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Is there any way to get the username of user logged into Arcgis Server via the web for a GP service using arcpy?

Anonymous User

Hi.

I'm wanting to publish a python script as a geoprocessing service (a secured service). Is there any way for arcpy to get the name of the arcgis server user who calls the gp task?

e.g. I log in and run the GP tool from the rest url, the script grabs my login name and the current datetime and adds it to a log table. We then end up with a log table of all users and times the script was run.

Cheers,

-Paul

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JonathanQuinn

Sounds like you want something like editor tracking, but for a GP service. I don't think that there's anything within the framework to support that. My only thought is to add a parameter so the user can select their username. Since you'll have a defined list of users within your ArcGIS Server security, you could create a dropdown list of the user names, but you're relying on the user to select the correct one. You can probably do this with an SOI.

Anonymous User

Thanks for the reply Jonathan.

I haven't been able to find anything yet within the framework. Seems a little strange that the script is unaware of who is running it.

Relying on the user to input who they are in probably not a realistic option unfortunately.

Unless anyone else has any thoughts then I guess the only option is an SOI as you suggest.

ChrisPedrezuela

I think when you switch the default log messages level settings from "Warning" to "Verbose", you can capture detailed instance of the GP or even map service being consumed by a user. Just a thought.

Anonymous User

You mean it is possible to decipher from the verbose log files who the user is? That is only really useful for debugging. I was wanting the GP service script itself to save a log of the users who ran it.

Even if running in verbose mode could somehow allow the script to detect the user, obviously you couldn't run the GP service permanently in verbose mode...

Thanks for the comment though on an old post! 🙂

blake.terhune

I've never tried but what if you just put os.getenv('username') in your GP service script?

ChrisPedrezuela

since the script will run on the AGS box, wouldn't this function just pick up the current login credential which will be the ags service account?

ArjunDongre

Did you ever get an answer for this? I did exactly this for a map service using an SOI (java), but unfortunately you cannot write SOE/SOI's for geoprocessing services (which I am trying to figure a work around for now).

Anonymous User

Never found a way to get the username, so have assumed the answer is that no, it is not possible.

DanCronin

It seems as though you can achieve this by causing the GP tool to create a record in an editor-tracked table. At least, that is what I've observed with a secured GP service + web appbuilder + EGDB. Is there a reason why that's not practical in this case?

Anonymous User

Hi Dan.

You mention "...by causing the GP tool to create a record in an editor-tracked table". The original question was about how a GP tool would know who the user is. Creating a record is easy of course, but no one yet has mentioned a way that the GP tool would actually know the identity/username of the user who triggered the GP service. If you know of a way, please share!

cheers,

-Paul

JakubOrálek

Hi. Few years ago I solved it by decripting token send by the GP Service. I prepared DecryptArcGISToken.exe console app that was called from inside a Python script. It uses ESRI.ArcGIS.TokenService.dll

Maybe there is something for Portal too, asuming majority of apps uses Portal authentication.

MarcusRomboy2

I was able to pull the user name out of the jobinfo.json file that is created when a GP tool runs. This file ends up in the Jobs directory where the results of GP tools end up. Such as:

c:\arcgisserver\directories\arcgisjobs\<folder name>\<service>_gpserver\<job id>\jobinfo.json

The jobinfo.json file has the user and the machine that ran the service. A new directory with GP results gets created when the code runs. I snag the path and job id by using arcpy.env.scratchFolder. Then I read the jobsinfo.json file to grab the user and write it to a log.

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GiacomoFavaron

This doesn't work for me. I am in 10.5 what version are you?

helgesmebye

Thanks for the solution - solves my problem and lets me track who actually run the GP tool!

FlorianSteiner

Might be different, because the config-file seems to be only available with asynchronous GP-services.

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