filters parameter are allowed per request. It can not be used together with categories to search in a request.
start	Optional Int. The starting position to search from. This is only required if paging is needed.
sort_field	Optional String. Responses from the search operation can be sorted on various fields. avgrating is the default.
sort_order	Optional String. The sequence into which a collection of records are arranged after they have been sorted. The allowed values are: asc for ascending and desc for descending.
count_fields	Optional String. A comma separated list of fields to count. Maximum count fields allowed per request is 3. Supported count fields: tags, type, access, contentstatus, and categories.
count_size	Optional Int. The maximum number of field values to count for each count_fields. The default value is None, and maximum size allowed is 200.
as_dict	Required Boolean. If True, the response comes back as a dictionary.

Returns: Depends on the inputs. - Dictionary for a standard search - return_count`=True an integer is returned - `count_fields is specified a list of dicts for each field specified

analyze(url=None, item=None, file_path=None, text=None, file_type=None, source_locale='en', geocoding_service=None, location_type=None, source_country='world', country_hint=None)¶

The Analyze call helps a client analyze a CSV or Excel file (.xlsx, .xls) prior to publishing or generating features using the Publish or Generate operation, respectively.

Analyze returns information about the file including the fields present as well as sample records. Analyze attempts to detect the presence of location fields that may be present as either X,Y fields or address fields.

Analyze packages its result so that publishParameters within the JSON response contains information that can be passed back to the server in a subsequent call to Publish or Generate. The publishParameters subobject contains properties that describe the resulting layer after publishing, including its fields, the desired renderer, and so on. Analyze will suggest defaults for the renderer.

In a typical workflow, the client will present portions of the Analyze results to the user for editing before making the call to Publish or Generate.

If the file to be analyzed currently exists in the portal as an item, callers can pass in its itemId. Callers can also directly post the file. In this case, the request must be a multipart post request pursuant to IETF RFC1867. The third option for text files is to pass the text in as the value of the text parameter.

Argument	Description
url	optional string. The URL of the csv file.
item	optional string/Item. The ID or Item of the item to be analyzed.
file_path	optional string. The file to be analyzed.
text	optional string. The text in the file to be analyzed.
file_type	optional string. The type of the input file: shapefile, csv or excel
source_locale	optional string. The locale used for the geocoding service source.
geocoding_service	optional string/geocoder. The URL of the service.
location_type	optional string. Indicates the type of spatial information stored in the dataset. Values for CSV: coordinates \| address \| lookup \| none Values for Excel: coordinates \| address \| none
source_country	optional string. The two character country code associated with the geocoding service, default is “world”.
country_hint	optional string. If first time analyzing, the hint is used. If source country is already specified than sourcecountry is used.

Returns: dictionary

bulk_update(itemids, properties)¶

Updates a collection of items’ properties.

Example:

>>> itemsids = gis.content.search("owner: TestUser12399")
>>> properties = {'categories' : ["clothes","formal_wear/socks"]}
>>> gis.content._bulk_update(itemids, properties)
[{'results' : [{'itemid' : 'id', 'success' : "True/False" }]}]

Argument	Description
itemids	Required list of string or Item. The collection of Items to update.
properties	Required dictionary. The Item’s properties to update.

Returns: list of results

can_delete(item)¶

The ‘can_delete’ Item indicates whether an item can be erased or not. When the returned response from ‘can_delete’ Item is true, the item can be safely removed. When the returned response is false, the item cannot be deleted due to a dependency or protection setting.

Argument	Description
item	Required Item. The Item to be erased.

Returns: Dict

Status	Response
success	{ “itemId”: “e03f626be86946f997c29d6dfc7a9666”, “success”: True }
failure	{ “itemId”: “a34c2e6711494e62b3b8d7452d4d6235”, “success”: false, “reason”: { “message”: “Unable to delete item. Delete protection is turned on.” } }

property categories¶: The category manager for items. See CategorySchemaManager.

clone_items(items, folder=None, item_extent=None, use_org_basemap=False, copy_data=True, search_existing_items=True, item_mapping=None, group_mapping=None, owner=None)¶

Clone content to the GIS by creating new items.

Cloning an item will create a copy of the item and for certain item types a copy of the item dependencies in the GIS.

