Greetings, I am using the ArcGIS API for Python and I am struggling with passing parameters to the gis.content.search function. * If I type in command parameters and run the snippet temp_list = gis.content.search(query="Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary) a list of content is returned. * However if I build a string, st = 'query=' + '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"', and do something like this: temp_list = gis.content.search(st) an empty list is returned.* In troubleshooting I have copied the printed string, st, from the interactive window and pasted the text into the gis.content.search() command which results in a list of content. * As of right now the following code is just a brain dump. I am using 2 lists to build the parameter string. try: query_list = ['Boundaries', 'ConservationEasements', 'Geographic Names', 'Hydrography', 'LandCover', 'Mapping Control', 'MontanaMask', 'Montana Managed Areas', 'Montana NAIP', 'NAIP', 'Parcel', 'PLSSS', 'PublicLands', 'Roads', 'Structures', 'Watershed', 'Wetlands'] item_type_list = list() st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Feature Layer' + '"' item_type_list.append(st) st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Imagery Layer'# + '"' item_type_list.append(st) st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Map Image Layer'# + '"' item_type_list.append(st) for q in query_list:st = 'query=' + '"' + q + ' AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"' #+ ', ' temp_list = gis.content.search(st) Am I missing something obvious? arcgis-api-python

I see what Dan is getting at above, what about: st = q + ' AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' temp_list = gis . content . search ( query = st )

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gis.content.search() parameter substitution

RobertHolliday

Greetings,

I am using the ArcGIS API for Python and I am struggling with passing parameters to the gis.content.search function.

If I type in command parameters and run the snippet temp_list = gis.content.search(query="Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary) a list of content is returned.
However if I build a string, st = 'query=' + '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"', and do something like this: temp_list = gis.content.search(st) an empty list is returned.
1. In troubleshooting I have copied the printed string, st, from the interactive window and pasted the text into the gis.content.search() command which results in a list of content.
As of right now the following code is just a brain dump. I am using 2 lists to build the parameter string.
try:
query_list = ['Boundaries', 'ConservationEasements', 'Geographic Names', 'Hydrography', 'LandCover', 'Mapping Control', 'MontanaMask', 'Montana Managed Areas', 'Montana NAIP', 'NAIP', 'Parcel', 'PLSSS', 'PublicLands', 'Roads', 'Structures', 'Watershed', 'Wetlands']

item_type_list = list()
st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Feature Layer' + '"'
item_type_list.append(st)
st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Imagery Layer'# + '"'
item_type_list.append(st)
st = 'item_type =' + '"' + 'Map Image Layer'# + '"'
item_type_list.append(st)
for q in query_list:
st = 'query=' + '"' + q + ' AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"' #+ ', '
temp_list = gis.content.search(st)

Am I missing something obvious?

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bixb0012

I see what Dan is getting at above, what about:

st <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> q <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">' AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary'</SPAN>
temp_list <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>content<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>search<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>query<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>st<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

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RobertHolliday

Sorry I did try what you suggested after taking a second closer look at what you suggested.

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bixb0012

Did you trip my code changes? Do they work?

RobertHolliday

Yes, I had assumed that I was passing the parameters incorrectly. Do you have a suggestion as to how to pass parameters?

Thanks for any insight.

RobertHolliday

In the previous message I missed the final quote on the string when copying and pasting to this editor.

from the interactive window:

>>> templist = gis.content.search(query="Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary")
>>> print(len(templist))
10
>>> st = '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"'
>>> print(st)
"Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary"
>>> templist = gis.content.search(query=st)
>>> print(len(templist))
0
>>> st = 'query =' + '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"'
>>> print(st)
query ="Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary"
>>> templist = gis.content.search(st)
>>> print(len(templist))
0

bixb0012

What is you change your last two lines of code:

st <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'"'</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> q <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">' AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary'</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'"'</SPAN> <SPAN class="comment token">#+ ', '</SPAN>
temp_list <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>content<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>search<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>query<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>st<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

You can't pass named arguments the way you are trying to pass them in your current code.

DanPatterson_Retired

If I type in command parameters and run the snippet temp_list = gis.content.search(query="Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary)

Is that just missing the final " in your quote that you used? because it is a string already if you put one in (ie st = "Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary" )

RobertHolliday

Yes, this is where I had decided I was going astray.

I am struggling with how to pass the string, st, to the parameter designator . Basic Python stuff I think.

This does not work either:

st = '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"'

gis.content.search(query=st)

>>> st = '"' + 'Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary' + '"'
>>> print(st)
"Boundaries AND owner:MontanaStateLibrary"
>>> gis.content.search(query=st)
[]

DanPatterson_Retired

arcgis.gis module — arcgis 1.4.2 documentation

query= is a parameter designator and shouldn't be in quotes or part or your quoted string I suspect

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