topic Re: Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example using seperate custom Javascript file

dtstopper — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:45:40 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to save a webmap to my portal but I get the error below when trying to save it.

Error: The item does not exist yet and cannot be updated

I've tried both the update and save new code and neither works. My sample code is below.

I have tried both a dynamic and hard coded link.

// item automatically casts to a PortalItem instance by saveAs
const l_title = document.getElementById("webMapTitle");
const item = {
title: l_title.value
};

//// Setting authMode to immediate signs the user in once loaded
//portal = new Portal();
//portal.authMode = "immediate";
//// Auto should sign you in automatically
//portal.authMode = "auto";

// Update properties of the WebMap related to the view.
// This should be called just before saving a webmap.
//portal.load().then(function () {
map.updateFrom(view).then(() => {
map.saveAs(item)
// Saved successfully
.then((item) => {
// link to the newly-created web scene item
const itemPageUrl = `${item.portal.url}/home/item.html?id=${item.id}`; //OG itemPageURL setting
//const itemPageUrl = "https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a24a038265eb4f3584451292c70d68ad"
const link = `<a target="_blank" href="${itemPageUrl}">${l_title.value}</a>`;

alert("Successfully saved as <i>${link}</i>");
})
// Save didn't work correctly
.catch((error) => {
if (error.name != "identity-manager:user-aborted") {
alert("Error: " + error.message);
}
});
});

I've also tried the to save using a portal also

////Save a new Webmap
portal.load().then(() => {
map.updateFrom(view).then(() => {
map.saveAs({
title: l_title,
portal: portal
});
});
});

Can anyone provide a working example of how to save to one's portal or get the portal to queue a log in window for me to authenticate? It works when I query portal items, but now when I try to save maps. The sanbox works on the ESRI server, but not in my local code.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Re: Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example

UndralBatsukh — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:31:05 GMT

Hi there,

Hopefully I understand your question right. To save a webmap to your portal you must specify the portal url on your portal item before calling webmap.saveAs as shown below:

const item = { title: title.value, portal: { url: "url-to-your-portal" } };

Re: Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example

dtstopper — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:26:04 GMT

Hello,

I've tried 2 different portal URLs and both give me the same error.

Error: The item does not exist yet and cannot be updated

I've tried both URLs below with no luck. I tried them seperately, but listed them both below to show what I'm using.

const itemPageUrl = https://sbcounty.maps.arcgis.com/

const itemPageUrl = https://www.arcgis.com/

// item automatically casts to a PortalItem instance by saveAs
const l_title = document.getElementById("webMapTitle");
const item = {
title: l_title.value,
portal: {
url: itemPageUrl
}
};

Do you have an example of a proper URL setting?

Also, I'm trying to use an authMode of "immediate" so it prompts me for my credentials, but that isn't happening.

portal = new Portal();
portal.authMode = "immediate";

I just get the immediate error above.

I'm trying to save a new map to my profile as well as update an existing map I made from before. Both examples don't work for me.

Re: Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example

dtstopper — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:44:31 GMT

After further investigation, I found that the map and view objects I constructed are fine. However, when the objects are being passed to my javascript code (in a seperate JS file) the objects are empty as opposed to running javscript inline with the HTML. The sandbox example works perfectly when I copy and paste it into an html file, however I want to make it more dynamic by assembling the save functionality after a custom map has been rendered. I will continue to look and figure out why it matters when you put this code in a JS file versus inline with HTML.

Re: Can't save a webmap with code from sandbox example using seperate custom Javascript file

dtstopper — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:52:41 GMT

There was no issue with the code, it turns out that when you assign an API Key to your code when trying to save a map it will not work and give you a misleading error message saying the item doesn't exist. If you are using an API Key from ESRI in your code, remove it from your map creation and saving code. This resolved it for me, hope this helps someone else.