topic Re: Can one store multiple sets of credentials in .arcgisprofile? in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Can one store multiple sets of credentials in .arcgisprofile?

PeterKnoop — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:37:25 GMT

Is there a way to store multiple sets of credentials in .arcgisprofile? It appears that each call I make to arcgis.gis.GIS to establish a set of credentials overwrites the contents of .arcgisprofile, such that it only contains the more recent set of credentials.

Since the file contains the profile name, I'm hoping there is a way to store multiple sets of credentials there, and perhaps someone can point me in the right direction?

For instance, I often find myself wanting to quickly switch back-and-forth between our Production and our Development environments in Jupyter notebooks, maybe in the same notebook, or maybe in two notebooks running side-by-side. I would like to do that by simply specifying gis = GIS(profile='prod') or GIS(profile='dev'), rather than having to provide the fuller set of credential information each time.

Thanks!

-peter

Re: Can one store multiple sets of credentials in .arcgisprofile?

Anonymous User — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:18:03 GMT

Peter, currently this is not possible. However, its an interesting idea that we discussed internally and decided to leave it as is, to keep things simple. Can I request you to post this in the ArcGIS Ideas site so other users can vote? It helps us understand requirements and prioritize them.

Re: Can one store multiple sets of credentials in .arcgisprofile?

PeterKnoop — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:34:20 GMT

Thanks, Atma Mani‌. I have submitted it to the ArcGIS Ideas site:

Support multiple authentication profiles in ArcGIS API for Python