Today I'm working in Spyder just like any other day but when I try to import arcpy, I get this: import datetime import os import arcpy Traceback ( most recent call last ) : File " " , line 1 , in module > import arcpy File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py" , line 72 , in module > from arcpy . geoprocessing import gp File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py" , line 14 , in module > from . _base import * File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py" , line 14 , in module > import arcgisscripting RuntimeError : Not signed into Portal . I imported datetime & os just to see if they worked okay and they do; I get this error if I let the console window sit long enough. I'm curious what the connection is with arcpy, spyder, python and Portal/ArcGIS Online is and how I can avoid this in the future.... eta moments later.... Shut down spyder and reopened it: cured.... (?)

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Arcpy fails to import in Spyder

JoeBorgione

Today I'm working in Spyder just like any other day but when I try to import arcpy, I get this:

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> datetime

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
Traceback <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>most recent call last<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>

&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"<ipython-input-3-5467a3dc9fe3>"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy

&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">72</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>geoprocessing <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> gp

&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">14</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>_base <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">*</SPAN>

&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">14</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcgisscripting

RuntimeError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> Not signed into Portal<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

I imported datetime & os just to see if they worked okay and they do; I get this error if I let the console window sit long enough. I'm curious what the connection is with arcpy, spyder, python and Portal/ArcGIS Online is and how I can avoid this in the future....

eta moments later.... Shut down spyder and reopened it: cured.... (?)

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DanPatterson_Retired

Happened to me, once or twice... waiting and/or rebooting fixed the issue:

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> datetime

<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>geoprocessing <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> gp

dir<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>gp<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'__class__'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'__delattr__'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'__dict__'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

You will have to follow the long and circuitous path in your installation path to arcpy

C:\Your_path_to_arcgis_pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy which contains Bin, Resources and Support

the __init__.py files starts the imports, which imports stuff... including _base.py amongst others.

You can follow the trail which generally leads to a dead end (ie *.pyd files usually) and try to figure out why any connection would be needed.

In short... you probably shouldn't know or want to know. I have explored some of this /blogs/dan_patterson/2018/09/26/import-arcpy-what-happens to check namespace, load time and bloat issues when just importing arcpy

DanPatterson_Retired

resolved?

JoeBorgione

Restart. (note my edit moments later...)

DanPatterson_Retired

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