TileSharingDraft

Summary

The TileSharingDraft class allows you to create a service definition draft file (.sddraft) for a web tile layer that copies all data to either ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.

Discussion

To create the TileSharingDraft object, use the Map object's getWebLayerSharingDraft method and set the service_type parameter to TILE. The TileSharingDraft object can then be configured by setting service level properties and metadata properties.

Note:

If metadata properties (credits, description, summary, tags, and useLimitations) are not set or consist of empty strings, the web layer item will source metadata from the map or the layer, depending on what is shared. For more information about how web layers source metadata, see Web layer metadata.

After the TileSharingDraft object has been configured, it can be saved to a service definition draft file (.sddraft) using the exportToSDDraft method. It can then be staged and shared to either ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online using the Stage Service and Upload Service Definition tools. For more information, see Introduction to arcpy.sharing.

Code samples are available for the following:

• Publish a web tile layer to a portal folder
• Publish a list of layers
• Create and publish an offline service definition

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
credits (Read and Write)	A string that represents the credits.	String
description (Read and Write)	A string that represents the description.	String
offline (Read and Write)	A Boolean that determines whether to use a portal connection. If offline is set to False, you must be signed in to a portal to create a service definition draft file (.sddraft) using the exportToSDDraft function. If offline is set to True, a service definition draft file can be created without being signed in to a portal.	Boolean
offlineTarget (Read and Write)	A string that determines the target portal version to which the service definition will be published. Specifying a version ensures the service definition contains content compatible with your portal. This property is only honored if offline is set to True. ENTERPRISE_10x—Content will be compatible with ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 or earlier. This is the default. ENTERPRISE_11—Content will be compatible with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 or later. ONLINE—Content will be compatible with ArcGIS Online.	String
portalFolder (Read and Write)	A string that represents the name of a portal folder to which you want to publish the web layer. The default folder is your root folder in My Content.	String
serverType (Read Only)	Returns a string representing the server type as specified when the sharing draft was created from the getWebLayerSharingDraft function from the map class. The only possible value returned from serverType for a TileSharingDraft is HOSTING_SERVER. A serverType of HOSTING_SERVER indicates support for sharing to ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.	String
serviceName (Read and Write)	A string that represents the name of the web layer. This is the name people will see and use to identify the web layer. The name can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores. No spaces or special characters are allowed. The name cannot be more than 120 characters.	String
summary (Read and Write)	A string that represents the summary.	String
tags (Read and Write)	A string that represents the tags. Multiple tags can be added or separated by a comma or semicolon.	String
useLimitations (Read and Write)	A string that represents the use limitations.	String

Method Overview

Method	Explanation
exportToSDDraft (out_sddraft)	Converts a TileSharingDraft to a service definition draft (.sddraft) file.

Methods

exportToSDDraft (out_sddraft)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
out_sddraft	A string that represents the path and file name for the output service definition draft (.sddraft) file.	String

Once the TileSharingDraft has been configured, it can then be saved as a service definition draft (.sddraft) file. It can then be staged and shared to either ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online using the Stage Service and Upload Service Definition tools.

Code sample

Publish a web tile layer to a portal folder

The following script creates a web tile layer service definition draft file (.sddraft) for a map and sets metadata properties. The web tile layer is published to a folder in either ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online and shared with everyone (public). Portal information is obtained from the SignInToPortal function.

import arcpy
import os
import xml.dom.minidom as DOM

# Sign in to portal
arcpy.SignInToPortal("https://www.arcgis.com", "MyUserName", "MyPassword")

# Set output file names
outdir = r"C:\Project\Output"
service_name = "TileSharingDraftExample"
sddraft_filename = service_name + ".sddraft"
sddraft_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sddraft_filename)
sd_filename = service_name + ".sd"
sd_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sd_filename)

# Reference map to publish
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\Project\World.aprx")
m = aprx.listMaps('World')[0]

# Create TileSharingDraft and set metadata and portal folder properties
server_type = "HOSTING_SERVER"
sddraft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft(server_type, "TILE", service_name)
sddraft.credits = "These are credits"
sddraft.description = "This is description"
sddraft.summary = "This is summary"
sddraft.tags = "tag1, tag2"
sddraft.useLimitations = "These are use limitations"
sddraft.portalFolder = "my folder name"

