Determine "enable sync" setting

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Hello, Is it possible using the ArcGIS API for python to determine the Enable sync status of a hosted feature layer on ArcGIS online? i.e. this setting: I don't need to change it at this stage, just determine if it is checked or not. In context, I intend to loop though all the layers of a web map looking for any layer that does not have sync enabled, using something like this: from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.mapping import WebMap gis = GIS(url, username, password) map_id = # the_unique_item_identifier would be here # search_result=gis.content.search(map_id,max_items=1000) item = search_result[0] print("map title = ", item.title) theWebMap = WebMap(webmapitem=item) layerCount = len(theWebMap.layers) print("layer count = " + str(layerCount)) for layer in theWebMap.layers: print("type = ", layer.layerType) print("title = ", layer.title) print("id = ", layer.id) # mystery bit - property? custom function? print("syncStatus = ", layer.?????)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Thanks

Anonymous User · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion Aaron.   I followed up by reading  Service definitions | ArcGIS for Developers which has a worked example of displaying and enabling sync for a  Feature Layer Collection.   However, I'm working with a Feature Layer (Hosted).

Following the example in the docs I can't get it to work for a Feature Layer (hosted).

Do you know if this definitely works with ArcGIS Online, or is it just Portal?

I recently found out that tracing item dependencies using the functions item.dependent_upon() and item.dependent_to() only work for Portal, and not GIS Online - and there is nothing in the documentation about that -  so I'm not sure if its my bad programming, or its just not possible with Online?

If  properties.capabilities  should work for a hosted Feature Layer, can you point me to a worked example?

Thanks.

Anonymous User · Answer

You should be able to access the "capabilities" property of the layer (which has sync, editing, create....) by doing the following. The capabilities property is a comma separated string of values.

layer.properties["capabilities"]

You can update the layer properties by doing:

layer.manager.update_definition({

"capabilities": "Editing, Sync, Update, Create, Delete" // Whatever other properties you need or that were previously there

})