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API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

aydemiremrah — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 11:59:54 GMT

hello, My goal is to add this geojson file to the feature layer in my Arcgis Online account. I am creating an api key from my Arcgis Developer account. But I don't see an option for this api key to access the layers in my Arcgis Online account. I give all authorisations from Scope, but I still get a 403 error....

Re: API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

JakeSkinner — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:57:59 GMT

Hi @aydemiremrah,

You have limited functionality with the token generated from the developers page. You will want to generate a token using the generateToken method using a username/password.

Re: API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

aydemiremrah — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:34:01 GMT

@JakeSkinner Hello, thank you for the answer. Is there any way to create a permanent api key? I want to assign an api key with no time limit on my server. Token keys last a maximum of 15 days.

Re: API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

JakeSkinner — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:23:49 GMT

Unfortunately, not. 15 days is the max.

Re: API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

aydemiremrah — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:40:31 GMT

@JakeSkinner Thank you. If you were doing a similar project, what method would you prefer? Would you use something like a middleware that checks whether the token has expired and automatically renews it if it has expired? Obviously, I don't want to store a username and password directly in my project.

Re: API Key For Arcgis Online Feature Layers

JakeSkinner — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:55:04 GMT

@aydemiremrah I don't have much experience with JavaScript, but if I were doing this in python, I would store the username/password in a secure config file that the script would call. The script would retrieve the username/password and generate the token.