topic Re: Token required in ArcGIS Online Questions

Token required

CatherineBouchard — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:53:15 GMT

Hi,

i want update url of feature on ArcGis Online.

But i have answer:

Token Required.

What can i do, i have to modify some domaine.

Thank you

Re: Token required

XanderBakker — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 18:50:45 GMT

User identity is established through a login process that always takes place over an encrypted connection (HTTPS using Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL). Subsequent transactions require the token acquired at sign in and can take place over encrypted or unencrypted connections.

Source: Hosted web layer security—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

Are you logged in to ArcGIS Online? Is the service shared with you?

Instructions can be found in this PDF:

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/files/2014/10/How-to-Update-Hosted-Feature-Service-Schemas1.pdf

Re: Token required

CatherineBouchard — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:12:49 GMT

not work ???

Re: Token required

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:47:43 GMT

Catherine,

There are several sets of tools on Github that will help you with administering ArcGIS Online services, including:these two.

Esri/ago-tools · GitHub

ArcGIS Online Assistant

If you are getting a token error, it sounds like the service is secure. Is it hosted on ArcGIS Online or on a local ArcGIS Server? Are you the owner of the services? A you trying actual URL only, or change the service?

It might help if you can give a little more detail on he steps you are trying, and if you provide a snapshot of the exact error. There are also tools within browsers (usually F12) that can provide additional detail on the error to help in the debugging. If you see an error in the console, providing that info will also help others help diagnose the token error.

Re: Token required

CatherineBouchard — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:13:38 GMT

Hi,

it's a feature layer hosted on ArcGIS Online . I'm the owner of feature layer.

I want go to URl to edit somme domain. This is the error:

I add word "admin" between rest and service in the URL to modify the domain in the code.

When i push F12:

Thank to try to help me.

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:11:44 GMT

Hi Catherine,

In order to access the admin of a hosted feature service, you must provide authentication in the form of a token.

To generate a token, you can copy one that is generated from signing into ArcGIS Online using a web debugger like fiddler or developer tools.

The Screenshot below shows how to get a token using fiddler:

Then construct your url to include the token:

http://services.arcgis.com/Wl7Y1m92PbjtJs5n/arcgis/admin/services/Yeti.FeatureServer?token=3Imzhcq47bHzbDpy9RjRZYApA03m8…

Cheers,

Kelly

Re: Token required

CatherineBouchard — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:08:11 GMT

oh yes, thank you

Re: Token required

DavidAskov1 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:45:27 GMT

Hi Kelly (and anyone else who may know) - I assume the copy/paste tokens from Fiddler are short-lived. Do you know how to generate a token using REST requests or via a python API? thanks!

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:29:43 GMT

Hi David,

Check out this links to generate tokens and authenticate:

Rest API Generate Token: ArcGIS REST API

Python API:

Working with different authentication schemes | ArcGIS for Developers

-Kelly

Re: Token required

DavidAskov1 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:22:11 GMT

The link to the ArcGIS REST API you posted says at the top that this has been superceded by OAuth. I cannot get the generateToken to return anything that even looks like an error, so I'm guessing it has been disabled now?

On the OAuth page, it looks like I need to supply two tokens to get one. Ack!

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:05:21 GMT

Hi David,

That note is specific to ArcGIS Enterprise but still works for ArcGIS Online.

Ensure that your username and password are in the correct casing and that you are using a post request to generate the token.

Check out this sample which includes using the generate token call to the rest API using python:

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f448101c080d4edb8991fb79da818915

or:

developer-support/accountHelper.py at master · Esri/developer-support · GitHub

-Kelly

Re: Token required

DavidAskov1 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:56:29 GMT

Note that I am using ArcGIS Online for Organizations. My connection url is https://{orgname}.maps.arcgis.com/

My username is in the form {user}_{orgname} and we use our own user database here (i.e.: I log in with a user/pass that is maintained here at my organization).

I am getting back this response:

{"error":{"code":400,"message":"Unable to generate token.","details":["Invalid username or password."]}}

Do I need to update the URL, username, and/or referer?

thanks!

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:55:18 GMT

The error message indicates an issue with the username and password. I would check that the case is correct for the username (it isn't case sensitive when logging in through oauth). How are you submitting the request? using python?

-Kelly

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:06:36 GMT

Are you using Enterprise Logins?

Re: Token required

DavidAskov1 — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:03:36 GMT

Hi Kelly. We are on a site license, so I think it's called ArcGIS Online for Organizations. I access it at https://{orgname}.maps.arcgis.com/ and my user name is in the format of {user}_{ORGNAME} noting that the two letters in {ORGNAME} are capitalized.

When I log in to AGOL manually, it sends me to a web page at my organization to authenticate, which is what I think you are referring to as an Enterprise Login. There, my user name that I enter does not have the _{ORGNAME} suffix.

I've tried a bunch of combinations of which URL to send to, variations on my user name, referer, etc.

I hope this provides some more info that is useful. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Token required

KellyGerrow — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:16:34 GMT

HI David,

It sounds like you are using Enterprise Logins which uses the IDP to verify the username and password through Oauth. Using the Python API or capturing the token in a web debugging program may be the most straight forward way to snag a token.

-Kelly

Re: Token required

DavidAskov1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:50:32 GMT

Thanks, Kelly. I tried so many permutations of URL and username that I had reached the end of my rope. I've been grabbing the session out of Chrome Developer Tools which works for prototyping, but I'm trying to automate some server code, so that's not a long-term solution.

It sounds like my next step is to figure out Oauth. Do you know of any clear and concise demos to generate a token that way? Even if it's in .Net or just POST instructions, I can convert that to Python. thanks!

Re: Token required

AdrianWelsh — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:44:08 GMT

I was coming across this token error as well and tried following some of these instructions and just got lost...

But, what worked for me was, logging into AGOL as an admin, going to the hosted feature layer's page in my Content, and clicking on the "Service URL" link from one of my Layers in the list.

From there, I was able to see a generated token in my URL

After that, I inserted "admin/" in between "/rest/" and "services". And I was able to mess with the JSON of the feature service.

Re: Token required

LisaCasey — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 19:58:22 GMT

This worked great for me when I needed to get s token to edit the max record count (using this support documentation: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000012383) ; however, ever since then, enabling/disabling edits no longer functions. I discovered that a layer that should be locked down for editing has been open. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?

Re: Token required

KWilliams — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:12:32 GMT

Hello - I am also receiving the error 'Token Required'. I am replicating a hosted feature layer, I am the owner, and I am the administrator. The replication begins and runs for about 20 minutes, then I get the 'Token Required' error. I am signed in, looking at the URL, I do see a token listed. I've done the thing where I add 'admin' between rest and services but I don't see an option in there to replicate. I have about 300-350 point features but I have a few thousand photo attachments. Is it timing out? I need to create a delivery for a customer so I need to get this figured out asap. Any help would be appreciated.

-Katy