topic Re: Automate administration of ArcGIS Server &quot;search service&quot; in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/automate-administration-of-arcgis-server-quot/m-p/61105#M4897 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You'll need to use the urllib or urllib2 and the JSON module within Python to stop or start any service published to ArcGIS Server.&nbsp; You'll need to generate a token first using the arcgis/tokens/ URL, create an administrative or publisher token, and then append the token to stop or start a service through the Admin API for Server, ex arcgis/admin/services/Utilities/Search.SearchServer/stop or arcgis/admin/services/Utilities/Search.SearchServer/start.&nbsp; To create them, you can follow the instructions <A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/creating-a-search-service.htm">here</A> and recreate that request using Python following the instructions above in appending a token creating through the arcgis/tokens URL to the recreate to create the search service.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:24:40 GMT JonathanQuinn 2015-08-04T20:24:40Z Automate administration of ArcGIS Server "search service" https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/automate-administration-of-arcgis-server-quot/m-p/61104#M4896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>Is it possible to automate the adminstration of ArcGIS Server search services using Python?&nbsp; I know you can for map and image services, etc., but are there capabilities in ArcPy, etc. to create/stop/restart search services as well?</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Will</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:14:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/automate-administration-of-arcgis-server-quot/m-p/61104#M4896 Will 2015-08-04T20:14:35Z Re: Automate administration of ArcGIS Server "search service" https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/automate-administration-of-arcgis-server-quot/m-p/61105#M4897 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You'll need to use the urllib or urllib2 and the JSON module within Python to stop or start any service published to ArcGIS Server.&nbsp; You'll need to generate a token first using the arcgis/tokens/ URL, create an administrative or publisher token, and then append the token to stop or start a service through the Admin API for Server, ex arcgis/admin/services/Utilities/Search.SearchServer/stop or arcgis/admin/services/Utilities/Search.SearchServer/start.&nbsp; To create them, you can follow the instructions <A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/creating-a-search-service.htm">here</A> and recreate that request using Python following the instructions above in appending a token creating through the arcgis/tokens URL to the recreate to create the search service.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:24:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/automate-administration-of-arcgis-server-quot/m-p/61105#M4897 JonathanQuinn 2015-08-04T20:24:40Z