https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/servicesdirectory-is-mind-bogglingly-slow/m-p/1181954#M7477 <P>Yesterday it was running fine in Jupyter Notebook, took 15 seconds. Today it's up to 4 minutes so far.</P><P>From this post&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/folders-key-error-on-servicesdirectory-at-arcgis/m-p/829926#M3145" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/folders-key-error-on-servicesdirectory-at-arcgis/m-p/829926#M3145</A></P><P>it looks like the call was put in there only for internal use and I should not call it?? If true, I wonder if you could add that to the docs, Esri??</P><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">from arcgis.gis.server.catalog import ServicesDirectory sd = ServicesDirectory(url="https://xxxxx/server",username="user",password="pass") sd.list()</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If I call sd.list(folder="My Folder") then it works like a charm.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:56:08 GMT Brian_Wilson 2022-06-10T16:56:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/servicesdirectory-is-mind-bogglingly-slow/m-p/1181954#M7477 <P>Yesterday it was running fine in Jupyter Notebook, took 15 seconds. Today it's up to 4 minutes so far.</P><P>From this post&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/folders-key-error-on-servicesdirectory-at-arcgis/m-p/829926#M3145" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/folders-key-error-on-servicesdirectory-at-arcgis/m-p/829926#M3145</A></P><P>it looks like the call was put in there only for internal use and I should not call it?? If true, I wonder if you could add that to the docs, Esri??</P><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">from arcgis.gis.server.catalog import ServicesDirectory sd = ServicesDirectory(url="https://xxxxx/server",username="user",password="pass") sd.list()</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If I call sd.list(folder="My Folder") then it works like a charm.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:56:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/servicesdirectory-is-mind-bogglingly-slow/m-p/1181954#M7477 Brian_Wilson 2022-06-10T16:56:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/servicesdirectory-is-mind-bogglingly-slow/m-p/1182021#M7484 <P>For anyone searching for how to use ServicesDirectory, don't, it does not work correctly. Use something like this, it's fast and it works.</P><LI-CODE lang="python">from arcgis.gis import GIS print(arcgis.__version__) gis = GIS(url="https://xxx/portal",username="xxx",password="xxx") myservers=gis.admin.servers.list() services = myservers[0].services.list() for s in services: print(s.iteminformation.properties)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:56:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/servicesdirectory-is-mind-bogglingly-slow/m-p/1182021#M7484 Brian_Wilson 2022-06-10T18:56:05Z