For example a web application created using Web AppBuilder or a Configurable App Template which is built from a web map that references one or more hosted feature layers. This function will clone all of these items to the GIS and swizzle the paths in the web map and web application to point to the new layers.

This creates an exact copy of the application, map, and layers in the GIS.

Argument	Description
items	Required list. Collection of Items to clone.
folder	Optional string. Name of the folder where placing item.
item_extent	Optional Envelope. Extent set for any cloned items. Default is None, extent will remain unchanged. Spatial reference of the envelope will be used for any cloned feature layers.
use_org_basemap	Optional boolean. Indicating whether the basemap in any cloned web maps should be updated to the organizations default basemap. Default is False, basemap will not change.
copy_data	Optional boolean. Indicating whether the data should be copied with any feature layer or feature collections. Default is True, data will be copied.
search_existing_items	Optional boolean. Indicating whether items that have already been cloned should be searched for in the GIS and reused rather than cloned again.
item_mapping	Optional dictionary. Can be used to associate an item id in the source GIS (key) to an item id in the target GIS (value). The target item will be used rather than cloning the source item.
group_mapping	Optional dictionary. Can be used to associate a group id in the source GIS (key) to a group id in the target GIS (value). The target group will be used rather than cloning the source group.
owner	Optional string. Defaults to the logged in user.

Returns: A list of items created during the clone.

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, is_view=False)¶

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
is_view	Optional boolean. Indicating if the service is a hosted feature layer view

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.

delete_items(items)¶

Deletes a collection of items from a users content.

Argument	Description
items	list of Item or Item Ids. This is an array of items to be deleted from the current user’s content

Returns: boolean. True on

get(itemid)¶

Returns the item object for the specified itemid.

Argument	Description
itemid	Required string. The item identifier.

Returns: The item object if the item is found, None if the item is not 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.

In addition to the parameters aboce, you can specify additional information to help publish CSV data.

Optional Argument	Description
location_type	Optional string. Indicates the type of spatial information stored in the dataset. Values for CSV: coordinates address (default) lookup none Values for Excel: coordinates address (default) none When location_type = coordinates, the CSV or Excel data contains x,y information. When location_type = address, the CSV or Excel data contains address fields that will be geocoded to a single point. When location_type = lookup, the CSV or Excel data contains fields that can be mapped to well-known sets of geographies. When location_type = none, the CSV or Excel data contains no spatial content and data will be loaded and subsequently queried as tabular data. Based on this parameter, additional parameters will be required, for example, when specifying location_type = coordinates, the latitude and longitude field names must be specified.
latitude_field	Optional string. If location_type = coordinates, the name of the field that contains the y coordinate.
longitude_field	Optional string. If location_type = coordinates, the name of the field that contains the x coordinate.
coordinate_field_type	Optional string. Specify the type of coordinates that contain location information. Values: LatitudeAndLongitude (default), MGRS, USNG
coordinate_field_name	Optional string. The name of the field that contains the coordinates specified in coordinate_field_type
lookup_type	Optional string. The type of place to look up.
lookup_fields	Optional string. A JSON object with name value pairs that define the fields used to look up the location.
geocode_url	Optional string. The URL of the geocoding service that supports batch geocoding.
source_locale	Optional string. The locale used for the geocoding service source.
source_country	Optional string. The two character country code associated with the geocoding service, default is ‘world’.
country_hint	Optional string. If first time analyzing, the hint is used. If source country is already specified than source_country is used.

When publishing a Spatial Dataframe, additional options can be given:

Optional Argument	Description
target_sr	optional integer. WKID of the output data. This is used when publishing Spatial Dataframes to Hosted Feature Layers. The default is: 102100
title	optional string. Name of the layer. The default is a random string.
tags	optional string. Comma seperated strings that provide metadata for the items. The default is FGDB.
capabilities	optional string. specifies the operations that can be performed on the feature layer service. The default is Query.

Returns: A 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.

rename_folder(old_folder, new_folder, owner=None)¶

Renames an existing folder from it’s existing name to a new name. If owner is not specified, owner is set as the logged in user.

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

Returns: Boolean

replace_service(replace_item, new_item, replaced_service_name=None)¶

The replace_service operation allows you to replace your production vector tile layers with staging ones. This operation allows you to perform quality control on a staging tile layer and to then replace the production tile layer with the staging with minimal downtime. This operation has the option to keep a backup of the production tile layer.

