Endpoint summaries

A short summary is provided below for each available endpoint in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory API to help you quickly identify which documentation to access depending on your workflow and needs.

Site root

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Site root	Resource	The site root is a collection of server resources, including server machines that are installed with ArcGIS Server, GIS services, data, and so on.
Create Site	Operation	The createNewSite operation is the first operation that you must invoke when you install ArcGIS Server for the first time.
Delete Site	Operation	The deleteSite operation deletes the site configuration and releases all server resources.
Export Site	Operation	The exportSite operation exports the site configuration to a location you specify as input for this operation.
Generate Token	Operation	The generateToken operation generates a security token that can be used by clients when working with the Administrator API.
Import Site	Operation	The importSite operation imports a site configuration into the currently running site.
Join Site	Operation	The joinSite operation connects a server machine to an existing site.
Public Key	Resource	The publicKey resource returns the public key of the server that can be used by a client application (or script) to encrypt data sent to the server using the RSA algorithm for public-key encryption.
Upgrade	Operation	The upgrade operation upgrades your deployment of ArcGIS Server.

Machines

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Machines	Resource	The machines resource represents a collection of all the server machines that have been registered with the site.
Register Machine	Operation	The register operation registers a server machine with the site. The server machine must have ArcGIS Server software installed and authorized.
Rename Machine	Operation	The rename operation changes the machine name and updates any references to a machine in your ArcGIS Server site.
Machine	Resource	The machine resource represents a server machine on which ArcGIS Server software has been installed and licensed.
Edit Machine	Operation	The edit operation allows you to make changes to the configuration of the specified machine in your ArcGIS Server site.
Start Machine	Operation	The start operation starts the server machine if it's participating in a site.
Stop Machine	Operation	The stop operation stops the application server running on the specific server machine.
Synchronize With Site	Operation	The synchronizeWithSite operation allows administrators to manually synchronize specific machines with the site.
Unregister Machine	Operation	The unregister operation deletes the server machine from the site.
Hardware Configuration	Resource	The hardware resource displays hardware information for the specified machine in your ArcGIS Server site.
SSL Certificates	Resource	The sslcertificates resource lists all the certificates (self-signed and CA-signed) created for the server machine.
Generate Certificate	Operation	The generate operation creates a self-signed certificate, or it can be used as a starting point for getting a production-ready CA-signed certificate.
Import Existing Server Certificate	Operation	The importExistingServerCertificate operation imports an existing server certificate, stored in the PKCS #12 format, into the keystore.
Import Root Certificate	Operation	The importRootOrIntermediate operation imports a CA root and intermediate certificates into the keystore.
SSL Certificate	Resource	The certificate resource provides information on an individual certificate.
Export Certificate	Operation	The export operation downloads an SSL certificate.
Delete Certificate	Operation	The delete operation deletes an SSL certificate from the key store.
Generate CSR	Operation	The generateCSR operation generates a certificate signing request (CSR) for a self-signed certificate.
Import CA Signed Certificate	Operation	The importSignedCertificate operation imports a CA-signed SSL certificate into the keystore.

