topic Re: Problem accessing URL based text file for large set of geometries in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/problem-accessing-url-based-text-file-for-large/m-p/387966#M1869 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I solved my issue.... very simple (I feel dumb).&nbsp; During my testing, I was writing the text file to the development server while using the geometry services that were on the production server.&nbsp; I figured out that the production server is not set up to communicate with the development server.&nbsp; I Placed the text file on the production server and it worked.&nbsp; I was even able to input a geometry JSON string made up of over 57,000 characters and it worked with no problem.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:42:36 GMT BobCarberry 2013-03-15T11:42:36Z Problem accessing URL based text file for large set of geometries https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/problem-accessing-url-based-text-file-for-large/m-p/387965#M1868 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN><SPAN>I am trying to use the Label Points operation to calculate a center point for passed in geometries.&nbsp; All worked well until I tested more complex geometries.&nbsp; The API help mentioned a solution by writing out to a text file on the server that stored the the JSON geometry string.&nbsp; Instead of passing in the JSON string directly when calling the operation, you could reference this text file instead.&nbsp; I had no problem writing the text file, however when I try to run the operation, I get this error:&nbsp;&nbsp; Unable to get content from URL: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://</A><SPAN>&lt;serverpath&gt;/&lt;filename&gt;.&nbsp; I tried browsing to the text file and was able to read it no problem.&nbsp; I there anything special I need to do to this text file so that it can be used by the operation?&nbsp; The syntax I used to reference the text file is from the help: polygons={ "url" : "&lt;URL to file&gt;" }.&nbsp; I' running ArcGIS Server 10.0.0.0.&nbsp; Any ideas?</SPAN></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:15:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/problem-accessing-url-based-text-file-for-large/m-p/387965#M1868 BobCarberry 2013-03-14T16:15:33Z Re: Problem accessing URL based text file for large set of geometries https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/problem-accessing-url-based-text-file-for-large/m-p/387966#M1869 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I solved my issue.... very simple (I feel dumb).&nbsp; During my testing, I was writing the text file to the development server while using the geometry services that were on the production server.&nbsp; I figured out that the production server is not set up to communicate with the development server.&nbsp; I Placed the text file on the production server and it worked.&nbsp; I was even able to input a geometry JSON string made up of over 57,000 characters and it worked with no problem.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:42:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/problem-accessing-url-based-text-file-for-large/m-p/387966#M1869 BobCarberry 2013-03-15T11:42:36Z