Update existing hosted feature layer with a new shapefile

TommyTaylorDev — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:13:38 GMT

I am attempting to use ArcGIS API for Python to overwrite the underlying data of a hosted feature layer with an shapefile. As this layer is used within a Web App and has pre-configured filters, it cannot simply be replaced with a new layer.

Workflow

1) Published the service

# publish shapefile as feature service gis = GIS("https://anonymous/arcgis/") zip_path = '\\\\<anonymise>\\GDW_Catalogue_Items_OS.zip' published_item = gis.content.add( item_properties = { "type": "Shapefile", "title": parent, "description": "printed maps and charts", "tags": "GDW, Catalogue, Footprints, Printed Maps, Printed Charts", }, data = zip_path, overwrite=True ) published_layer = published_item.publish() # share published feature layer with groups published_layer.share(groups=['3214a47ac81e4c839a044edf7c42e5ab', '3b3f17e9f2b84aeda789e337da033a7f', 'b4856c293ab84eb389ab323979bd253d', '404b73b5e78b49a0863f8a8cb0f1b6ce'])

2) Sometime later, I wanted to update the data using a new Shapefile:

# Access hosted feature layer gis = GIS("https://anonymous/arcgis/") search_results = gis.content.search('title:GDW_Catalogue_Items_OS AND type:Feature Service') feature_layer_item = search_results[0] # feature collection from arcgis.features import FeatureLayerCollection feature_layer_collection = FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(feature_layer_item) # call the overwrite() method to update data zip_path = '\\\\<anonymise>\\GDW_Catalogue_Items_OS.zip' feature_layer_collection.manager.overwrite(zip_path)

I am given the following error:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exception Traceback (most recent call last) In [96]: Line 14: feature_layer_collection.manager.overwrite(zip_path) File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\features\managers.py, in overwrite: Line 2183: layer_info = self._gis._con.get(lyr_url_info, {"f": "json"}) File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\_impl\_con\_connection.py, in get: Line 506: ignore_error_key=ignore_error_key, File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\_impl\_con\_connection.py, in _handle_response: Line 625: self._handle_json_error(data["error"], errorcode) File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\_impl\_con\_connection.py, in _handle_json_error: Line 648: raise Exception(errormessage) Exception: Token Required (Error Code: 499) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Troubleshooting Steps:

Manually updated hosted feature layer using portal (Update Data > Overwrite Entire Layer) - ERROR: 'There was an Error". No more information given.
Manually created a new feature layer on Portal and manually updated using my new shapefile - successful. But does this not work for Step #1?
Ensured my role has the necessary permissions
Ensured 'enable editing' in Settings was ticked
Ensured 'enable sync' was unticked
Ensured both shapefile names were identical
Ensured both shapefile schemas were identical

Please would someone help 🙂

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