ArcREST Python Package

After the introduction to the ArcGIS REST API and beginning to work with Python and ArcGIS web services, we have now built the foundation of knowledge necessary to begin working with the ArcREST Python library developed by ESRI. This module is designed for working with the ArcGIS REST API and making it easier and more efficient. If you work with ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, or ArcGIS Server, the ArcREST Python package will make managing services and the administration of your sites much easier. As you may remember from the previous chapter, we wrote a function called return_token that was approximately 14 lines of code in order to access a token for an ArcGIS feature service. Now, using ArcREST, we will show you how to get this token with only one line of code, along with many other use cases. Although you can use ArcREST with Portal for ArcGIS and...