Download File from Geoprocessing Service by URL

[LukasWürsch]

Hi,

I want to download a file created by a Geoprocessing Service. For testing, I created a Service from the script below. The script is having a user supplied input of type String and a derived output of type File. 

import os
input_from_client = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
file = open("testfile.txt","w") 
file.write(input_from_client)
file.close()
arcpy.SetParameter(1, file)

I thought that I can simply set the created file as output parameter (arcpy.SetParameter) and would then be able to download it with the returned url.

Yet, when running the service with the REST interface, it returns an incorrect url (note the <_io.TextIOWrapper name='testfile.txt' mode='w' encoding='cp1252'> part in the end):

{
 "paramName": "File",
 "dataType": "GPDataFile",
 "value": {
   "url": "https://[nameofserver]/gis/rest/directories/arcgisjobs/excelreportservice_gpserver/j3ddfaa172cc7477288253c965e3c3aba/scratch/<_io.TextIOWrapper name='testfile.txt' mode='w' encoding='cp1252'>"
  }
}

Any ideas how I can get the correct download url?

Would be very thankful for support on this.

Regards, Lukas

[JonathanQuinn · Accepted solution]

You'll need to get the path from the TextIOWrapper class:

Your etParameterAsText line would be

arcpy.SetParameter(1, file.name)

[LukasWürsch]

Thank you for the reply. I changed the service the way you suggested and this could remove the text wrapper from the url. Now I am getting this url

https://[nameofserver]/gis/rest/directories/arcgisjobs/excelreportservice_gpserver/j08439162107846f99bc04281f6aa0a36/scratch/test.txt

I had a look at the server and noticed that the scratch folder is empty. Do I have to change the script so that the textfile is put to the scratch folder? 

[LukasWürsch]

I think i figured it out, 

The file has to be created in the scratch folder using arcpy.env.scratchWorkspace variable, then it can be downloaded with the returned url as expected

import os

input_from_client = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
file = open(arcpy.env.scratchWorkspace+ "/" + "test.txt","w")
file.write(input_from_client)
file.close()
arcpy.SetParameter(1, file.name)

[Arne_Gelfert]

Thanks, that was very helpful!