I created empty file GDBs and set workspace and scratch workspace to point at them.
I think maybe where you need to be careful is in settings the locations written for the LOC and SD files, that pushes a lot of data around.
#output goes to locator_file with LOC and LOZ extensions, I use something like
locator_file = "C:/TEMP/locator"
arcpy.geocoding.CreateLocator(
country_code="USA",
primary_reference_data=[
[roads, "StreetAddress"],
[parcels, "Parcel"],
[address_points, "PointAddress"],
# [poi, "POI"],
],
field_mapping=all_mappings,
out_locator=locator_file,
language_code="ENG",
alternatename_tables=[],
alternate_field_mapping=[],
custom_output_fields=[],
precision_type="GLOBAL_HIGH",
)
# Then you have to create an SDDRAFT file and then an SD file
# and again, you control the folder, I use this, obviously put them elsewhere
sddraft_file = "C:\\Temp\locator.sddraft"
sd_file = "C:\\Temp\\locator.sd"
print("Analyzing...")
analyze_messages = arcpy.CreateGeocodeSDDraft(
locator_file,
sddraft_file,
service_name,
copy_data_to_server=True,
summary=summary,
tags=tags,
max_result_size=10,
max_batch_size=500,
suggested_batch_size=150,
overwrite_existing_service=True,
)
if analyze_messages["warnings"] != {}:
print("Warning messages")
pprint.pprint(analyze_messages["warnings"], indent=2)
# Stage and upload the service if the sddraft analysis did not contain errors
if analyze_messages["errors"] == {}:
try:
print("Staging to", sd_file)
results = arcpy.server.StageService(sddraft_file, sd_file)
messages = results.getMessages()
pprint.pprint(messages, indent=2)
print("Uploading to", server)
results = arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(
in_sd_file=sd_file,
in_server=server,
in_folder_type="EXISTING",
in_my_contents="SHARE_ONLINE",
in_public="PUBLIC",
)
messages = results.getMessages()
print("The geocode service was successfully published.")
pprint.pprint(messages, indent=2)
except arcpy.ExecuteError:
print("An error occurred")
print(arcpy.GetMessages(2))
