How to load a directory of rasters into a geodatabase using Python?

DaveBranson

I am trying to use Python in ArcGIS 10.4 to load a directory of JP2 images into a raster catalog.

I can load individual files but can figure out how to load all of the file at the same time.

this will load individual files ....

>>> import arcpy
>>> from arcpy import env
>>> env.workspace = "d:/data"

>>> arcpy.RasterToGeodatabase_conversion("Image1.jp2;Image2.jp2","d:/data/Database.gdb/Orthos")

I tried creating a list of the rasters with arcpy.ListRasters and replace the Input_Rasters with the list name and this works if there is only one item in the list.

Txs.

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

Dave, I still have the issue that is doesn't like me to have a feature dataset name after the .gdb for the output, but otherwise, I got this to read all the .jpg files in a folder, and then add them to my fgdb.  I'm not sure if all the formatting and/or the full path to the .jpgs was necessary or not, but other than the output file going to the root of the fgdb, this works for me (maybe a bug for me?  ArcCatalog 10.3.1)

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<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os
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