https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-update-a-csv-item-in-arcgis-online-without/m-p/1070704#M61426 <P>Hi,</P><P>I need to update a csv item in an ArcGIS Online Organization. For some reasones I need to do it without using arcgis python module.</P><P>The idea is basically to generate a token and update the item by using the python requests library (or urllib). Somehow I cannot make it work with the requests lib.</P><P>Help is appreciated!<BR />Thanks in advance folks <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">token = arcpy.GetSigninToken() url="https://myorganization.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/username/9d0a35bf33c24f289e626b51f9asdf4578/items/123456782345678itemId/update" payload={ 'description': 'Rest Test', 'overwrite': 'true', 'async': 'true', 'token': token['token'], 'title': 'RestTestFile', 'name': 'RestTestFile.csv', 'type': 'CSV', 'tags': 'RestTest', 'typeKeywords': 'CSV'} files={ 'file': ('RestTestFile.csv', open(file_path_variable,'rb'), 'text/csv') } # two kinds of requests with requests library response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, files=files) r = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:44:42 GMT ChristianBischof 2021-06-21T20:44:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-update-a-csv-item-in-arcgis-online-without/m-p/1070704#M61426 <P>Hi,</P><P>I need to update a csv item in an ArcGIS Online Organization. For some reasones I need to do it without using arcgis python module.</P><P>The idea is basically to generate a token and update the item by using the python requests library (or urllib). Somehow I cannot make it work with the requests lib.</P><P>Help is appreciated!<BR />Thanks in advance folks <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">token = arcpy.GetSigninToken() url="https://myorganization.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/username/9d0a35bf33c24f289e626b51f9asdf4578/items/123456782345678itemId/update" payload={ 'description': 'Rest Test', 'overwrite': 'true', 'async': 'true', 'token': token['token'], 'title': 'RestTestFile', 'name': 'RestTestFile.csv', 'type': 'CSV', 'tags': 'RestTest', 'typeKeywords': 'CSV'} files={ 'file': ('RestTestFile.csv', open(file_path_variable,'rb'), 'text/csv') } # two kinds of requests with requests library response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, files=files) r = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:44:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-update-a-csv-item-in-arcgis-online-without/m-p/1070704#M61426 ChristianBischof 2021-06-21T20:44:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-update-a-csv-item-in-arcgis-online-without/m-p/1070709#M61427 <P>Stupid me got it, just forgot the 'f' parameter -&gt; set to JSON in this sample. Anyway wanted to provide you my solution.</P><LI-CODE lang="python">token = arcpy.GetSigninToken() url="https://myorganization.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/username/9d0a35bf33c24f289e626b51f9asdf4578/items/123456782345678itemId/update" payload={ # THIS PARAMETER MADE THE DIFFERENCE 'f': 'json', 'description': 'Rest Test', 'overwrite': 'true', 'async': 'true', 'token': token['token'], 'title': 'RestTestFile', 'name': 'RestTestFile.csv', 'type': 'CSV', 'tags': 'RestTest', 'typeKeywords': 'CSV'} files={ 'file': ('RestTestFile.csv', open(file_path_variable,'rb'), 'text/csv') } # two kinds of requests with requests library response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, files=files) r = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files)</LI-CODE> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:55:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-update-a-csv-item-in-arcgis-online-without/m-p/1070709#M61427 ChristianBischof 2021-06-21T20:55:29Z