topic Re: Access REST services from desktop? in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions

Access REST services from desktop?

deleted-user-Jie3eyjOl9XM — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:34:40 GMT

I'm wondering if it's possible to access ArcServer REST resources from ArcMap/ArcCatalog, rather than the SOAP endpoints.

For example, I know I can "Add ArcGIS Server" -->
http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services

But, I would like to "Add ArcGIS Server" -->
http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services

Re: Access REST services from desktop?

Charles__Jamie_Phillips — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:15:43 GMT

As far as I know you cannot. I am sure if you wanted to do some programming you could.

Re: Access REST services from desktop?

JoeFlannery — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:57:02 GMT

Mr. Morris:

Out of curiosity, why do you want to tap REST endpoints instead of SOAP resources? What's the difference to the end-user in ArcMap?

Re: Access REST services from desktop?

deleted-user-Jie3eyjOl9XM — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:05:08 GMT

Well, I created some WCF services that act as REST resources, returning geometry objects. I figured if the existing JavaScript, Flash and Silverlight APIs can access this, maybe ArcMap can, too.

But, I used Fiddler to examine the traffic, and it looks like ArcMap only attempts to communicate using the SOAP endpoints. It would be possible to implement that, too. Any idea of ESRI has made public the SOAP API? I don't think so, yet.

Re: Access REST services from desktop?

AxelSchaefer — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:31:42 GMT

Any idea of ESRI has made public the SOAP API? I don't think so, yet.

It's on your machine (here the 9.3.1 link): C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/DeveloperKit/Help/SOAP/index.htm

For 10 on the net: http://help.arcgis.com/EN/arcgisserver/10.0/apis/soap/whnjs.htm