https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/encountering-inconsistent-error-with-gis-users/m-p/1090144#M6513 <P>Good day,</P><P>We are encountering sporadic errors with querying users by role from ArcGIS. The error message we get is:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">Traceback (most recent call last): File "//./ArcGISCreditsAllocation.py", line 344, in &lt;module&gt; users = gisConn.users.search(query=f"role: {roleId}",max_users=5000) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 3775, in search userlist.append(User(self._gis, un)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8357, in __init__ if hasattr(self, "id") and self.id != "null": File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8377, in __getattr__ self._hydrate() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8366, in _hydrate userdict = self._portal.get_user(self._user_id) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_portalpy.py", line 1279, in get_user return self.con.post("community/users/" + username, self._postdata()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_con/_connection.py", line 1041, in post return self._handle_response( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_con/_connection.py", line 585, in _handle_response data = resp.json() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 910, in json return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)</LI-CODE><P><BR />This error has occurred twice in the last 24 hours, but this script runs every 10 minutes, so I'm assuming there is a server side error that is not being cleanly handled?<BR /><BR />Any insight would be greatly appreciated.</P> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:24:13 GMT StephenButcher 2021-08-18T20:24:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/encountering-inconsistent-error-with-gis-users/m-p/1090144#M6513 <P>Good day,</P><P>We are encountering sporadic errors with querying users by role from ArcGIS. The error message we get is:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">Traceback (most recent call last): File "//./ArcGISCreditsAllocation.py", line 344, in &lt;module&gt; users = gisConn.users.search(query=f"role: {roleId}",max_users=5000) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 3775, in search userlist.append(User(self._gis, un)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8357, in __init__ if hasattr(self, "id") and self.id != "null": File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8377, in __getattr__ self._hydrate() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py", line 8366, in _hydrate userdict = self._portal.get_user(self._user_id) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_portalpy.py", line 1279, in get_user return self.con.post("community/users/" + username, self._postdata()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_con/_connection.py", line 1041, in post return self._handle_response( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/arcgis/gis/_impl/_con/_connection.py", line 585, in _handle_response data = resp.json() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 910, in json return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)</LI-CODE><P><BR />This error has occurred twice in the last 24 hours, but this script runs every 10 minutes, so I'm assuming there is a server side error that is not being cleanly handled?<BR /><BR />Any insight would be greatly appreciated.</P> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:24:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/encountering-inconsistent-error-with-gis-users/m-p/1090144#M6513 StephenButcher 2021-08-18T20:24:13Z