Bug with append using ArcGIS API for Python

Question

Hi everyone,

Has anyone experience a bug with append module in Portal for ArcGIS?

Append shapefile to feature layer -> doesn't work

Append featureCollection to feature layer -> doesn't work

Append CSV  to feature layer -> works

However, in ArcGIS Online everything works fine.

Please let me know if anyone this is a bug or if there is any workaround.

danretired · Answer

You might be better off going to the github site and examining the issues section

Issue search results (github.com)

since "append" will use either arcpy or shapely methods depending on installation

GeeteshSingh07 · Answer

Thank you @DanPatterson. I'm facing issue with 'Append feature' function in API for python. I believe these bugs are for arcpy 'Append tool'....

GeeteshSingh07 · Answer

@JakeSkinner thank you for looking into it. Yes, the code is:

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poly_layer = gis.content.get("e7e052cc4ad044798c4f5a6c893f20a3")

target_FL = poly_layer.layers[0]

status= target_FL.append(item_id="0472cbe2496c48e580f56d5c04155182",                        upload_format='shapefile',

field_mappings=[{"name":"OBJECTID", "source":"FID"}],

append_fields=["OBJECTID"])

status

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Here, target_FL is feature layer on ArcGIS Portal & "0472cbe2496c48e580f56d5c04155182" is itemID of a shapefile.

Also, if we use featureCollection instead of shapefile, it doesn't work either.

Reference: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/appending-features/