Note: If you are looking to clone services, use the clone_items() method instead. Note: This functionality is only available for Vector Tile Services.

Workflow for replace_service:

1. Publish the staging service to the same system as the production service. Both services are active at the same time. Share the staging service with a smaller set of users and QA the staging service.

2. The item properties (ex: thumbnail, iteminfo, metadata) of the production item will be preserved. If you need to update them use the Item.update() method.

3. Call the replace_service operation. The service running on the hosting server gets replaced (for example, its cache).

*Note: It is the responsibility of the user to ensure both services are functionally equivalent for clients consuming them. For example, when replacing a hosted feature service, ensure the new service is constructed with the anticipated layers and fields for its client application.

If you want to retain the replaced production service, for example, to keep an archive of the evolution of the service you can do so by omitting a value for “Replaced Service Name” . If replaced service name is not provided, the production service being replaced will be archived with a time stamp when replace service was executed. You can provide any name for the replaced service as long as it is not pre-existing on your portal content.

Argument	Description
replace_item	Required Item or Item’s Id as string. The service to be replaced
new_item	Required Item or Item’s Id as string. The replacement service.
replaced_service_name	Optional string. The name of the replacement service.

Returns: boolean

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

Searches for portal items.

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know…

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.
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).
categories	Optional string or list. A string of category values.
category_filters	Optional string. A comma separated list of up to 3 category terms to search items that have matching categories. Up to 2 category_filters parameter are allowed per request. It can not be used together with categories to search in a request.

Returns: A list of items matching the specified query.

share_items(items, everyone=False, org=False, groups=None, allow_members_to_edit=False)¶

Shares a batch of items with everyone, members of the organization, or specified list of groups. Users can only share items with groups to which they belong.

Argument	Description
items	Required List. A list of Item or item ids to modify sharing on.
everyone	Optional boolean. Default is False, don’t share with everyone.
org	Optional boolean. Default is False, don’t share with the organization.
groups	Optional list of group names as strings, or a list of arcgis.gis.Group objects, or a comma-separated list of group IDs.
allow_members_to_edit	Optional boolean. Default is False, to allow item to be shared with groups that allow shared update

Returns: dict

unshare_items(items, groups=None, everyone=None, org=None)¶

Unshares a batch of items with the specified list of groups, everyone, or organization. Each item’s current sharing will be overwritten with this method.

Argument	Description
items	Required List. A list of Item or item ids to modify sharing on.
everyone	Required Boolean. If provided, the everyone sharing property will be updated. True means it will share the items with anyone. False means the item will not be shared with all users.
org	Required Boolean. A true value means that the items will be shared with all members of the organization. A false value means that the item will not be shared with all organization users.
groups	Required list of group names as strings, or a list of arcgis.gis.Group objects, or a list of group IDs.

Returns: dict

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, etc) users.

counts(type='bundles', as_df=True)¶

This method returns a simple report on the number of licenses currently used for a given type. A type can be a role, app, bundle or user license type.

Argument

Description

type

Required String. The type of data to return. The following values are valid:

role - returns counts on user roles

app - returns counts on registered applications

bundles - returns counts on application bundles

user_type - returns counts on the user license types

as_df

Optional boolean. If true, the results are returned as a pandas DataFrame, else it is returned as a list of dictionaries.

Returns: Pandas DataFrame if as_df is True. If False, the result is a list of dictionaries.

Example as_df=True

>>> df = gis.um.counts('user_type', True)
>>> df
    count        key
 0     12  creatorUT
 1      2   viewerUT

Example as_df=False

>>> df = gis.um.counts('user_type', False)
>>> df
[{'key': 'creatorUT', 'count': 12}, {'key': 'viewerUT', 'count': 2}]

create(username, password, firstname, lastname, email, description=None, role=None, provider='arcgis', idp_username=None, level=2, thumbnail=None, user_type=None, credits=-1, groups=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. Only an administrator can call this method.

