Example Script to calcuate nearest point distances

[PaulMarano]

Hello....I am a newbie to ArcGIS API for Python.  I would like to write a script a that queries a feature layer to find the 8 closets points from a given location and output the results as a json object.  Does anyone have any references or sample scripts they could point my way to start me on my journey?  Your input is much appreciated. 

[BlakeTerhune]

Check out Generate Near Table. You can specify the closest_count parameter to how many results you want; 8 in your case.

[Anonymous User]

For the second part of the process,  you can probably join that table back onto the features and then use Features To Json to create your Json object.

FeaturesToJson