Services

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Services	Resource	The services resource is the root folder for all subfolders and GIS services.
Can Create Service	Operation	The canCreateService operation can be used to determine whether a specific service can be created on the ArcGIS Server site.
Create Folder	Operation	The createFolder operation creates a subfolder underneath the root folder.
Create Service	Operation	The createService operation creates a new GIS service in a folder.
Delete Services	Operation	The deleteServices operation deletes the desired services on all reachable server machines.
Edit Folder	Operation	The editFolder operation allows you to change the description of an existing folder or change the web-encrypted property.
Exists	Operation	The exists operation checks whether a folder or service exists on the GIS server.
Export Services	Operation	The exportServices operation exports the existing site's services to a location you specify as input to this operation.
Federate	Operation	The federate operation is used when federating ArcGIS Server with Portal for ArcGIS.
Import Services	Operation	The importServices operation imports the site services from a provided .agssiteservices file previously generated by the export services operation.
Rename Service	Operation	The renameService operation can be used to change the name of a published GIS service in a particular folder.
Start Services	Operation	The startServices operation starts the desired services on all (reachable) server machines in the site.
Stop Services	Operation	The stopServices operation stops the desired services on all reachable server machines in the site.
Unfederate	Operation	The unfederate operation is used when unfederating ArcGIS Server with your ArcGIS Enterprise portal.
Folder	Resource	The folder resource returns an individual folder's properties, including its description and the services it contains.
Delete Folder	Operation	The deleteFolder operation deletes a folder and all services in it.
Edit Folder	Operation	The editFolder operation allows you to change the description of an existing folder or change the web-encrypted property.
Rename Service	Operation	The renameService operation can be used to change the name of a published GIS service in a particular folder.
Permissions	Resource	The permissions resource models the permissions on the specified folder or service.
Add Permission	Operation	The add operation assigns a new permission to a role (principal).
Clean Permissions	Operation	The clean operation cleans all permissions that have been assigned to a role (principal).
Has Child Permissions Conflict	Operation	The hasChildPermissionsConflict operation determines whether this resource (either a folder or service) has a child resource with opposing permissions.
Default Service Properties	Resource	The properties resource provides the default settings for new services when they are published to ArcGIS Server.
Update Default Service Properties	Operation	The update operation updates the default settings for properties that govern new services published to ArcGIS Server.
Service	Resource	The service resource exposes GIS resources such as maps, rasters, locators, geodatabases, and so forth through REST and SOAP interfaces.
Delete Service	Operation	The delete operation deletes a service.
Edit Service	Operation	The edit operation edits a service by editing the JSON representation of the service.
Start Service	Operation	The start operation starts the service.
Stop Service	Operation	The stop operation stops all instances of the service on all reachable server machines in the site.
Service Statistics	Resource	The statistics resource provides a view into the life cycle of all instances of the service on all server machines in the site.
Item Information	Resource	The iteminfo resource stores metadata about a service.
Delete Item Information	Operation	The delete operation deletes an item's information.
Edit Item Information	Operation	The edit operation edits the item information and must be a multipart POST request with an optional image uploaded to the server (defined by the thumbnail parameter).
Lifecycle Information	Resource	A service's lifecycleinfos resource returns the date and time information for when a service was created or updated.
Upload Item Information File	Operation	The upload operation uploads a file associated with the item information to the server.
Service Report	Resource	The report resource provides a configurable summary of all the services in a folder.
Types	Resource	The types resource provides metadata about all service types and extensions that can be enabled on each service type.
Extensions	Resource	The extensions resource is a collection of all the custom server object extensions that have been uploaded and registered with the server.
Register Extension	Operation	The register operation registers a new server object extension file (.soe) with the server.
Unregister Extension	Operation	The unregister operation unregisters all the extensions from a previously registered server object extension file (.soe).
Update Extension	Operation	The update operation updates extensions that have been previously registered with the server.
Providers	Resource	The providers resource returns the supported provider types for the GIS services in your organization.

