topic Re: Batch export photo attachments on hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online Questions

Batch export photo attachments on hosted feature layer

KristinaTran — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:49:01 GMT

Hi Esri Community,

I have a hosted feature layer of about 20k items with attached photos. I'm trying to find a way to batch download the attached photos so I have access to them on a local device. At the moment the only way I can seem to find to save attachments to file is to click on each feature and use the attachment manager to save the file(s). This is very tedious and slow. Is there a faster way to do this?

Re: Batch export photo attachments on hosted feature layer

ChristopherCounsell — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:43:44 GMT

Unfortunately the best bet is to export to a file geodatabase and use python to extract the photos.

There are several guides on how to do this available online e.g.:

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-batch-download-hosted-feature-layers-from-arcgis-000031050

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-batch-export-attachments-from-a-feature-class-in-000017450

https://developers.arcgis.com/survey123/guide/export-survey-data-with-attachments/