Services/Root Folder

Description

The services resource acts as the root folder and container for all subfolders and GIS services. You can create a new subfolder by using the Create Folder operation and a new GIS service by using the Create Service operation.

Request parameters

ParameterDescription

detail

Indicates that a detailed description is expected. The default value is false.

Values: true | false

f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample request URL used to access the services resource:

1
https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/admin/services?detail=true&f=pjson

JSON Response syntax

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
{
  "folderName": "/",
  "description": "Root folder",
  "webEncrypted": <webEncrypted>,
  "isDefault": <isDefault>,
  "folders": [
    "<folderName1>",
    "<folderName2>"
  ],
  "foldersDetail": [
    {
      "folderName": "<folderName>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "webEncrypted": <webEncrypted>,
      "isDefault": <isDefault>
    }
  ],
  "services": [
    {
      "folderName": "<folderName>",
      "serviceName": "<serviceName>",
      "type": "<serviceType>",
      "description": "<description>"
    }
  ]
}

The full name of a service is represented in JSON as follows

1
2
3
4
5
6
{
  "folderName”: <folderName>,
  "serviceName”: <name>,
  "serviceType”: <type>,
  "description”: <description>
}

JSON Response example

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
{
  "folderName": "/",
  "description": "Root folder",
  "webEncrypted": false,
  "isDefault": false,
  "folders": [
    "System",
    "Utilities"
  ],
  "foldersDetail": [
    {
      "folderName": "System",
      "description": "The System folder contains automatically deployed services that are used by ArcGIS Server.",
      "webEncrypted": false,
      "isDefault": true
    },
    {
      "folderName": "Utilities",
      "description": "The Utilities folder contains automatically deployed services that can be used by application developers.",
      "webEncrypted": false,
      "isDefault": true
    }
  ],
  "services": [
    {
      "folderName": "/",
      "serviceName": "SampleWorldCities",
      "type": "MapServer",
      "description": "The SampleWorldCities service is provided so you can quickly and easily preview the
       functionality of the GIS server. Click the thumbnail image to open in a web application.
       This sample service is optional and can be deleted."
    }
  ]
}

Your browser is no longer supported. Please upgrade your browser for the best experience. See our browser deprecation post for more details.

You can no longer sign into this site. Go to your ArcGIS portal or the ArcGIS Location Platform dashboard to perform management tasks.

Your ArcGIS portal

Create, manage, and access API keys and OAuth 2.0 developer credentials, hosted layers, and data services.

Your ArcGIS Location Platform dashboard

Manage billing, monitor service usage, and access additional resources.

Learn more about these changes in the What's new in Esri Developers June 2024 blog post.

Close