topic Re: Updating GIS content on Portal in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Updating GIS content on Portal

CliveSwan — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:30:45 GMT

Greetings,

The fragment below works, cloning GIS content from Portal A to B.

gis2.content.clone_items(data, copy_data=True, search_existing_items=True)

However, the REST URL is copied across ie it has the wrong REST in Portal B.

The web map has a number of "values" eg: id, title, url, etc. So I tried to use the method in updating GIS content:

gis2 = GIS(target_portal, username=admin, password=passw, verify_cert=False)
print("LOGGED IN TARGET")

####MAP ID
#map id
search_result = gis2.content.get('4aa844d480704a7392a1bc0b992dee2d')
print("MAP")
display(search_result)

##search_result.layers

#MAP SEARCH
search_result_json = gis2.content.search('title:LQSP', item_type="*")
#display(search_result_json)

#CREATE MAP OBJECT
wm_item = search_result_json[0]

from arcgis.mapping import WebMap
web_map_obj = WebMap(wm_item)
## display(web_map_obj) ### prints map

#DISPLAY JSON
print("WEB MAP OBJ")
web_map_obj.layers

print("DISPLAYS JSON: ")
#display(web_map_obj.layers)

for lyr in web_map_obj.layers:
print(lyr.title + " " + lyr.url)

The section to update the url value is below, this fails??

web_map_obj.update(url='<server>arcgis/rest/services/<map>/MapServer')

I want to update the url from:

<DEV.gov.uk>arcgis/rest/services/<map>/MapServer

TO:

<TEST.gov.uk>arcgis/rest/services/<map>/MapServer

I welcome any suggestions.

Regards,

Clive

Anonymous User — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:46:50 GMT

Hi Clive,

You can edit the resources JSON file directly and it even has a "find and replace" function.

It can also transfer items from one portal to another.

This is the unsung utility that can help you more than you think...

Just be careful, because you are editing the items JSON, you can also break it pretty quickly.

Have fun

Michael

CliveSwan — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:36:52 GMT

Hi Michael,

I eventually!!! found a Python script to update the Webmap URL:

Anonymous User — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:42:59 GMT

Fantastic, I will keep that one in mind.

Pity that the client didn't want to use AGO Assistant though.

Have fun