topic Re: AttributeError: DescribeData: Method fieldInfo does not exist in Python Questions

AttributeError: DescribeData: Method fieldInfo does not exist

JustinBridwell2 — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:15:13 GMT

I have a script that looks at feature class inside a .gdb and prints some simple information about the attributes field. Note- these is actually only one feature class in the .gdb. I want use the `arcpy.Describe` method with fieldInfo. Everytime the script gets to the line `field_info = desc.fieldInfo`, it throws the error `AttributeError: DescribeData: Method fieldInfo does not exist`. My feature class definitely has an attribute table with fields. What is the problem here; why is this error being thrown and how can I fix it? My end goal is to just get a list of the field names in my feature class attributes table:

import arcpy, sys, os

arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Workspace/Sandbox/MapChangeProject/data/Alabama.gdb"

fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for fc in fcList:

print("FeatureClass: {}").format(fc)
desc = arcpy.Describe(fc)

   field_info = desc.fieldInfo
   for index in range(0, field_info.count):
      print("Field Name: {0}".format(field_info.getFieldName(index)))

Re: AttributeError: DescribeData: Method fieldInfo does not exist

RandyBurton — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:23:39 GMT

I use something like this to get field information:

arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Path\To\file.gdb"
fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for fc in fcList:
    print "FC: {}".format(fc)
    fields = arcpy.ListFields(fc)
    for f in fields:
        print "\t {}".format(f.name)
        # other options:
        # print f.baseName
        # print f.aliasName
        # print f.length
        # print f.domain
        # print f.type
        # print f.editable
        # print f.isNullable 
        # print f.required
        # print f.scale
        # print f.precision‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

For describe to have a fieldInfo method, the feature class would need to be made into a feature layer:

fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for fc in fcList:
    print "FeatureClass: {}".format(fc)
    fl = arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(fc) # make it a layer
    desc = arcpy.Describe(fl)
    field_info = desc.fieldInfo
    for index in range(0, field_info.count):
        print "Field Name: {0}".format(field_info.getFieldName(index))
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Re: AttributeError: DescribeData: Method fieldInfo does not exist

JustinBridwell2 — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:54:51 GMT

.ListFields was definitely the way to go. I didn't realize that Descibe.InfoFields was only for layers not features classes.