topic publish gp service script to return geometry Json objects in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/publish-gp-service-script-to-return-geometry-json/m-p/76647#M353 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello Everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm very new to ArcGIS-server restapi, but have been using ArcGIS desktop and other web maps for a while.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In one of the Buffering javascript api example (</SPAN><A href="http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer">http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer</A><SPAN>), </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I found one GP service which takes geometres in as parameters and return buffered gemetries as JSon objects.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This seems to be very interesting to me. I'm thinking about writing another rest GP service myself, which can take a string parameter and create a bunch of gemetries as Json object. (The reason for that is I'm creating some spatial elements on the fly with users' request)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But it's very difficult even to find a place to start... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Should I write a python script which can return a Json object and then publish that script as a service?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If anyone can give me a hint on where to start, it would be much appreciated!!!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:08:57 GMT FangmingDu 2013-11-12T02:08:57Z publish gp service script to return geometry Json objects https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/publish-gp-service-script-to-return-geometry-json/m-p/76647#M353 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello Everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm very new to ArcGIS-server restapi, but have been using ArcGIS desktop and other web maps for a while.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In one of the Buffering javascript api example (</SPAN><A href="http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer">http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer</A><SPAN>), </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I found one GP service which takes geometres in as parameters and return buffered gemetries as JSon objects.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This seems to be very interesting to me. I'm thinking about writing another rest GP service myself, which can take a string parameter and create a bunch of gemetries as Json object. (The reason for that is I'm creating some spatial elements on the fly with users' request)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But it's very difficult even to find a place to start... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Should I write a python script which can return a Json object and then publish that script as a service?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If anyone can give me a hint on where to start, it would be much appreciated!!!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:08:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/publish-gp-service-script-to-return-geometry-json/m-p/76647#M353 FangmingDu 2013-11-12T02:08:57Z