topic Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

CassandraFollett — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:28:19 GMT

Let's say we've got, you know, 8 pages of services that need to be removed. That's time consuming.

Are there ways to programmatically remove services much faster than through the GUI in Manager?

(other ways to programmatically / through scripts alter a large number of services would also be of interest, such as starting/stopping/changing pooling or other options)

Installation is ArcGIS Server 10.5 on Linux.

*Update*

This question was posed because the documentation here says only two options (Manager or ArcMap):
Delete a service—Documentation | ArcGIS Enterprise

However Vince here, reminded me of the ArcGIS Rest API. Among other tasks and features, it does mention how to Delete Service through a POST with an admin token here:

ArcGIS REST API

So, I consider this question somewhat resolved, though would keep open out of interest to hear other ways people address managing services programmatically in their organization (custom scripts, etc.)

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

VinceAngelo — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:41:08 GMT

There are code samples for using Python to call the REST API. You need to get a token first.
I don't have my source handy at the moment, but it isn't more than a score or two lines of

actual code.

-V

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

CassandraFollett — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:43:31 GMT

So basically you're running that through ArcMap / ArcGIS Pro python interpreter in that case...?

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

CassandraFollett — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:49:45 GMT

I'm not sure if your code was going to involve ArcMap / ArcGIS Pro or not.

But, mentioning the REST API had me look for the ArcGIS REST API.

It seems that Delete Folder and Delete Service (along with many other tasks and requests) are capable of doing through a URL with administrator token, like so:
ArcGIS REST API

This is probably the answer I am looking for.

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:58:11 GMT

Why don't you just create an admin connection in ArcCatalog and select multiple and erase them there. I think that would work??

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

CassandraFollett — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:02:47 GMT

ArcMap and ArcCatalog aren't actually in my workflow, so I wanted to avoid having to boot up desktop applications to manage services.

I think Vince might have been referring to using Python within ArcMap to call the REST API, but that made me remember that I don't need a client at all to do this... so I just successfully deleted the folder with all 8 pages with a token and POST... That's a solution that keeps me happy

Re: Delete ArcGIS Server services en masse?

VinceAngelo — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:16:37 GMT

Any Python will do, though if you have more than the default urllib it will likely be easier.

- V