topic Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

MaximeDemers — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:45:12 GMT

Hello,

I just realized that the JavaScript API 3.x documentation has been removed from ESRI’s website. I understand that this version is no longer supported, but we still have applications currently being migrated to version 4.x.

I’m looking for a downloadable version of the JavaScript API 3.x documentation to make the migration of our older applications easier.

Could you point me in the right direction?

Thank you so much.

Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

SteveCole — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:55:51 GMT

It's still accessible via the Internet Archive (link).

Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

MaximeDemers — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:09:27 GMT

Thank you very much!

Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

SteveCole — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:56:58 GMT

Hopefully everything you need has been saved there. I didn't click through a ton but what I did click, loaded. I would imagine that the documentation was bundled with the API downloads but I don't have a link for that (all my work was hitting off the CDN rather than an offline install).

Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

JoelBennett — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:30:14 GMT

Since your request was for a downloadable version, you can still get one by following the instructions in this post.

Re: ArcGIS Javascript API 3.x documentation

MaximeDemers — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:49:04 GMT

Since I couldn’t find a downloadable version, I used BeautifulSoup to extract the online content from the Wayback Machine. I’ve made the multi-part 7zip archives available here in case they’re useful to anyone.

Unfortunately, since 7zip archives are not allowed on this site, each file must be unzipped first before extracting the multi-part archive with 7-Zip.