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List of all parameter names of all geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro

Bud

ArcGIS Pro 3.1

Is it possible to loop through all the geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro and create a list of all their parameter names?

For example, find all GP tools that have a parameter called Output Location or Output Name.

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DannyMcVey

for tool in arcpy.ListTools("*"):
    params = arcpy.GetParameterInfo(tool)
    for param in params:
        if param.name == "output_location" or param.name == "output_name":
            print(tool, param.name)

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DanPatterson

To use your example of Export Features

The tool parameters are located in

C:\...Your install path...\Resources\ArcToolBox\toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\ExportFeatures.tool\tool.content

You would need to parse the ArcToolBox\toolboxes folders, looking the tools in each toolset (*.tbx) , navigate into the particular tool (eg. ExportFeatures.tool) then open the file (tool.content) and look for the line containing params , For example

..... snip
   "params": {
        "in_features": {
            "displayname": "$rc:in_features.title",
            "datatype": {
                "type": "GPFeatureLayer"
            },
            "description": "$rc:in_features.descr"
        },
        "out_features": {
            "direction": "out",
            "displayname": "$rc:out_features.title",
            "datatype": {
                "type": "DEFeatureClass"
            },
            "depends": [
                "in_features"
            ],
            "description": "$rc:out_features.descr"

.... snip

doeable, but it might tie up your machine for a while

DannyMcVey

for tool in arcpy.ListTools("*"):
    params = arcpy.GetParameterInfo(tool)
    for param in params:
        if param.name == "output_location" or param.name == "output_name":
            print(tool, param.name)

DanPatterson

@DannyMcVey 😁 he would discover so much more examining the actual folders

Bud

It looks like something similar was posted as a technical article on the Esri Support site:

List all geoprocessing tools containing specific parameter names in ArcGIS Pro using ArcPy (Article ID:000031510)

Bud

Here's a version of the script that searches for wildcard text within the parameter name using the "in" keyword:

for tool in arcpy.ListTools("*"):
    params = arcpy.GetParameterInfo(tool)
    for param in params:
        if "output" in param.name:
            print(tool, param.name)

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