Use ArcGIS REST API from a backend service, scripts, api proxy, cron jobs etc..

Jort — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:32:52 GMT

For a client I need to be able to add attributes to a feature server. I identified 2 endpoints that works except I don't understand how the authentication works from a internal system.

endpoint 1: POST /arcgis/rest/admin/services/<service>/FeatureServer/<layer>/addToDefinition

endpoint 2: POST arcgis/rest/services/<service>/FeatureServer/<layer>/updateFeatures

How can I authenticate these requests in a internal system like a cron job, script etc...?

I tryed the api key but doesn't seem to work.

I could just use https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/generateToken with username and password. Store the token and refetch if expired but that doesn't seem like a best practice.

Re: Use ArcGIS REST API from a backend service, scripts, api proxy, cron jobs etc..

JakeSkinner — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:33:57 GMT

Hi Jort,

I recommend generating the token each time you are making a post request. Python Ex:

import requests, json # Generate Token tokenURL = 'https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/generateToken' params = {'f': 'pjson', 'username': username, 'password': password, 'referer': 'http://www.arcgis.com'} r = requests.post(tokenURL, data = params, verify=False) response = json.loads(r.content) token = response['token'] # Post Request .....

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