https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1122166#M6870 <P>Thank you! That worked</P> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:08:55 GMT GIS_utahDEM 2021-12-02T14:08:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1121896#M6863 <P>I am having issues using ContentManager.is_service_name_available(). I am using it within a for loop to create view layers to check whether the view layer has already been created (code below). I am getting errors that I don't have a "self" argument, even though I'm pretty sure I do (screenshot of error below). If anyone has insight in how to fix this, or another method of checking whether a layer has already been created, let me know! Thanks in advance.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python"># Loop through the regional division to create the views for index, county in enumerate(counties_munis): county_name = counties_munis.features[index].attributes['NAME'] print(county_name) view_name = 'UCIP_' + "_" + county_name + "_View" print(view_name) # Get the geometry for the regions view_geom = counties_munis.features[index].geometry.get('rings') name_avail = ContentManager.is_service_name_available(service_name = view_name,service_type = "featureService") # Check if view exists if name_avail == True: new_view = ucip_locs_flc.manager.create_view(name=view_name) # Search for newly created View view_search = my_agol.content.search(view_name)[0] view_flc = FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(view_search) service_layer = view_flc.layers[0] layerTags = [county_name,"UCIP","View Layer"] # Populate the update_dict with the geometry and the spatial reference update_dict = {"tags":layerTags,"viewLayerDefinition":{"filter": {"operator":"esriSpatialRelContains","value": {"geometryType":"esriGeometryPolygon","geometry": {"rings": view_geom, "spatialReference":spat_ref}}}}} # Update the definition to include the Area of Interest service_layer.manager.update_definition(update_dict) print("Added ",view_name) else: print(view_name," Exists")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:47:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1121896#M6863 GIS_utahDEM 2021-12-01T20:47:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1122045#M6866 <P>Please try it like this:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">gis.content.is_service_name_available(....) # or like this: cm = ContentManager(&lt;gis_instance&gt;) cm.is_service_name_available(..)</LI-CODE><P>Long answer:</P><P>The is_service_name_available() method is an instance method (not static), so you need to call it on an instance. We prefer the first pattern in the example above as it is easier to read</P> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 03:35:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1122045#M6866 Anonymous User 2021-12-02T03:35:36Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1122166#M6870 <P>Thank you! That worked</P> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:08:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/type-error-with-is-service-name-available/m-p/1122166#M6870 GIS_utahDEM 2021-12-02T14:08:55Z