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

Argument	Description
username	Required string. The user name, which must be unique in the Portal, and 6-24 characters long.
password	Required string. The password for the user. It must be at least 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. The email address for the user. This is important to have correct.
description	Optional string. The description of the user account.
thumbnail	Optional string. The URL to user’s image.
role	Optional string. The role for the user account. The default value is org_user. Other possible values are org_user, org_publisher, org_admin, viewer, view_only, viewplusedit or a custom role object (from gis.users.roles).
provider	Optional string. The provider for the account. The default value is arcgis. The other possible value is enterprise.
idp_username	Optional string. The name of the user as stored by the enterprise user store. This parameter is only required if the provider parameter is enterprise.
level	Optional string. The account level. (Pre 10.7 Portal) See http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/linux/roles.htm
user_type	Required string. The account user type. This can be creator or viewer. The type effects what applications a user can use and what actions they can do in the organization. (10.7+) See http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/linux/roles.htm
credits	Optional Float. The number of credits to assign a user. The default is None, which means unlimited. (10.7+)
groups	Optional List. An array of Group objects to provide access to for a given user. (10.7+)

Returns: The user if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

disable_users(users)¶

This is a bulk disables user operation that allows administrators to quickly disable large number of users in a single call. It is useful to do this operation if you have multiple users that need to be disabled. Supported on ArcGIS REST API 6.4+.

Argument	Description
users	Required List. List of User or UserNames to disable

Returns: Boolean

enable_users(users)¶

This is a bulk operation that allows administrators to quickly enable large number of users in a single call. It is useful to do this operation if you have multiple users that need to be enabled. Supported on ArcGIS REST API 6.4+.

Argument	Description
users	Required List. List of User or UserNames to enable

Returns: Boolean

get(username)¶

Returns the user object for the specified username.

Argument	Description
username	Required string. The user to get as a string. This can be the user’s login name or the user’s ID.

Returns: The user object if successfully found, None if unsuccessful.

invite(email, role='org_user', level=2, provider=None, must_approve=False, expiration='1 Day', validate_email=True)¶

Invites a user to an organization by email

Argument	Description
email	Required string. The user’s email that will be invited to the organization.
role	Optional string. The role for the user account. The default value is org_user. Other possible values are org_publisher, org_admin, org_viewer.
level	Optional string. The account level. The default is 2. See http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/linux/roles.htm
provider	Optional string. The provider for the account. The default value is arcgis. The other possible value is enterprise.
must_approve	Optional boolean. After a user accepts the invite, if True, and administrator must approve of the individual joining the organization. The default is False.
expiration	Optional string. The default is ‘1 Day’. This is the time the emailed user has to accept the invitation request until it expires. The values are: 1 Day (default), 3 Days, 1 Week, or 2 Weeks.
validate_email	Optional boolean. If True (default) the Enterprise will ensure that the email is properly formatted. If false, no check will occur

Returns: boolean

property license_types¶

Returns a list of available licenses associated with a given GIS. The information returned can help administrators determine what type of a user should me based on the bundles associated with each user type.

This is only available on 10.7+.

Returns: list

property me¶: Gets the logged in user.

property roles¶: Helper object to manage custom roles for users

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

Searches portal users.

Returns a list of users matching the specified query

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know.

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.
Searching without specifying a query parameter returns a list of all users in your organization.
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. The query string. See notes above. Pass None to get list of all users in the organization.
sort_field	Optional string. Valid values can be username (the default) or created.
sort_order	Optional string. Valid values are asc (the default) or desc.
max_users	Optional integer. The maximum number of users to be returned. The default is 100.
outside_org	Optional boolean. This controls whether to search outside your organization. The default is False (search only within your organization).
exclude_system	Optional boolean. Controls if built-in system accounts are returned or not. True means built-in account are not returned, where as False means that they are.
user_type	Optional String. This parameters allows for the filtering of the users by their assigned type.
role	Optional String. This parameter allows for the filting of the users based on a role.

Returns: A list of users.

send_notification(users, subject, message, type='builtin', client_id=None)¶

Creates a user notifcations for a list of users.

Argument	Description
users	Required List. A list of strings or User objects to send notifcations to.
subject	Required String. The notifcation subject line.
message	Required String. The notifcation content. This should be in plain text.
type	Optional String. The notification can be sent various ways. These include: builtin - The enterprise built-in system push - The push notifcation to send a message to email - a notification sent to the user’s email account
client_id	Optional String. The client id for push notification.

