This Python script utilizes the `arcgis` library to interact with...

September 5, 2025 at 02:08 PM

from arcgis.gis import GIS import pandas as pd import inspect gis = GIS("home") all_items = gis.content.search(query="", max_items=-1) all_users = gis.users.search('*', max_users=300) details_list = [] for item in all_items[0]: # Compile the additional details for each item sngl_list = [item.id, item.title, item.type, item.owner, item.access, item.lastViewed, item.numViews, item.numRatings, item.rating, item.created, item.modified, item.size] details_list.append(sngl_list) # Write the df to a file details_df = pd.DataFrame(details_list, columns =['id', 'title', 'type', 'owner_username', 'access', 'last_view', 'number_views', 'number_ratings', 'rating', 'created', 'modified', 'size'])

This Python script utilizes the arcgis library to interact with an ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise account, retrieves information about content items, and writes the details into a Pandas DataFrame. Here's what it does step by step:

Code Functionality:

  1. Import Required Libraries:

    • arcgis.gis.GIS: Used to connect to an ArcGIS account and manage spatial data and portal content.
    • pandas: A popular library for handling and manipulating tabular data.
    • inspect: (Imported but unused in this code).
  2. Connect to the ArcGIS Account:

    • The line gis = GIS("home") connects to the currently logged-in ArcGIS Online or Enterprise account (home profile).
  3. Search Content Items in the Account:

    • gis.content.search(query="", max_items=-1) retrieves all content items that the user has access to in their account. The query is left empty to return all available items, and max_items=-1 retrieves all possible items.
  4. Retrieve User Information (Unused in the Code):

    • gis.users.search('*', max_users=300) searches for and retrieves information about up to 300 users in the organization using a wildcard (*).
  5. Process Content Items Details:

    • A details_list is initialized to collect metadata for each content item.
    • The for loop iterates over each content item in all_items[0]. (However, there seems to be a bug because all_items is already a flat list and does not require indexing [0], which will likely raise an error here.)
    • For each item, specific metadata attributes are extracted, including id, title, type, owner, access, lastViewed, numViews, numRatings, rating, created (timestamp for item creation), modified (timestamp for item modification), and size.
  6. Save Item Details to Pandas DataFrame:

    • A Pandas DataFrame details_df is created to structure the extracted details into a tabular format with specific column names, such as 'id', 'title', 'type', 'owner_username', 'access', etc.
  7. Result:

    • The script organizes and structures metadata for all retrievable content items from the user's ArcGIS account into a DataFrame, which can then be further analyzed, exported, or manipulated.

Potential Issues:

  • Misuse of all_items[0]: The script's iteration assumes all_items is nested (e.g., a list of lists), which is incorrect. gis.content.search returns a flat list of items. The [0] index will likely cause an error.
  • File Writing Omitted: The script creates a DataFrame (details_df) but does not include code to save it to a file (e.g., to_csv or to_excel).

Suggestions for Fix:

  • Remove the [0] from the loop: for item in all_items.
  • Add functionality for saving the DataFrame to a file (e.g., details_df.to_csv("output.csv", index=False) if needed).
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