# Create Service Definition Draft file
sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename)

# Read the .sddraft file
docs = DOM.parse(sddraft_output_filename)
key_list = docs.getElementsByTagName('Key')
value_list = docs.getElementsByTagName('Value')

# Change following to "true" to share
SharetoOrganization = "false"
SharetoEveryone = "true"
SharetoGroup = "false"
# If SharetoGroup is set to "true", uncomment line below and provide group IDs
GroupID = ""    # GroupID = "f07fab920d71339cb7b1291e3059b7a8, e0fb8fff410b1d7bae1992700567f54a"

# Each key has a corresponding value. In all the cases value of key_list[i] is value_list[i]
for i in range(key_list.length):
    if key_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue == "PackageUnderMyOrg":
        value_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue = SharetoOrganization
    if key_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue == "PackageIsPublic":
        value_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue = SharetoEveryone
    if key_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue == "PackageShareGroups":
        value_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue = SharetoGroup
    if SharetoGroup == "true" and key_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue == "PackageGroupIDs":
        value_list[i].firstChild.nodeValue = GroupID

# Write to the .sddraft file
f = open(sddraft_output_filename, 'w')
docs.writexml(f)
f.close()

# Stage Service
print("Start Staging")
arcpy.server.StageService(sddraft_output_filename, sd_output_filename)

# Share to portal
print("Start Uploading")
arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(sd_output_filename, server_type)

print("Finish Publishing")

Publish a list of layers

The following script publishes a list of layers from a map as a web tile layer to either ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online. Portal information is obtained from the SignInToPortal function.

import arcpy
import os

# Sign in to portal
arcpy.SignInToPortal("https://www.arcgis.com", "MyUserName", "MyPassword")

# Set output file names
outdir = r"C:\Project\Output"
service = "TileSharingDraftExample"
sddraft_filename = service + ".sddraft"
sddraft_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sddraft_filename)

# Reference map to publish
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\Project\World.aprx")
m = aprx.listMaps("World")[0]
lyrs = []
lyrs.append(m.listLayers('cities')[0])
lyrs.append(m.listLayers('counties')[0])

# Create TileSharingDraft and set metadata properties
sharing_draft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft("HOSTING_SERVER", "TILE", service, lyrs)
sharing_draft.summary = "My Summary"
sharing_draft.tags = "My Tags"
sharing_draft.description = "My Description"
sharing_draft.credits = "My Credits"
sharing_draft.useLimitations = "My Use Limitations"

# Create Service Definition Draft file
sharing_draft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename)

# Stage Service
sd_filename = service + ".sd"
sd_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sd_filename)
arcpy.server.StageService(sddraft_output_filename, sd_output_filename)

# Share to portal
print("Start Uploading")
arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(sd_output_filename, "My Hosted Services")

print("Finish Publishing")

Create and publish an offline service definition

The following script creates an offline service definition for the target portal version and publishes it as a web tile layer.

import arcpy
import os

# Set output file names
outdir = r"C:\Project\Output"
service_name = "TileSharingDraftExample"
sddraft_filename = service_name + ".sddraft"
sddraft_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sddraft_filename)
sd_filename = service_name + ".sd"
sd_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir, sd_filename)

# Reference map to publish
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\Project\World.aprx")
m = aprx.listMaps('World')[0]

# Create TileSharingDraft and set offline and offlineTarget properties
server_type = "HOSTING_SERVER"
sddraft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft(server_type, "TILE", service_name)
sddraft.offline = True
# Set offlineTarget property to "ONLINE" for ArcGIS Online or "ENTERPRISE_11" for ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 or later
# The default is ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 or earlier
sddraft.offlineTarget = "ENTERPRISE_10x"

# Create Service Definition Draft file
sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename)

# Sign in to portal to upload and publish
arcpy.SignInToPortal("https://portal.domain.com/webadaptor", 
"MyUserName", "MyPassword")

# Stage Service
print("Start Staging")
arcpy.server.StageService(sddraft_output_filename, sd_output_filename)

# Share to portal
print("Start Uploading")
arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(sd_output_filename, server_type)

print("Finish Publishing")