http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00570000004w000000
This has the following code sample:
import arcpy
import time
arcpy.ImportToolbox("http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services;Elevation/ESRI_Elevation_World", "viewshedAlias")
result = arcpy.Viewshed_viewshedAlias(r'c:\data\inputPoint.shp', "10000 Kilometers")
while result.status < 4:
print result.status
time.sleep(0.2)
print "Execution Finished"
result.getMessages()
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(result.getOutput(0), 'localResult.shp')
With this sample above, I don't get the alias here. They import the toolbox and give it an alias, but how does the following line know the alias? viewshedAlias is not part of arcpy.
result = arcpy.Viewshed_viewshedAlias(r'c:\data\inputPoint.shp', "10000 Kilometers")
I tried something like this:
arcpy.ImportToolbox(r"http://myserver/arcgis/rest/services;aFolder/aTool", "myTool")
result = myTool(r'C:\gisProject\default.gdb\aPoint', "1000 Feet")
...but it errors saying 'myTool' is not defined. What am I missing about the alias?