Security

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Security	Resource	The security resource is a container for all resources and operations that manage security for your site.
Primary Site Administrator	Resource	The psa resource provides access to operations that allow you to configure the credentials and the login privileges of the primary site administrator account.
Disable Primary Site Administrator	Operation	The disable operation disables login privileges for the primary site administrator account.
Enable Primary Site Administrator	Operation	The enable operation enables login privileges for the primary site administrator account.
Update Primary Site Administrator	Operation	The update operation changes the account properties of the primary site administrator.
Roles	Resource	The roles resource represents all roles available in the role store.
Add Role	Operation	The add operation adds a role to the role store.
Add Users to Role	Operation	The addUsersToRole operation assigns a role to multiple users.
Assign Privilege	Operation	The assignPrivilege operation assigns a privilege to a role.
Get Privilege for Role	Operation	The getPrivilege operation returns the privilege associated with a role.
Get Roles	Operation	The getRoles operation gives you a pageable view of roles in the role store.
Get Roles by Privilege	Operation	The getRolesByPrivilege operation returns the roles associated with a privilege.
Get Roles for User	Operation	The getRolesForUser operation returns a list of role names that have been assigned to a particular user account.
Get Users Within Role	Operation	The getUsersWithinRole operation searches user accounts to see to whom a specific role has been assigned.
Remove Role	Operation	The remove operation removes an existing role from the role store.
Remove Users from Role	Operation	The removeUsersFromRole operation removes a role assignment from multiple users.
Search Roles	Operation	The search operation searches a specific role or a group of roles from the role store.
Update Role	Operation	The update operation updates a role in the role store with new information.
Security Configuration	Resource	The config resource returns the currently active security configuration.
Test Identity Store	Operation	The testIdentityStore operation tests the connection to the input user and role store.
Update Identity Store	Operation	The updateIdentityStore operation updates the location and properties for the user and role store in your ArcGIS Server site.
Update Security Configuration	Operation	The update operation updates the security configuration, including TLS protocols and cipher suites, for your ArcGIS Server site.
Tokens	Resource	The tokens resource represents the token configuration associated with the server.
Update Token Configuration	Operation	The update operation changes the token manager configuration.
Users	Resource	The users resource represents all users available in the user store that can administer ArcGIS Server and access the GIS services hosted on the server.
Add User	Operation	The add operation adds a user account to the user store.
Assign Roles	Operation	The assignRoles operation assigns roles to a user account when working with a user and role store that support read and write privileges.
Get Privilege for User	Operation	The getPrivilege operation returns the privilege associated with a user.
Get Users	Operation	The getUsers operation gives you a pageable view of users in the user store.
Remove User	Operation	The remove operation removes an existing user account from the user store.
Remove Roles	Operation	The removeRoles operation removes roles that have been previously assigned to a user account.
Search Users	Operation	The search operation searches a specific user or a group of users from the user store.
Update User	Operation	The update operation updates a user account in the user store with new information.

