Custom data feeds samples and documentation

[MarcBateEA]

I downloaded the Enterprise SDK v11.1 and only found the command line utility for creating the custom data feeds nodejs project, however, the documentation seems to be from an older version maybe even 10.9.1, and no documentation on custom data feeds, and no samples.

Where are the samples? I don't see them on github either, and the online documentation for the SDK doesn't have anything on custom data feeds either.

[SimonSchütte_ct]

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[MarcBateEA]

I've seen all that. Didn't answer my question. Those don't go deep enough into creating the provider. The session from DevSummit was closest I could find.

[SimonSchütte_ct]

I have something, but need to check back for sharing permissions

[SimonSchütte_ct]

Ok, I got the permission to share the link 🙂
Here you can find the documentation from the Beta Program for Custom Data Feeds, including some samples: https://cdf.webgistesting.net/customdatahelp/  

• CSV provider
• Twitter feed provider
• Yelp provider
• SOCRATA provider

[MarcBateEA]

That's the kind of thing I was looking for. Thank you!

I assume it will be on the Enterprise SDK page soon. Some things I figured out using the Koop documentation and samples that would be nice to include in the Esri help are:

Use the metadata property to:

1) assign field aliases 

2) make feature service time-enabled

Also the caching is very important for our provider which doesn't update frequently but can take several minutes to return its results. Once it is cached, it is super fast returning to the client even on my dev setup.

[NurFarahHannanAhmad]

Hi Simon,

I've tried to access the link of the sample provider you provided, however the site cannot be reached. Do you have any other sample provider that is accessible at the moment? Appreciate if you can share it. Thanks

[MarcBateEA]

I've been able to get my provider working with the app built using the cdf command line tool. I'm hoping that when deployed to an actual ArcGIS Server 11.1 it will have the same capabilities as any other feature service since this NodeJS app obviously isn't doing all of that. I have run into some issues when adding to a web map or ArcGIS Pro, e.g. exporting to file gdb.

[EliasRex]

Were you able to register the custom data provider with the 11.1 ArcGIS Server? I keep receiving an error when trying to register the cdpk: "Node server failed to start"

[MarcBateEA]

Will be upgrading to 11.1 in the next month and I'll have my provider ready to go, and hopefully you can figure out a solutin and share.