TypeError: value #1 - unsupported type: Polygon

[OrRubinstein]

Hey,

I'm trying to add new rows into empty polygon feature.

this is the code:

try:

cur = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outshp, ["Id" , 'Floor_area'])
file = open(csvfile)
reader = csv.reader(file)
line = next(reader)
cnt = 0

for line in reader:
new_row = [line[0]]
points = []


for i in line[1:]:
p = i.split(',')
point = arcpy.Point(p[0], p[1])
points.append(point)
arr = arcpy.Array(points)
polygn = arcpy.Polygon(arr)
new_row.append(polygn)
cur.insertRow(new_row)
cnt += 1
del cur

except:
traceback.print_exc()
del cur

sadly, I'm getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<ipython-input-8-44580ffd528c>", line 21, in <module>
    cur.insertRow(new_row)
TypeError: value #1 - unsupported type: Polygon

Can you understand why?

Thanks

[DavidPike]

I'm finding the code very hard to read without indentation.

[OrRubinstein]

Sorry, had trouble copying the code/

here it is:

try:

    cur = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outshp, ["Id" , 'Floor_area'])
    file = open(csvfile)
    reader = csv.reader(file)
    line = next(reader)
    cnt = 0

    for line in reader:
        new_row = [line[0]]
        points = []


        for i in line[1:]:
            p = i.split(',')
            point = arcpy.Point(p[0], p[1])
            points.append(point)
        arr = arcpy.Array(points)
        polygn = arcpy.Polygon(arr)
        new_row.append(polygn)
        cur.insertRow(new_row)
        cnt += 1
    del cur

except:
    traceback.print_exc()
    del cur

[DanPatterson]

you don't provide a value for your "Id" just for the polygon..

[OrRubinstein]

i rewrote it:

try:

    cur = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outshp, ["Id" , 'Floor_area'])
    file = open(csvfile)
    reader = csv.reader(file)
    line = next(reader)
    cnt = 0

    for line in reader:
        new_row = [cnt, line[0]]
        points = []
        
        
        for i in line[1:]:
            p = i.split(',')
            point = arcpy.Point(p[0], p[1])
            points.append(point)
        arr = arcpy.Array(points)
        polygn = arcpy.Polygon(arr)
        new_row.append(polygn)
        cur.insertRow(new_row)
        cnt += 1
    del cur

except:
    traceback.print_exc()
    del cur
    

but when I do provide value for Id get another error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<ipython-input-9-a3290e7f669b>", line 21, in <module>
    cur.insertRow(new_row)
TypeError: sequence size must match size of the row

[DanPatterson]

check the examples in InsertCursor—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

example 3 is what you are providing... just a shape, but you need to provide an Id value since you specified it in your fields

 ["Id" , 'Floor_area']

[DanPatterson]

Code formatting ... the Community Version - Esri Community will help with that and provide line numbers

[BlakeTerhune]

First, I recommend using a with statement for opening files and cursors so they get closed automatically when exiting (with or without an error). Second, it looks like you're trying to insert a row with polygon geometry (shape) without specifying a shape field when you open the cursor. If Floor_area is just that, a double field representing the area measurement of a polygon, that's what you need to insert.

try:
    cnt = 0
    with open(file, "r") as csv_reader:
        with arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outshp, ["Id", "Floor_area"]) as cur:
            for csv_line in csv_reader:
                polygon_points = []
                for point in line[1:]:
                    x, y = point.split(",")
                    point_geometry = arcpy.Point(x, y)
                    polygon_points.append(point_geometry)
                polygon_geometry = arcpy.Polygon(arcpy.Array(polygon_points))
                polygon_geometry_sqft = polygon_geometry.getArea(units="SQUAREFEET")
                cur.insertRow((csv_line[0], polygon_geometry_sqft))
                cnt += 1
except:
    traceback.print_exc()

 If you do want to insert the polygon shape, you'll need to include "SHAPE@" in the fields and add the polygon_geometry into the values for insertRow().

[OrRubinstein]

Thanks.

'Floor area' field is actully not a geometry field, so I edite it:

try:
    cnt = 0
    with open(csvfile, "r") as csv_reader:
        with arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outshp, ["Id", "Floor_area", 'SHAPE@']) as cur:
            for csv_line in csv_reader:
                polygon_points = []
                for point in line[1:]:
                    x, y = point.split(",")
                    point_geometry = arcpy.Point(x, y)
                    polygon_points.append(point_geometry)
                polygon_geometry = arcpy.Polygon(arcpy.Array(polygon_points))
                polygon_geometry_sqft = polygon_geometry.getArea(units="SQUAREFEET")
                cur.insertRow((csv_line[0], polygon_geometry_sqft))
                cnt += 1
except:
    traceback.print_exc()

but now i get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<ipython-input-40-433ebdb7888e>", line 12, in <module>
    polygon_geometry_sqft = polygon_geometry.getArea(units="SQUAREFEET")
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\arcobjects\arcobjects.py", line 1609, in getArea
    return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.GetArea(*gp_fixargs((method, units))))
TypeError: Invalid geometry type for method

[BlakeTerhune]

If you add SHAPE@ to the InsertCursor, you'll also need to include a value for that when you call insertRow(). Line 13 should be

cur.insertRow((csv_line[0], polygon_geometry_sqft, polygon_geometry))

 As for the TypeError: Invalid geometry type for method, make sure the points in your CSV make a valid polygon. Alternatively, just leave out Floor_area completely, then calculate that field after you've inserted all the new features.