topic Re: Handle Item Move to Folder Error in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Handle Item Move to Folder Error

KarenRobine — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:54:46 GMT

I am attempting to move an item to a specific folder (using Python API, NOT Juypter). I don't see anything in the API to check if a folder exists. So according to the API:

move(folder, owner=None)¶

Moves this item to the folder with the given name.

Argument	Description
folder	Required string. The name of the folder to move the item to. Use ‘/’ for the root folder. For other folders, pass in the folder name as a string, or a dictionary containing the folder ID, such as the dictionary obtained from the folders property.
owner	Optional string or Owner object. The name of the user to move to.

Returns:	A json object like the following: {“success”: true \| false, ”itemId”: “<item id>”, “owner”: “<owner username>”, “folder”: “<folder id>”}

I'm trying to figure out how to capture the return object. I've wrapped it in a Try/Catch but that doesn't seem to work. It always gets to the next line but I get the console message, Folder not found for given owner.

If I do:

objMoved = myItem.move(folder="whatever")

objMoved is always None

What's the "best practice" way to get the results?

Re: Handle Item Move to Folder Error

KarenRobine — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:36:53 GMT

The following code solves my issue:

objMoved = newmap.move(folder=configStore.folder)  #folder not found for given owner message if it doesnt move it.
print(objMoved)
if (objMoved is None) or \
        (objMoved is not None and 'success' in objMoved and not objMoved['success']):
    print("we flunked moving the object")

    newmap.delete(force=False, dry_run=False)
    sys.exit(
        "ERROR: Unable to move the item with ItemID {0} to the folder, {1}. ".format(
            id, configStore.folder))

Re: Handle Item Move to Folder Error

AndresCastillo — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 05:50:09 GMT

Thank you for posting your solution.