System

Name	Endpoint type	Description
System	Resource	The system resource is a collection of miscellaneous server-wide resources.
Deployment	Resource	The deployment resource returns information about the current deployment configuration. Legacy: Sites with multiple clusters have been deprecated.
Configuration Store	Resource	The configstore resource maintains all of the server's configurations.
Edit Configuration Store	Operation	The edit operation updates the configuration store.
Recover Configuration Store	Operation	The recover operation copies the configuration store from the local repository to the shared configuration store location.
Server Directories	Resource	The directories resource lists all the server directories.
Register Directory	Operation	The register operation registers a new server directory.
Recover Services Directory	Operation	The recover operation copies the server directories from the local repository into the shared server directories location.
Server Directory	Resource	The server directory resource returns the properties of an individual directory.
Clean Directory	Operation	The clean operation cleans the content (files and folders) in the directory that has passed its expiration date.
Edit Directory	Operation	The edit operation allows you to change the directory's path as well as its cleanup properties.
Unregister Directory	Operation	The unregister operation unregisters a server directory.
Handlers	Resource	A handlers resource exposes the GIS capabilities of ArcGIS Server through a REST and SOAP interface or API.
Rest Handler	Resource	The rest resource provides access to operations that allow you to clear the in-memory cache built by the REST handler or enable and disable the HTML browsing capabilities of the handler.
Rest Cache	Resource	The cache operation clears the REST cache.
Clear Rest Cache	Operation	The clear operation clears the cache on all REST handlers in the system.
Services Directory	Resource	The servicesdirectory resource lists properties of the ArcGIS REST API (also known as the Services Directory).
Edit Services Directory	Operation	The edit operation enables or disables the HTML view of the ArcGIS REST API (also known as the Services Directory).
SOAP	Resource	The soap resource provides access to the soaphandlersconfig resource endpoint.
SOAP Handlers Config	Resource	The soaphandlerconfig resource lists the URLs for domains allowed to make cross-domain requests.
Edit SOAP Handlers Config	Operation	The edit operation allows you to restrict cross-domain requests.
Jobs	Resource	The jobs resource is a collection of all the administrative jobs (asynchronous operations) created in your site.
Job	Resource	The job resource represents the asynchronous execution of an operation.
Licenses	Resource	The licenses resource lists the current license level of ArcGIS Server and all authorized extensions.
Platform Services	Resource	The platformservices resource allows you to view and manage your platform services in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Compute Platform	Resource	The Compute Platform resource allows you to view and manage your compute platform service for ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Server in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Compute Platform Health Check	Operation	The health operation returns information for each machine that participates in the Compute Platform service and details the workers.
Start Compute Platform Service	Operation	The start operation allows you to run your Compute Platform service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Compute Platform Status	Operation	The status resource allows you to view the status of the Compute Platform service.
Stop Compute Platform	Operation	The stop operation allows you to stop your Compute Platform service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Message Bus	Resource	The Message Bus resource allows you to view and manage your Message Bus service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Message Bus Health Check	Operation	The health operation returns information for each machine that participates in the Message Bus service.
Start Message Bus	Operation	The start operation allows you to run your Message Bus service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Stop Message Bus	Operation	The stop operation allows you to stop your Message Bus service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Message Bus Status	Operation	The status resource allows you to view the status of the Message Bus service.
Synchronization Service	Resource	The Synchronization service resource allows you to view and manage the Synchronization service for ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Server in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Synchronization Service Health Check	Operation	The health operation returns information for each machine that participates in the Synchronization service.
Synchronization Service Reset	Operation	The reset operation resets the synchronization service and restarts both the Synchronization and Compute Platform services.
Start Synchronization Service	Operation	The start operation allows you to run your Synchronization service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Stop Synchronization Service	Operation	The stop operation allows you to stop your synchronization service in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
Synchronization Service Status	Operation	The status resource allows you to view the status of the Synchronization service.
Server Properties	Resource	The properties resource is a container for configuration properties that govern the behavior of ArcGIS Server.
Update Server Properties	Operation	The update operation allows you to update the server properties.
Web Adaptors	Resource	The webadaptors resource lists all the web adaptors that have been registered with the site.
Web Adaptor Configuration	Resource	The config resource lists all the configuration parameters shared across all the Web Adaptors in the site.
Update Web Adaptor Configuration	Operation	The update operation changes the configuration parameters and shared key.
Web Adaptor	Resource	The webadaptor resource returns the properties of an individual Web Adaptor, such as the HTTP and HTTPS ports and description.
Unregister Web Adaptor	Operation	The unregister operation unregisters a Web Adaptor, which removes it from the server's trusted list.
Update Web Adaptor	Operation	The update operation allows you to update the description, HTTP port, and HTTPS port of a Web Adaptor that is registered with the server.

