1. Sign up for an account
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ArcGIS Location Platform
- Get an ArcGIS Location Platform account with access to a single-user organization.
- Get access to a portal with tools to create developer credentials, content, and data services.
- Use location services and spatial analysis services.
- Common use case: Build public applications that don't require users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
ArcGIS Online
- Get an ArcGIS Online account with access to a multi-user organization.
- Get access to a portal with tools to create developer credentials, content, and data services.
- Use location services, spatial analysis services, and additional ArcGIS services.
- Common use cases:
- Build low-code/no-code applications with app builders.
- Build private applications for your organization that requires users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
- Build public applications that don't require users to sign in.
2. Get an access token
Get an access token by implementing a type of authentication.
Need help choosing a type of authentication?
API key authentication
- Build public applications that don't require users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
- Use a long-lived API key access token to authenticate service requests.
- Applications can access location services, spatial analysis services, the portal service, and secure data services in a portal.
- Privileges and portal item access are defined by the developer.
- Service usage and data storage is billed to the developer.
Learn more about API key authentication
OAuth 2.0 user authentication
- Build private applications for your organization that requires users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
- Create OAuth 2.0 credentials and implement OAuth 2.0 flows to get an access token.
- Applications can access all resources available to the signed-in user, including location services, spatial analysis services, data services, secure items, and portal management operations.
- Privileges and portal item access are defined by the user's account.
- Service usage and data storage is billed to the organization of the user signed into the application.
3. Make a request
Use your access token to make a request to the service.
curl --location 'https://geoenrich.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/geoenrichmentserver/Geoenrichment/enrich' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'f=pjson' \
--data-urlencode 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN> \
--data-urlencode 'studyAreas=[{'\''geometry'\'':{'\''x'\'': -117.1956, '\''y'\'': 34.0572}}]'