Sign in and access your portal

You need an access token with the correct privileges for in this tutorial.

1. Go to the Create an API key tutorial and create an API key with the following privilege(s):

   • Privileges

     • Admin privileges > Content > View all

To perform the portal service operation in this tutorial, you need an access token from OAuth 2.0 credentials. It is the only supported form of authentication. The use of API keys is not supported.

1. Go to the Create OAuth credentials for user authentication tutorial to get a set of OAuth 2.0 credentials.

2. Get an access token from the OAuth 2.0 credentials.

3. Copy the access token to your clipboard when prompted.

1. Install the ArcGIS API for Python.
2. Start your Jupyter Notebook environment locally.

1. To get started, use this pen.

1. Add the following import statements to your code.

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   import requests
   import json
   
   

2. Create a variable url and paste in your portal URL, appending /self at the end.

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   import requests
   import json
   
   url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
   

3. Set the following parameters and paste in your access token in the appropriate field.

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   import requests
   import json
   
   url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
   params = {
       "f": "json",
       "api_token": "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
   }
   
   

4. Execute the REST call and print the JSON response.

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   import requests
   import json
   
   url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
   params = {
       "f": "json",
       "api_token": "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
   }
   
   response = requests.get(url, params=params)
   
   if response.status_code == 200:
       # Print the JSON response
       print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=4))
   else:
       print("Failed to retrieve self info. Status code:", response.status_code)

1. Create a request block in your code using esri/request library.

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       require(["esri/request"],
         (esriRequest)=> {
   
      });
   

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2. Create a variable url and paste in your portal URL, appending /self at the end.

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       require(["esri/request"],
         (esriRequest)=> {
   
         const url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
      });
   

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3. Set the following parameters in an options object and paste in your access token in the appropriate field.

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       require(["esri/request"],
         (esriRequest)=> {
   
         const url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
         const options = {
           query: {
             f: "pjson",
             token: "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
           },
           responseType: "pjson"
         };
   
      });
   

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4. Execute the REST call and print the JSON response.

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       require(["esri/request"],
         (esriRequest)=> {
   
         const url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self"
   
         const options = {
           query: {
             f: "pjson",
             token: "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
           },
           responseType: "pjson"
         };
   
           esriRequest(url, options,{
           }).then((response)=>{
             const data = response.data
             console.log(data);
         })
   
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1. To get started, use this pen.