Copy Features from a Map/Feature Service

The code in this repository uses Python 2.x. You can copy features from a map or feature service using the Export Features tool availble in ArcGIS Pro. That version of ArcPy uses Python 3.x. You are encouraged to use that tool instead of this repository.

If you are interested in copying features from an Esri REST service outside of ArcPy, then check out esridumpgdf or pyesridump.

This Python script is a module for copying records from a map/feature service to a feature class, using the Esri ArcPy site package. It is designed to be run as a function and writes messages to a text file.

The script is a re-factor of the custom tool built by Jake Skinner from Esri. To implement this script, you would import this module into another script, where you would call the function.

Notes

• This script is for use with Python 2.7.x and has been tested with the ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1 release.
• The requested service must allow for data access for the script to run. If not, it will produce an error.
• sampleScript.py provides an example of how you would use this script in practice.

Bad Service E-mail Notification

The email-bad-service branch is a modified version of the script that tests to make sure the map/feature service URL is valid, and if there is an error, you can send an e-mail about the service being down. It uses a helper module to send the e-mail.

Parameters for Function

The following are the parameters for the function:

• service: URL for the map or feature service you want to copy records from, with the trailing number
• featureClass: The feature class where you will copy the records to
• logFile: The text file you will write messages to
• agsServer: If the service comes from an ArcGIS Server (True or False), defaults to False
• agolServer: If the service comes from ArcGIS Online (True or False), defaults to False
• tokenURLPart: The token URL part of the ArcGIS Server for generating tokens. This should only be required for secured services. Defaults to ''
• username: The username for secured services. Defaults to ''
• password: The password for secured services. Defaults to ''