topic Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method? in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

MarceloRosensaft — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:19:58 GMT

Hello,

I wonder if there is a way to sign out from the portal in arcpy.

Since I may want to publish a service using arcpy and do some other activities using the Python API, I wonder if I won't be entering problems into my portal if I sign in twice from the same python program, once from arcpy and a second time from the API.

Thanks,

Marcelo

Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

JoshuaBixby — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:37:24 GMT

I doubt you will run into any issues. I can sign in to Portal from 3 different browsers on the same machine at the same time, all of which have different tokens after authenticating, and I never have issues because each of the tokens is mapped back to my user.

Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

MarceloRosensaft — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:42:23 GMT

Thank you!

I'll try it in the next day or two and hopefully it won't break my portal.

Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

JoshuaBixby — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:44:23 GMT

Even if there is an issue on the client side, which I doubt there will be, it surely won't break your portal. If corrupting a Portal deployment was that easy, Esri would have major issues with angry customers.

Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

MarceloRosensaft — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:30:49 GMT

If it weren't so sad, I'd laugh about your comment. I guess I'm one of the angry customers that you mentioned.

In the five years since we entered the portal age, my portal/server has broken for no reason several times. Fortunately, the support representatives of the local distributor are nice and helpful but still, I devoted much time to the portal issues. In summary, marketing talks and technology reality are not always related one to each other

Re: Is there a SignOut (from the Portal) method?

JoshuaBixby — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:38:32 GMT

I feel your pain/frustration. I have been working with Esri products for 25+ years, and their server products for almost 15 of those years. Most of what keeps my organization's ArcGIS Server products stable and performing satisfactory has everything to do with the experience of fighting their products over time and little to do with their documentation and support feedback.