Python upload of local CSV file returns error - Error:500 Item does not have a file

[HaydenFoley]

Hi,

Help with the following issue (Error:500 Item does not have a file) would be greatly appreciated

I have written the following python script with the assistance of some sample code I found and with the aid of ArcGIS Online Rest help documentation.  You will note I have used 2 alternative methods to upload the same locally stored CSV file onto my orginisation's ArcGIS Online site. Both methods return the status of "Success" specifically with a message such as "{"success" : true,"id" : "0ded368614754acd88d00084d5804a7d","folder" : null}"

The upload at first glance looks fine as on the ArcGIS Online site a new item appears added to 'My Contents' and is correctly named with properties correctly populated by the python code. However, when I try to open the CSV file ArcGIS Online returns the error - Error:500 'Item does not have a file'.

Can someone please take a look at the code and suggest what may be the cause of error? I tried to upload different files including some in KML file format and got the exact same error.

The code below has dummy user-name and password details added and currently assumes that the local file is stored "'E:\sample.csv"

#----------------------------------------
#Sample Python Script

import json, urllib, urllib2
import requests
from json import JSONEncoder

def gentoken(username, password, referer, expiration=60):
    #Re-usable function to get a token required for Admin changes
    referer = "http://www.arcgis.com/"
    query_dict = {'username': username,
                  'password': password,
                  'expiration': str(expiration),
                  'client': 'referer',
                  'referer': referer,
                  'f': 'json'}
    tokenUrl = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/generateToken"
    tokenResponse = urllib.urlopen(tokenUrl, urllib.urlencode(query_dict))
    token = json.loads(tokenResponse.read())
    if "token" not in token:
        print token['messages']
        import sys
        sys.exit()
    else:
        # Return the token to the function which called for it
        print str(token)
        return token['token']

def uploadCSVfile1(token, ThePlaceTOupload):

    files = {'file': open('E:\sample.csv','rb'),
            'type':'CSV',
            'filename':'E:\sample.csv',
            'title':'AA_Upload_CSV_File_Method_1',
            'async': 'false',
            'accessInformation' : 'Copyright:? 2014 Hydro Tasmania',
            'spatialReference':'GDA 94',
            'licenseInfo':'This work is licensed to Hydro Tasmania',
            'description': 'CSV description',
            'tags':'web, mapping, application',
            'snippet' : 'This new snippet',
            'typeKeywords': 'Static',
            'f': 'json',
            'token': token
            }
    r = requests.post(ThePlaceTOupload, files)
    print r.content
    print "Method 1 Returned Message"


def uploadCSVfile2(token, ThePlaceTOupload):

    query_dict = {'file': open('E:\sample.csv','rb'),
                    'type':'CSV',
                    'filename':'E:\sample.csv',
                    'title':'AA_Upload_CSV_File_Method_2',
                    'async': 'false',
                    'accessInformation' : 'Copyright:? 2014 Hydro Tasmania',
                    'spatialReference':'GDA 94',
                    'licenseInfo':'This work is licensed to Hydro Tasmania',
                    'description': 'CSV description',
                    'tags':'web, mapping, application',
                    'snippet' : 'This new snippet',
                    'typeKeywords': 'Static',
                    'f': 'json',
                    'token': token
                    }
    attachResponse = urllib.urlopen(ThePlaceTOupload, urllib.urlencode(query_dict))
    msg = json.loads(attachResponse.read())
    print "Method 2 Returned Message"
    print msg
    return

def main():
    USERNAME = "My_Org_User_Name"
    PASSWORD = "My_Org_Password"
    REFFER = "http://www.arcgis.com"


    ThePlaceTOupload = "https://ht.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/My_Org/addItem/"

    token = gentoken(USERNAME, PASSWORD, REFFER)

    uploadCSVfile1(token, ThePlaceTOupload) # Method 1
    uploadCSVfile2(token, ThePlaceTOupload) # Method 2

if __name__ == '__main__':


    main()