WMS from ArcGIS Online not showing in Python API script

[JustinBridwell2]

I have a Web Map Layer (Prelim_CSLF) in my ArcGIS Online content that is not showing when I call it from the ArcGIS API in a Python script. The Layer comes from a public web mapping service. As you can see, there are other layers in my contents. The ACS Feature Layer also comes from an outside service. 

In my script, I use the API to connect to my ArcGIS Online content and just want to list the items there.

agol = GIS("http://<arcGIS Online url>", "<username>", "<password>") agolList = agol.content.search("") agolList

Results =

[<Item title:"void_poly2" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"PANYNJ_Charrette_Data"  type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"Map_Tour_Fianl" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"April3_2018_update" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"VA_Port" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"GTS_Lidar_Project_Boundaries" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"PR_SDE_QC_Batch4" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   *<Item title:"ACS" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:jbridwell>*,   <Item title:"East_Donegal_Water_Utility_Network" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>,   <Item title:"coastal_dg_polygons" type:Feature Layer Collection owner:>]

However, I am not seeing the Prelim_CSLF layer. I do see the ACS layer though (starred *). When I try agol.content.search("Prelim_CSLF", item_type="Map Image Layer") it just returns an empty []. What is the problem here?

[JustinBridwell2 · Accepted solution]

While I was not exactly able to solve the mystery of why the layer doesn't show up when I used something like:

     gis = GIS("<arcGIS Online URL>", "<user name>", "<pass>")

     myLyrs = gis.content.search(query="")

I was able to find a work around. I basically had to call the specific layer:

    cslfLayer = gis.content.search(query="title: Prelim_CSLF")

and then add it to the myLyrs list. Note: Because cslfLayers also gets returned as a list, I can to use a For loop to pull it out:

    for item in cslfLayer:
        myLyrs.append(item)
   

    cslfLyr = myLyrs[10]

I could then view and work with the layer although I am still not sure why the content.search for MyLyrs didn't work.