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Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

SpencerHan1 — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 03:26:12 GMT

Following the 1.3 documentation, there is a arcgis.gis.server submodule nested under arcgis.gis.

However when I try use it, I get an error saying "`arcgis.gis` has no attribute `server`". Souce code as shown below.

>>> import arcgis

>>> arcgis.gis.server.Server(args)

And as suggested in this post, I tried with importing arcgis.gis. But same error occured.

>>> from arcgis importgis

>>> gis.server.Server(args)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

JoshuaBixby — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:56:01 GMT

It has to do with Esri's goofy imports within the arcgis modules. Try:

from arcgis.gis import server
server.Server(...)‍‍

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

SpencerHan1 — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:17:54 GMT

Thanks, seems to be working.

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

AndrewChapkowski — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:28:42 GMT

Spencer and Joshua,

Thank you for your comment/reply on using the Server class.

Here is the best way to access your server:

gis = GIS(url="https://mysite.com/portal", username='*****')
servers = gis.admin.servers.list()

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

JoshuaBixby — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:07:23 GMT

Andrew, the OP never stated whether the desired connection was to a federated or unfederated server, my guess is the latter.

What's new in version 1.3 | ArcGIS for Developers states:

What's new in version 1.3
New
Added support for unfederated ArcGIS Server instances from the arcgis.gis.server module

I can't speak for others, but reading that strongly implies to me that one should use arcgis.gis.server when connecting to an unfederated GIS server. Furthermore, the documentation for arcgis.gis module — arcgis 1.4.0 documentation doesn't mention anything about connecting to an unfederated GIS server. I have discovered, through trial and error, that I can use the unfederated server's administrator REST endpoint (/arcgis/admin) to connect using the GIS class.

If the ArcGIS API for Python team wants users to use GIS as the starting point, it would be helpful to clarify and/or expand the documentation to point users in that direction.

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:57:50 GMT

Hi bixb0012

Have you had any luck accessing services this way? Can you post an example? Getting access to an unfederated server is a bewildering process with the ArcGIS Python API.

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

JoshuaBixby — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:11:14 GMT

Phil, are you speaking about accessing services starting from GIS() or gis.server.Server()?

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:56:03 GMT

gis.server.Server()
Here is one method I have tried (edited to remove redundant code)

from arcgis.gis import server

url = r"https://<server>.<domain>.org:6443/arcgis/admin/"


srv = server.catalog.ServicesDirectory(url,username="<usr>",password="<pw>")

print(srv.list("<example>"))

...
KeyError: 'folders'‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:53:41 GMT

My arcgis api is version 1.2.3. An update should solve this problem.

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

JoshuaBixby — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:52:49 GMT

After an update, post back if you are still having problems. Check out the Upgrade the arcgis package at Install and set up | ArcGIS for Developers

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 21:26:23 GMT

Still getting 'folders' key error at v1.3.0

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:56:06 GMT

from arcgis.gis import server
url = r"https://<server>.<domain>.org:6443/arcgis/admin/
site = server.Server(url,username="<usr>",password="<pw>")
srvdir = site.content
#Will return a MapImage layer
queries = srvdir.get("<name>",folder="<folder>")

srvdir = server.ServicesDirectory(url,username="<usr>",password="<pw>")
#returns error
srvdir.get("<name>",folder="<folder>")
...
KeyError: 'folders'

I suppose i'll try to upgrade to 1.4...

Re: Is anyone else having trouble of importing arcgis.gis.server module?

PhilLarkin1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:56:09 GMT

For anyone trying to get at the service object, this worked for me at 1.4:

from arcgis.gis import server
url = r"https://<server>.spokanecounty.org:<port>/arcgis/admin/"
site = server.Server(url,username="<usr>",password="<pw>")
admin = site.content.admin
adminServices = admin.services
servicelist = adminServices.list(folder="<folderName>")
for x in servicelist:
print(x.statistics)