Data

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Data	Resource	The data resource provides information about the data holdings of the server.
Compute Ref Count	Operation	The computeTotalRefCount operation computes the total number of references to a given data item that exist on the server.
Federate Data Item	Operation	The federateDataItem operation creates a data store item in the portal for a data store that has been registered with one of the portal's federated ArcGIS Server sites.
Find Items	Operation	The findItems operation searches through the various data items registered in the server's data store and returns a list of items found at a specified location.
Register Item	Operation	The registerItem operation registers a new data item with the server's data store.
Unregister Item	Operation	The unregisterItem operation unregisters a data item that has been previously registered with the server's data store.
Validate All Data Items	Operation	The validateAllDataItems operation can be used to validate that the path (for file shares) or connection strings (for databases) for all registered data items are accessible to every server node in the site.
Validate Data Item	Operation	The validateDataItem operation validates that the path (for file shares) or connection string (for databases) for a specific data item is accessible to every server node in the site by checking against the JSON representing the data item.
Big Data File Share Manifest	Resource	The manifest resource returns the manifest resource for a big data file share.
Big Data File Share Manifest Regeneration	Operation	The regenerate operation regenerates the manifest for a big data file share.
Big Data File Share Manifest Update	Operation	The update operation uploads a manifest for a big data file share item that will replace the existing manifest for the big data file share item.
Big Data File Share Hints	Resource	The hints resource returns the hints for a big data file share.
Big Data File Share Update	Operation	The update operation uploads a hints file for a big data file share item, which will replace the existing hints file.
Datastore Configuration	Resource	The config resource returns information on the data store's configuration properties.
Update Datastore Configuration	Operation	The update operation allows you to update the data store configuration.
Items	Resource	The items resource lists the root data items in the data store.
Lifecycle Information	Resource	A data store item's lifecycleinfos resource returns the date and time information (in Unix epoch format) for when a data store item was created and updated.
Edit Data Item	Operation	The edit operation edits the connection information for an existing data item.
Make Data Store Primary Machine	Operation	The makePrimary operation promotes a standby machine to the primary Data Store machine while also downgrading the existing primary machine to act as a standby machine.
Remove Data Store Machine	Operation	The remove operation removes a standby machine from the Data Store.
Start Data Store Machine	Operation	The start operation starts the database instance running on a Data Store machine.
Stop Data Store Machine	Operation	The stop operation stops the database instance running on a Data Store machine.
Validate Data Store	Operation	The validate operation checks the status of ArcGIS Data Store and provides a health check response.

Uploads

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Uploads	Resource	The uploads resource is a collection of all the items that have been uploaded to the server.
Register Item	Operation	The register operation directs the server to reserve space for a new item (to be uploaded) that could be composed of one or more parts.
Upload Item	Operation	The upload operation uploads a new item to the server. Once the operation is completed successfully, the JSON structure of the uploaded item is returned.
Item	Resource	The item resource represents an item that has been uploaded to the server.
Commit Item	Operation	The commit operation completes the upload of all the parts that make an item.
Delete Item	Operation	The delete operation deletes the uploaded item and its configuration.
Upload Part	Operation	The uploadPart operation uploads one part of an item.
Item Parts	Operation	The parts resource lists all the parts associated with an item that have been uploaded to the server.

Logs

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Logs	Resource	The logs resource provides access to operations and resources associated with the server logs.
Clean	Operation	The clean operation forces the server to clean the logs, freeing up disk space.
Count Error Reports	Operation	The countErrorReports operation counts the number of error (crash) reports that have been generated on each machine.
Query	Operation	The query operation provides a way to aggregate, filter, and page through logs across the entire ArcGIS Server site.
Settings	Resource	The settings resource returns the current log settings.
Edit Settings	Operation	The edit operation updates the log settings for the entire server site.

KML

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Kml	Resource	The kml resource is a container for all the .kmz files created on the server.
Create KMZ	Operation	The createKmz operation creates a .kmz file from the input .kml file uploaded to the server.
Kmz File	Resource	The kmz resource returns the .kmz file created from the input .kml file.

Info

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Info	Resource	The info resource returns meta information about the server.

Mode

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Mode	Resource	The mode resource returns the current mode of the site.
Update Site Mode	Operation	The update operation is used to move between the two types of site modes.

Usage Reports

Name	Endpoint type	Description
Usage Reports	Resource	The usagereports resource returns the parameters of a usage report.
Create Usage Report	Operation	The add operation creates a usage report.
Usage Report Settings	Resource	The settings resource returns the current usage report settings.
Edit Usage Report Settings	Operation	The edit operation updates the usage report settings.
Usage Report	Resource	The usagereport resource returns the parameters of a usage report.
Edit Usage Report	Operation	The edit operation updates the usage report.
Query Report Data	Operation	The data operation retrieves server usage data for the report.
Delete Usage Report	Operation	The delete operation deletes the usage report.