Create an item

An item represents various types of data, such as web maps, layers, web apps, tools and more. An item can also be shared, used, and managed in a portal using the item page. You use the portal service to create these items in your organization.

Content in an organization in ArcGIS portal.

Code examples

Below are example on how to create items in a portal.

Create a new item

Create a new web map item.

ArcGIS API for Python

ArcGIS REST JS

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from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(username="USERNAME", password="PASSWORD")
item = {
    "title": "Word geography",
    "description": "This is a map of the world",
    "tags": ["map", "world", "geography"],
    "type": "Web Map"
}
results = gis.content.add(item)
print(results)

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REST API

cURL

HTTP

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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/<USER_NAME>/addItem \
-d 'f=pjson' \
-d 'title=World geography' \
-d 'description=This is the map of the world' \
-d 'type=Web Map'\
-d 'tags=map, world, geography' \
-d 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>'

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{
  "success": true,
  "id": "ITEM_ID"
}

Import an item

Create an item in a portal by importing a CSV file.

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from arcgis.gis import GIS
import getpass

gis = GIS(
  url="https://www.arcgis.com",
  username="username",
  password=getpass.getpass("Enter password:")
)

trailhead_properties = {
  "title": "Trailheads",
  "description": "Trailheads imported from CSV file",
  "tags": "LA Trailheads"
}

csv_file = './data/LA_Hub_datasets/LA_Hub_datasets/Trailheads.csv'
csv_item = gis.content.add(trailhead_properties, csv_file)

trailhead_service = csv_item.publish()
trailhead_service

Tutorials

Use tools to create different types of content and build content-driven applications.

Import data to create a feature layer

Use data management tools to import files and create a feature layer in a feature service.

ArcGIS portal

Manage a feature layer

Use a hosted feature layer item to set the properties and settings of a feature layer in a feature service.

ArcGIS portal

Add a feature layer

Access and display point, line, and polygon features from a feature service.

JavaScript Maps SDK Kotlin Maps SDK Swift Maps SDK .NET Maps SDK Java Maps SDK Qt Maps SDK Esri Leaflet MapLibre GL JS OpenLayers CesiumJS Python API REST JS

Services

Portal service

Store, manage, and access private and public content.

API support

	Search	Items	Users	Groups	Settings	Security
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt			¹	¹	¹	¹
ArcGIS API for Python
ArcGIS REST JS
Esri Leaflet	²	²	²	²	²	²
MapLibre GL JS	²	²	²	²	²	²
OpenLayers	²	²	²	²	²	²

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1. Limited operations, use HTTP requests.
2. Access via ArcGIS REST JS.

Tools

Use tools to access the portal and create and manage content for applications.

Portal

Create, manage, and access content and data services for applications.