Automate Export of Hosted Feature Layer

Question

Good morning,

Is there a way to automate exporting a hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online?

I've seen posts regarding this but they all have it setup to automatically export the feature layer to a local drive, which I don't want.

I would like to set up an automated process to export my feature layer and save a copy of the export in a folder within my ArcGIS Online account. It would be nice to set up the backup process to save backups for say a month, and then delete anything older than that.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Jon

JonM32 · Answer

@David_McRitchie I'm using what you have listed in your screenshot.

I had success! But now have another question related to the moving part.

I was able to get the move method to work as shown in my screenshot. The item ID was used to .get the item and them move it. The issue is when I run this on a schedule and produce multiple backups over say a 2 week period, I will end up with multiple items in my root folder with different item IDs. How can I set this code up to be able to .get the items if I don't know the item IDs ahead of time (since they are randomly generated with each backup)?

If that doesn't make sense, just let me know.

D_McRitchie · Answer

Hey Jon what are we using for the imports and authentication?

from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS("home")

I presume you have the following given the initial gis.content.get worked. Maybe worth checking that the account being used within the script has access to the 2025_Backups folder?

David

JonM32 · Answer

@MobiusSnake This is what I have so far.

The backup ran successfully in a notebook with the code in the first screenshot. It saved a copy of the layer to my root folder in AGOL.

What I'm stuck on now is how to connect the move function to move the export to a backup folder. I tried running the code in the second screenshot after the first code chunk, but I keep running into an error.

I appreciate the help!!

Jon