arcgis python api help

AndrewKuder

I'm new to the python api and wanted to do some exploring to see if it would be useful for me.  I downloaded everything through conda and just started playing around with the samples ESRI provided.  However I cannot even get the samples to work.  Is there a simple issue i am missing? #python api for arcgis‌

DanPatterson_Retired

You were following the instructions etcetera in the documentation link?

From your python ide you should be able to import ArcGIS at least

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