When adding a new item, can you include item json?

Question

I'm trying to add a new item to ArcGIS Online with predetermined item json. I thought I could do this by referring to my json file in the `data` value, so something like : gis.content.add(item_properties, data='/Users/cour7816/data.json')‍‍‍‍ That's not working for me. I've also tried using another item's URL for data - no dice. Is there another way to achieve this?

Anonymous User · Accepted Answer

Courtney, you need to send the json as a kvp in the item_properties dictionary. You can read the json and pass it as a string (use json.dumps()). See below for an example. import json json_file = json.loads('your_json.json') item_properties = {'title':'Web scene with photo realistic buildings', 'type':'Web Scene', 'snippet':'This scene highlights buildings of Montreal, Canada', 'tags':'ArcGIS Python API', 'text': json.dumps(json_file)} web_scene_item = gis.content.add(item_properties)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