agsadmin 0.5.3

ArcGIS Server REST Admin API Proxy

agsadmin provides a convenient Python front-end to several REST calls on the ArcGIS Server 10.1+ REST Admin API.

Features

ArcGIS Server (RestAdmin)

• Services (Map/Image/Geoprocessing/Geometry/Geocode/GeoData/Globe/Search)

  • start and stop

  • get statistics

  • get status

  • get or set the item info (description, summary, tags, etc.)

  • set service properties

  • rename services

• Machines

  • start and stop

• System

  • Directories

    • list directories

    • register new directories

    • unregister directories

    • clean directories

• Uploads

  • list uploads

  • get a specific upload item

  • upload a file

These functions can be used to automate management of ArcGIS Services (e.g. start/stop services on a schedule, start/stop services to perform maintenance on associated datasets, etc.)

ArcGIS Portal (SharingAdmin)

• Content

  • get item

  • add/get/move/delete/update user item

  • get user/folder content

• Community

  • get user

  • get group

  • create group

  • update group

Example

The following is a simplistic example to stop and start a map service.

import agsadmin

hostname = "<ServerNameHere>"
username = "<UsernameHere>"
password = "<PasswordHere>"

rest_admin = agsadmin.RestAdmin(hostname, username, password)
service = rest_admin.services.get_service("<MapServiceNameHere>", "MapServer", "<OptionalFolderHere>")
service.stop_service()
service.start_service()
service.delete()