sddraft xml schema

DannyIm — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 20:52:45 GMT

Hello,

I have a python script that I use to publish map and image services to an ArcGIS Enterprise server for my organization, and the script involve creating an .sddraft file, modifying the XML in the .sddraft file, transforming it to a service definition file, then publishing it.

I was wondering if the XML schema for the .sddraft file is documented anywhere? My modifications to the .sddraft file are based on what I find on other ESRI forum posts and documentation, but there are some settings that I don’t know how to configure since I don’t know the XML schema.

Is there a better way to achieve what I am trying to do? If there’s a better approach with a simpler interface that would be wonderful.

I am using ArcPro 3.0 and publishing to ArcGIS Server 10.9.1

Here is the code:

import arcpy import codecs import getpass import logging import os import sys import shutil import tempfile import xml.dom.minidom as DOM from pathlib import Path from arcgis.gis.server import Server ags_pw = getpass.getpass("ArcGIS server password: ") ags_host = "https://localhost:6443" ags_user = "admin" project_filename = f"samples/my_example.aprx" svc_name = "my_example" def setText(doc, node, newText): textnode = doc.createTextNode(newText) node.appendChild(textnode) tmp_sd_pth = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "tmp.sd") with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir: tmp_pth = Path(tmp_dir) sd_draft_fn = tmp_pth.joinpath("tempdraft.sddraft") new_sd_draft = tmp_pth.joinpath("updatedDraft.sddraft") sd = tmp_pth.joinpath(f"{svc_name}.sd") mapdoc = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(project_filename) maps = mapdoc.listMaps() map = mapdoc.listMaps()[0] sd_draft = arcpy.sharing.CreateSharingDraft("STANDALONE_SERVER", "MAP_SERVICE", svc_name, map) sd_draft.offline = True sd_draft.offlineTarget = "ENTERPRISE_10x" sd_draft.description = "Description" sd_draft.serverFolder = "maps" sd_draft.overwriteExistingService = True sd_draft.exportToSDDraft(sd_draft_fn) doc = DOM.parse(sd_draft_fn.as_posix()) tagsType = doc.getElementsByTagName('Type') for tagType in tagsType: if tagType.parentNode.tagName == 'SVCManifest': if tagType.hasChildNodes(): tagType.firstChild.data = "esriServiceDefinitionType_Replacement" tagsState = doc.getElementsByTagName('State') for tagState in tagsState: if tagState.parentNode.tagName == 'SVCManifest': if tagState.hasChildNodes(): tagState.firstChild.data = "esriSDState_Published" # Turn off caching configProps = doc.getElementsByTagName('ConfigurationProperties')[0] propArray = configProps.firstChild propSets = propArray.childNodes for propSet in propSets: keyValues = propSet.childNodes for keyValue in keyValues: if keyValue.tagName == 'Key': if keyValue.firstChild.data == "isCached": keyValue.nextSibling.firstChild.data = "false" if keyValue.firstChild.data == "maxRecordCount": keyValue.nextSibling.firstChild.data = "2000" # Find all elements named TypeName # This is where the extensions are defined typeNames = doc.getElementsByTagName('TypeName') for typeName in typeNames: if typeName.firstChild.data == "KmlServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == 'Enabled': extElement.firstChild.data = 'true' if typeName.firstChild.data == "WFSServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == 'Enabled': extElement.firstChild.data = 'true' if typeName.firstChild.data == "WMSServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == 'Enabled': extElement.firstChild.data = 'true' if typeName.firstChild.data == "WCSServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == 'Enabled': extElement.firstChild.data = 'true' if typeName.firstChild.data == "FeatureServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == 'Enabled': extElement.firstChild.data = 'true' configProps = doc.getElementsByTagName('Info')[0] propArray = configProps.firstChild propSets = propArray.childNodes for propSet in propSets: keyValues = propSet.childNodes for keyValue in keyValues: if keyValue.tagName == 'Key': if keyValue.firstChild.data == "WebCapabilities": keyValue.nextSibling.firstChild.data = "Map,Data,Query" typeNames = doc.getElementsByTagName('TypeName') for typeName in typeNames: if typeName.firstChild.data == "WFSServer": extension = typeName.parentNode for extElement in extension.childNodes: if extElement.tagName == "Props": for propSet in extElement.childNodes: for prop in propSet.childNodes: for prop1 in prop.childNodes: if prop1.tagName == "Key": if prop1.firstChild.data == "title": setText(doc, prop1.nextSibling, "Example") if prop1.firstChild.data == "abstract": setText(doc, prop1.nextSibling, "Abstract") if prop1.firstChild.data == "keyword": setText(doc, prop1.nextSibling, "Keyword") # Write to a new .sddraft file with codecs.open(new_sd_draft, "w", "utf-8") as f: doc.writexml(writer=f, encoding="utf-8") logging.info("Analyzing and Staging the service...") arcpy.server.StageService(new_sd_draft.as_posix(), sd.as_posix()) warnings = arcpy.GetMessages(1) errors = arcpy.GetMessages(2) if errors: logging.error("errors found in service definition") logging.error(errors) sys.exit(1) shutil.copyfile(sd, tmp_sd_pth) server = Server(url=f"{ags_host}/arcgis/admin", token_url=f"{ags_host}/arcgis/tokens/generateToken", username=ags_user, password=ags_pw) pr = server.publish_sd(tmp_sd_pth) if pr: logging.info(f"Service was successfully published") else: logging.error("Failed to publish service")

Re: sddraft xml schema

AndresCastillo — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:44:34 GMT

Great question!

Thank you for sharing your code.

The following will output a sample sddraft xml document to the directory the script is in.

You can then view the xml with an IDE.

def prettify_xml(doc): """Pretty-print an XML document, removing unnecessary blank lines.""" return '\n'.join([line for line in doc.toprettyxml(indent=" ").splitlines() if line.strip()]) pretty_xml = prettify_xml(doc) with open("sample_sddraft.xml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file: file.write(pretty_xml)

Re: sddraft xml schema

Jeff-Reinhart — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:16:18 GMT

This covers the schema, but it does not cover the values. For example, what do the numbers for DefaultResamplingMethod correspond to? I found this answer in forums, but comprehensive documentation on the available values and how they correspond to UI settings would be ideal.

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