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ArcPy import acgiscripting

Arthur_Morgan — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:36:01 GMT

ArcPy import acgiscripting

I created a new environment in Conda and installed Python 3.6.9 along with certain modules including ArcPy in that new environment. Please note that I don't use ArcGIS Pro, I only installed the latest ArcPy so that I can use it in a particular Conda environment. I didn't install ArcGIS Pro first, I just installed the latest the latest arcpy version in an Anaconda environment. I use ArcGIS, but I don't use its ArcPy because it's limited to Python 2.7. How can I resolve this issue? Now, when the script in Spyder tries to import arcpy, I get the following error:

File "~\Local\Programs\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>     import arcgisscripting  ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

DanPatterson — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:39:56 GMT

There is more to "arcpy" than just arcpy and arcgisscripting. There are checks to see if you have a version of Pro or arcmap installed along with them. If you don't, then having the arcgisscripting module or the arcpy folder won't help.

You can install "arcgis" which has some parallel functionality if you don't have access to arcpy.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

Arne_Gelfert — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:13:17 GMT

I do think that while I love having a functioning Python environment at my disposal while doing ArcGIS work, getting it set up right and bridging the 2.x/3.x chasm that ESRI presents you with if you're working in an organization that uses both Desktop and Pro can go to ridiculous lengths.

But if you're using ArcMap and want to use arcpy, you should probably start with a fresh ArcGIS install and let it install 2.7 wherever it needs to be. That won't be a conda environment. But maybe you can still point your IDE at it. If you're not using Pro, then I don't know if you have access to the arcgis module.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

Arthur_Morgan — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:28:58 GMT

I would highly recommend that arcpy should also be a standalone library that could work independently of ArcGIS.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

DanPatterson — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 03:52:01 GMT

You could try posting it as an idea on ArcGIS Ideas‌ to see if it gains any traction.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

Anonymous User — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:14:05 GMT

Hi Saad

I don't think there is "arcpy" library without ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro. You need to install one of them to get "license"

Regards,

Bing

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

DanPatterson — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:16:48 GMT

Bing Zheng That is the current situation, however, you never know... If the idea catches on, esri may have a new market

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

TueVu — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:21:59 GMT

I would support the arcpy to be standalone since ArcGIS installation is limited at Window.

Im trying to install Arcpy to our supercomputer running in CentOS platform but it is not allowing me to use conda to install that.

I am referring to this: anaconda.org/esri/arcpy, where the command is only available for window.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

KenPierce — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:07:53 GMT

I also have this problem but I have both ArcPro 2.6 and ArcDesktop 10.7 installed and running but still can't get arcpy running in my conda environment.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 74, in <module>
from arcpy.geoprocessing import gp
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
from ._base import *
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>
import arcgisscripting
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

Iceage — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:53:23 GMT

Hi,

I believe we got similar issue with our environment setup with ArcGisPro 2.8. Please let me know what you did to fix yours. TIA,

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
"__main__", mod_spec)
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\Scripts\start_layer_unit_prod.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\site-packages\lotech_tso_data_collector\layer_unit_prod.py", line 4, in <module>
from lotech_gis_tables import TsoArcGisLayers
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\site-packages\lotech_gis_tables\__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
from lotech_arcgis import ArcGisData
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\site-packages\lotech_arcgis\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
from lotech_arcgis.arc_gis import ArcGisProject, GisUpload
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\site-packages\lotech_arcgis\arc_gis.py", line 4, in <module>
import arcpy
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 90, in <module>
from arcpy.geoprocessing import gp
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
from ._base import *
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>
import arcgisscripting
File "c:\users\xyz\.conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\lib\site-packages\arcgisscripting\__init__.py", line 128, in <module>
from ._arcgisscripting import *
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

MarkAnim — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 01:00:33 GMT

Hi KenPrice, have you found the solution to this because i am facing the same problem. Thanks

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

KenPierce — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 01:26:12 GMT

My current setup uses two major ways of using python. Whenever I need Arcpy I use the arcpy python command prompt for notebooks or VSCode and hit the cloned ESRI arc environment. I add very little to the ESRI environment.

For tasks not needing arcpy/arcgisscripting I use miniconda installed separately and whatever custom stuff I need. This is a work around but has worked well for the past few years.

Basically I stopped trying to have an all-in-one environment because eventually you add stuff that won't work with other stuff and I've found it easier to have a few separate miniconda environments for different major tasks. So just to be clear I have installed miniconda as a standard program on its own and switch which cmd.exe I use as needed.

Re: ArcPy import acgiscripting

quasitam — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 03:44:02 GMT

So the key here is that you have an import error for the DLL. arcgisscripting imports the DLL "_arcgisscripting.pyd".

Even though the interpreter can find the module arcgisscripting, that doesn't seem to be sufficient to find the .pyd file.

I tried adding the path of the .pyd file ('C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Lib\site-packages\arcgisscripting') to my PYTHONPATH environment variable, restart python, and then it can find the .pyd and now works.