Can't use GIS() object in 'Binder' both in Jupyter Lab and Notebook

[ShaiSussman]

Hi, I am trying to execute my GitHub repository to a binder environment.

Everything works great, however I just cannot get the GIS() object to work, I cannot view map not in Notebook nor Jupterlab.

for example

from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS()
map1 = gis.map('Israel',8)
map1 # doesn't display

I could not even view this as an embedded html. 

what am I missing?

[IhabHassan]

Hi

the fact that the application is not throwing an error while instantiating GIS object means that you got the GIS package installed without an issue. 
I tried to run this in Pro Notebook, it didn't work as well, but it did run on local jupyter notebook, although both are using the same python env.

[ChrissyRothgeb]

I'm not sure if this is related, but one of my faculty members brought a similar issue to my attention yesterday. He is unable to get a map to display within a Jupyter Notebook, neither from a local installation nor within ArcGIS Online. I tested this from Online, and am having trouble myself, though I am seeing errors generated even with the most basic usage:

I've tried multiple browsers, two different logins, and even the sample Notebooks Esri has published throw an error. I'm wondering if the update to AGOL this past week changed something...

[evaaasate]

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@ChrissyRothgeb wrote:

I'm not sure if this is related, but one of my faculty members brought a similar issue to my attention yesterday. He is unable to get a map to display within a Jupyter Notebook, neither from a local installation nor within ArcGIS Online. I tested this from Online  Esencia de perfume, and am having trouble myself, though I am seeing errors generated   even with the most basic usage:

I've tried multiple browsers, two different logins, and even the sample Notebooks Esri has published throw an error. I'm wondering if the update to AGOL this past week changed something...

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You must to use a try and cacth for control of exceptions.

[ChrissyRothgeb]

I get that you can use try-catch blocks to handle exceptions, but this should not be generating any exceptions. I'm getting the same from the example Notebooks Esri themselves published, and they had no try-catch usage in theirs, so it doesn't appear to be requisite.

Just in testing this, I tried the statement:

map = gis.map()
map

And this worked, if less than useful at only showing an interactive map of the planet:

It appears to be an issue with the built-in geocoder, as suggested by the error message:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-3ea8a60e307b> in <module>
----> 1 m1 = gis.map('San Diego')
      2 m1

/opt/conda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arcgis/gis/__init__.py in map(self, location, zoomlevel, mode, geocoder)
    955                 else:
    956                     for geocoder in get_geocoders(self):
--> 957                         locations = geocode(location, out_sr=4326, max_locations=1, geocoder=geocoder)
    958                         if len(locations) > 0:
    959                             if zoomlevel is not None:

/opt/conda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arcgis/geocoding/_functions.py in geocode(address, search_extent, location, distance, out_sr, category, out_fields, max_locations, magic_key, for_storage, geocoder, as_featureset, match_out_of_range, location_type, lang_code, source_country)
   1118         location_type=location_type,
   1119         lang_code=lang_code,
-> 1120         source_country=source_country)   1121 
   1122 

/opt/conda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arcgis/geocoding/_functions.py in _geocode(self, address, search_extent, location, distance, out_sr, category, out_fields, max_locations, magic_key, for_storage, as_featureset, match_out_of_range, location_type, lang_code, source_country)
    196         if address is not None:
    197             if isinstance(address, str):
--> 198                 params[self._address_field] = address
    199             elif isinstance(address, dict):
    200                 params.update(address)

AttributeError: 'Geocoder' object has no attribute '_address_field'

I'm just wondering if something changed in AGOL under the hood that their API does not have working. Is anyone else able to get a map to work in an AGOL-hosted Jupyter Notebook using a location or address? 

[ChrissyRothgeb]

I just figured it out. Or, I figured part of it out anyway. We had an additional geocoder service enabled in our organization and set to primary (it's a free geocoder service provided by the state - VGIN). Unfortunately, there appears to be an issue with it, or with our configuration for it. When I moved the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service back to the top, it resolved the issue.

[ShaiSussman]

I don't think the geocoded is relevant to my problem...

I'm trying to work with Binder.