Run Model exported to Python from WebScript

Question

I have a Model that I run once a month, per a request from our Police department, that queries and dumps a shapefile to a specific folder. Currently, the officer calls in a ServiceTicket, tells me what month, and I run the model and close the ticket. What I would like to do is start to Automate this process. I have the Python script (exported from the Model) in a web folder. I have converted the folder to an Application (with an Application pool). I have an HTML form I threw together... Crime Export Form It does absolutely nothing.

PaulCrickard1 · Answer

not sure how safe it is, I am protected internally so here is my php and Python examples from my blog. One uses exec() and the other is a python server that does the work. If you can reach the model from your server, you can leave it as a toolbox and use a python script to call the tool (sometimes the model doesnt run properly when exported. I put the code from ESRI on the bottom of the post. Calling Python From PHP: A GIS Example | Architecture and Planning Shapefile Creator Website Using Cherrypy | Architecture and Planning import arcpy

# Import custom toolbox
arcpy.ImportToolbox("c:/tools/My_Analysis_Tools.tbx")

try:
   # Run tool in the custom toolbox. The tool is identified by
   # the tool name and the toolbox alias.
   arcpy.GetPoints_myanalysis("c:/data/forest.shp")
except arcpy.ExecuteError:
   print(arcpy.GetMessages(2))

curtvprice · Answer

> The problem is my model has a set of parameters.

If your model has parameters, you can pass them through python as follows

import arcpy 
arg1 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
arg2 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
arg3 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
arcpy.ImportToolbox("path to model", "tb") 
arcpy.tb.MyModelTool(arg1, arg2, arg3)

From the OS you'd run it like this:

C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\python.exe arg1 arg2 arg3

BrianO_keefe · Answer

Thanks for the input Curtis!

The problem is my model has a set of parameters.

I have an Internal and an External ArcGIS Web Server, using a Web Adaptor for External maps. Surely there is someway to get this Python script running on the Internal server?