Returns: Boolean

signup(username, password, fullname, email)¶

Signs up a user to an instance of Portal for ArcGIS.

Argument	Description
username	Required string. The desired username, which must be unique in the Portal, and at least 4 characters.
password	Required string. The passowrd, which must be at least 8 characters.
fullname	Required string. The full name of the user.
email	Required string. The email address for the user. This is important to have correct.

Returns: The user if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

user_groups(users, max_results=-1)¶: Givens a List of Users, the user_groups will report back all group ids that each user belongs to. This method is designed to be a reporting tool for administrators so they can easily manage a user or users groups.

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, etc) 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, provider=None, max_file_size=None, users_update_items=False)¶

Creates a group with the values for any particular arguments that are specified. Only title and tags are required.

Argument	Description
title	Required string. The name of the group.
tags	Required string. A comma-delimited list of tags, or list of tags as strings.
description	Optional string. A detailed description of the group.
snippet	Optional string. A short snippet (<250 characters) that summarizes the group.
access	Optional string. Choices are private, public, or org.
thumbnail	Optional string. URL or file location to a group image.
is_invitation_only	Optional boolean. Defines whether users can join by request. Default is False meaning users can ask to join by request or join by invitation.
sort_field	Optional string. Specifies how shared items with the group are sorted.
sort_order	Optional string. Choices are asc or desc for ascending or descending, respectively.
is_view_only	Optional boolean. Defines whether the group is searchable. Default is False meaning the group is searchable.
auto_join	Optional boolean. Only applies to org accounts. If True, this group will allow joining without requesting membership approval. Default is False.
provider_group_name	Optional string. The name of the domain group.
provider	Optional string. Name of the provider.
max_file_size	Optional integer. This is the maximum file size allowed be uploaded/shared to a group. Default value is: 1024000
users_update_items	Optional boolean. Members can update all items in this group. Updates to an item can include changes to the item’s description, tags, metadata, as well as content. This option can’t be disabled once the group has been created. Default is False.

Returns: The group if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

create_from_dict(dict)¶

Creates a group via a dictionary with the values for any particular arguments that are specified. Only title and tags are required.

Argument	Description
dict	Required dictionary. A dictionary of entries to create/define the group. See help of the create() method for parameters.

Returns: The group if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

get(groupid)¶

Returns the group object for the specified groupid.

Argument	Description
groupid	Required string. The group identifier.

Returns: The group object if the group is found, None if it is not found.

search(query='', sort_field='title', sort_order='asc', max_groups=1000, outside_org=False, categories=None)¶

Searches for portal groups.

Note

A few things that will be helpful to know.

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.
Searching without specifying a query parameter returns a list of all groups in your organization.
Most of the time when searching for groups, 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 don’t want the API to append to your query set outside_org to True.

Argument	Description
query	Optional string on Portal, or required string for ArcGIS Online. If not specified, all groups will be searched. See notes above.
sort_field	Optional string. Valid values can be title, owner, created.
sort_order	Optional string. Valid values are asc or desc.
max_groups	Optional integer. Maximum number of groups returned, default is 1,000.
outside_org	Optional boolean. Controls whether to search outside your org. Default is False, do not search ourside your org.
categories	Optional string or list. A string of category values.

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.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The name of the item to be added on the server.
item	Required dictionary. The dictionary representing the data item. See http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#//02r3000001s9000000

Returns: The new data item if registered successfully, None otherwise.

add_bigdata(name, server_path=None, connection_type='fileShare')¶

Registers a bigdata fileshare with the data store.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The unique bigdata fileshare name on the server.
server_path	Optional string. The path to the folder from the server.
connection_type	Optional string. Allows for the setting of the types of big data store. The value ‘fileShare’ is used for local big data stores, and for cloud stores, the connection_type should be ‘dataStore’. The value ‘fileShare’ is the default value.

