topic Re: How to access shapefile content on arcgis.com in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-access-shapefile-content-on-arcgis-com/m-p/737461#M68302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Once you have a shapefile in a webmap, you can access the webmap via the JS API's </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/namespace_esri.arcgis.utils.htm#createMap">createMap</A><SPAN> utility method. If you need more granular control, use </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/namespace_esri.arcgis.utils.htm#getItem">getItem</A><SPAN> which will give you the item as JSON.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:50 GMT derekswingley1 2012-01-25T18:46:50Z How to access shapefile content on arcgis.com https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-access-shapefile-content-on-arcgis-com/m-p/737460#M68301 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I can load a shapefile to My Content. I can access that shapefile in my webmap if I used the canned webmap template. But how can I access it from my own ArcGIS API for Javascript file? I don't have the ability to create a service of this particular file. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any other suggestions for alternatives for how to access my content that is not a service?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-access-shapefile-content-on-arcgis-com/m-p/737460#M68301 ElizabethMiller 2012-01-25T18:27:53Z Re: How to access shapefile content on arcgis.com https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-access-shapefile-content-on-arcgis-com/m-p/737461#M68302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Once you have a shapefile in a webmap, you can access the webmap via the JS API's </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/namespace_esri.arcgis.utils.htm#createMap">createMap</A><SPAN> utility method. If you need more granular control, use </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/namespace_esri.arcgis.utils.htm#getItem">getItem</A><SPAN> which will give you the item as JSON.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-access-shapefile-content-on-arcgis-com/m-p/737461#M68302 derekswingley1 2012-01-25T18:46:50Z