arpy.mapping - extent of feature set?

BrentTucker

I am working on a tool that will eventually be used to create a pdf from multiple mxds (a thematic map book). The tool will run a a server geoprocessing service. The basic workflow is below

- user draws a polygon (feature set)
- for each mxd... zoom to extent of the feature set and export layout view of the mxd to pdf.
- compile into one pdf.

how do I access the values from the extent of the "feature set" so I can modify the data frame extent in each mxd?

Thanks

SolanaFoo4

I figured I would add this in case anyone else was interested, just another way to do it:

import arcpy, ast
# Get feature set object from user input parameter
extPoly=arcpy.GetParameter(0)

# Read JSON property of the feature set as a dictionary
jsonPoly=ast.literal_eval(extPoly.JSON)
feat= (jsonPoly['features'])
geom=((feat[0]['geometry']['rings']))

# Make separate list of x values and get min/max x
listX = []
for coord in geom[0]:
    listX.append(coord[0])
minx = min(listX)
maxx = max(listX)

# Make separate list of y values and get min/max y
listY = []
for coord in geom[0]:
    listY.append(coord[1])
miny = min(listY)
maxy = max(listY)

This was my initial JSON return:

{
"displayFieldName":"",
"fieldAliases":{"OBJECTID":"OBJECTID","SHAPE_Length":"SHAPE_Length","SHAPE_Area":"SHAPE_Area"},
"geometryType":"esriGeometryPolygon",
"spatialReference":{"wkid":102643,"latestWkid":2227},
"fields":[{"name":"OBJECTID","type":"esriFieldTypeOID","alias":"OBJECTID"},{"name":"SHAPE_Length","type":"esriFieldTypeDouble","alias":"SHAPE_Length"},{"name":"SHAPE_Area","type":"esriFieldTypeDouble","alias":"SHAPE_Area"}],

"features":[{"attributes":{"OBJECTID":1,"SHAPE_Length":898.13659879002444,"SHAPE_Area":48790.437030014538},
"geometry":{"rings":[[[6072538.7365812212,2099332.1891194731],[6072790.4726262987,2099361.7028399706],[6072792.2088433057,2099160.3141351491],[6072524.847829476,2099156.8417011499],[6072538.7365812212,2099332.1891194731]]]}

}]

}