ArcREST vs ArcGIS Python API

JasonLevine · ‎09-13-2016

It seems like there's a lot of overlap between the two. Is there an advantage to using one over the other? Will ArcREST eventually be absorbed by the ArcGIS Python API?

DanPatterson_Retired · ‎09-13-2016

been avoiding both for a while until I see a need to do beyond basic analysis on the web. The ArcGIS API for Python | ArcGIS for Developers seems to have stepped up options for this, on the analysis side, given scipy et al. are actively mentioned. I troll around Esri GitHub | Open Source and Example Projects from the Esri Developer Platform to see what is going on occasionally to see which way the wind is blowing on the developer/example side.

BorisHaikin · ‎03-08-2017

I can mention one important difference between two APIs: ArcREST can be used for administrating ARCGIS Server, and for executing geo-processing services, querying map services that resides on your own ARCGIS Server. ArcGIS API for Python until now is a platform for manipulating Portal, it can not be used for direct access to ARCGIS Server. So it can't replace ArcREST.

JoshuaBixby · ‎03-08-2017

Similar question asked on ArcREST's GitHub site: comparison to python API #324.

andysp · ‎01-30-2019

The ArcREST site on GitHub now reads

This repository is no longer being maintained. Please use the ArcGIS Python API.
Site: https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-python-api

(as of August 28, 2017.)