GP Service Ideas to output a .json file

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EDIT: Turns out the .py script example I have below does actually create the .json file with the input parameter value. I'm just not correctly handling the JavaScript side to allow user to "SaveAs". Wild idea but *should be* straight forward. I'd like to publish a GP service that simply takes an input string (well formatted json), write that string to a .json file (just a text file would do with a .json extension I think) and set this to an output parameter. What I have so far doesn't error out but also doesn't seem to generate the output .json I'm expecting. Simple python script source to the GP tool: import os import arcpy import uuid #GP tool input parameter inSessionStr = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) #write a to a temp .json file (taken from the enhanced print service blog output = 'SessionFile_{}.{}'.format(str(uuid.uuid1()), "json") Output_File = os.path.join(arcpy.env.scratchFolder, output) #write to the .json file outputSessionfile = open(Output_File, 'w') outputSessionfile.write(inSessionStr) #specify the output parameter as the outputSession file arcpy.SetParameter(1, outputSessionfile)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Any ideas on if this might work and what to look for?

JamesCrandall · Accepted Answer

Again, the python script works as intended and I just wanted to post the full solution. GP Tool Source Script: import os import arcpy import uuid #GP tool input parameter inSessionStr = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) #write a to a temp .json file (taken from the enhanced print service blog output = 'SessionFile_{}.{}'.format(str(uuid.uuid1()), "json") Output_File = os.path.join(arcpy.env.scratchFolder, output) #write to the .json file outputSessionfile = open(Output_File, 'w') outputSessionfile.write(inSessionStr) #specify the output parameter as the outputSession file arcpy.SetParameter(1, outputSessionfile)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ What the GP Tool looks like: Parameters: inputSession: String returnFile: File JavaScript implemented in a widget: executeGPDownloadFile: function (param) { var gp = new Geoprocessor("https://mydomain/myserver/rest/services/GPToolName/GPServer/GPTaskName"); var params = { "inputSession": param }; gp.execute(params, downloadFile); function downloadFile(results, messages) { //do something with the results var theSessionFile = results[0].value; window.open(results[0].value.url); } }‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