topic Load data (shp and features) out of multiple folders and subfolders in one FGDB in Python Questions

Load data (shp and features) out of multiple folders and subfolders in one FGDB

JohannesBierer — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:50:13 GMT

## Load Data

import arcpy
import os

workspace = r"R:\Daten\geo_daten_Kopie"
out_workspace = r"R:\Karto\Bierer2016\OrdnerRDatenGeodatenBereinigen\SIC_Geodaten.gdb\data"

import arcpy
import os

feature_classes = []
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in arcpy.da.Walk(workspace, datatype="FeatureClass"): ##, type="Polygon"):
    for filename in filenames:
        feature_classes.append(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))
        name = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
        print name
        BaseName = os.path.basename(name)
        print BaseName
        BaseNameCopy = BaseName.split(".shp")
        print BaseNameCopy
        arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(filename, os.path.join(out_workspace, BaseNameCopy))

The code leads to this error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "H:/python_scripte/ListFolderandShapes/ListFeatures_FoldersSubfolders_CopyFeatures_3.py", line 22, in <module>

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(filename, os.path.join(out_workspace, BaseNameCopy))

File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\lib\ntpath.py", line 73, in join

elif isabs(b):

File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\lib\ntpath.py", line 58, in isabs

return s != '' and s[:1] in '/\\'

TypeError: 'in <string>' requires string as left operand, not list

Anyone has got an idea for a better solution?

Re: Load data (shp and features) out of multiple folders and subfolders in one FGDB

FC_Basson — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:50:16 GMT

Like I said before, your output basename created after the split creates a list, so you need to access the first item of the list and not the entire list:

BaseNameCopy = BaseName.split(".shp") 
print BaseNameCopy[0] 
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(filename, os.path.join(out_workspace, BaseNameCopy[0]))

Re: Load data (shp and features) out of multiple folders and subfolders in one FGDB

JakeSkinner — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:57:05 GMT

Hi Johannes,

To add onto FC's response, also remove 'data' from your out_workspace so that this is simply referencing a file geodatabase.

out_workspace = r"R:\Karto\Bierer2016\OrdnerRDatenGeodatenBereinigen\SIC_Geodaten.gdb"