Returns: The big data fileshare if registered successfully, None otherwise.

add_cloudstore(name, conn_str, object_store, provider, managed=False, folder=None)¶

Cloud Store data item represents a connection to a Amazon or Microsoft Azure store. Connection information for the data store item is stored within conn_str as a stringified JSON. ArcGIS Server encrypts connection string for storage. Connection strings that are encrypted will include a {crypt} prefix. You can get a data store item with decrypted connection string by passing a decrypt=true parameter in the request for a data store item. Data store with decrypted connection string will be returned only for requests made with https. The examples below show data stores with decrypted conn_str. A valid object_store (S3 bucket or Azure Blob store) is required. Folders within an object store are optional.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The name of the cloud store.
conn_str	Required string. The connection information for the cloud storage product.
object_store	Required string. This is the amazon bucket path or Azuze path.
provider	Required string. Values must be azuredatalakestore, amazon, Alibaba, or azure.
managed	Optional boolean. When the data store is server only, the database is entirely managed and owned by the server and cannot be accessed by the publisher directly. When this option is chosen, the managed property should be set to true. Otherwise it is false.
folder	Optional string. For some Azure cloud stores, an optional folder can be specified.

Returns: DataStore

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

Registers a database with the data store.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The unique database name on the server.
conn_str	Required string. the path to the folder from the server (and client, if shared or serverOnly database).
client_conn_str	Optional string. The connection string for client to connect to replicated enterprise database.
conn_type	Optional string. Choice of “<shared\|replicated\|serverOnly>”, shared is the default.

Returns: The database if registered successfully, None otherwise.

add_folder(name, server_path, client_path=None)¶

Registers a folder with the data store.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The unique fileshare name on the server.
server_path	Required string. The path to the folder from the server (and client, if shared path).
client_path	Optional string. If folder is replicated, the path to the folder from the client.

Returns: The folder if registered successfully, None otherwise.

property config¶: Gets or sets the data store configuration properties, which 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.

Argument	Description
path	Required string. The path for the data item.

Returns: The data item object if found, None otherwise.

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 list of all registered data items.

Argument	Description
parentPath	Optional string. The path of the parent under which to find items. Pass ‘/’ to get the root data items.
ancestorPath	Optional string. The path of the ancestor under which to find items.
types	Optional string. A comma separated filter for the type of the items. Types include folder, egdb, bigDataFileShare, datadir.
id	Optional string. A filter to search by the ID of the item.

Returns: A list of data items matching the specified query.

validate()¶

Validates all items in the datastore. 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.

Returns: True if the data store items were validated, False if not.

RoleManager¶

class arcgis.gis.RoleManager(gis)¶

Bases: object

Helper class to manage custom roles for users in a GIS.

all(max_roles=1000)¶

Provides the list of all roles in the GIS.

Argument	Description
max_roles	Required integer. The maximum number of roles to be returned, defaults to 1000.

Returns: The list of all roles in the GIS.

create(name, description, privileges=None)¶

Creates a custom role with the specified parameters.

Argument	Description
name	Required string. The custom role’s name.
description	Required string. The custom role’s description.
privileges	Optional string. An array of strings with predefined permissions within each privilege. For supported privileges see http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/index.html#/Privileges/02r3000002wq000000/

Returns: The custom role if successfully created, None if unsuccessful.

exists(role_name)¶

Checks to see if a role exists given the declared role name.

Argument	Description
role_name	Required string. The name of the role to determine if it exists or not.

Returns: True if the role exists, and False if it does not.

get_role(role_id)¶

Retrieves the role with the specified role ID.

Argument	Description
role_id	Required string. The role ID of the role to get.

Returns: The role associated with the specified role ID

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. The 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. The 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 becomes required.
archive	Optional boolean. Default is False. If True, file resources added are extracted and files are uploaded to respective folders.

Returns

Python dictionary like the following if it 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. This operation is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Argument	Description
file	Required string. The path to the file to be downloaded. 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 boolean. 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 be 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.

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()¶

Provides a lists all file resources of an existing item. This resource is only available to the item owner and the organization administrator.

Returns

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

Argument

Description

file

Optional string. The path to the file to be removed. 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.

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 you 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. The 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. The destination name for the file used to update an existing resource, or to be used together with the 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 dictionary like the following if it 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”: [] } }

arcgis.gis module¶

GIS¶

Item¶

User¶

Group¶

Datastore¶

Role¶

Layer¶

GroupApplication¶

CategorySchemaManager¶

ContentManager¶

UserManager¶

GroupManager¶

DatastoreManager¶

RoleManager¶

ResourceManager¶

Submodules¶