Considerations and limitations

The sections below outline basic limitations to take into consideration when working with the ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise Sharing API. This is a dynamic list that may be updated as new functionality is introduced.

Search limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum Search results per request or page			Maximum of 100 results returned.
Maximum Search results per query			Only the first 10,000 results can be paginated; more than 10,000 results cannot be returned through pagination. The actual number of total returned results may be more than 10,000.
Maximum size of query string			10KB

File upload limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum file upload size for Generate			2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types.
Maximum file upload size for Analyze			2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types.
Add Item in a single upload			Maximum file size 5GB.
Add Item in multipart uploads			Maximum file size 500GB; maximum number of parts 10,000.
Add Item via chunked transfer upload			Maximum file size 50MB

Item info limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum file size allowed for Item Info files			100KB
Maximum number of Item Info files per request			20
Maximum thumbnail size			10MB

Token generation limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum token expiration time			Two weeks

Users and groups limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum number of groups a User can belong to (both owning and joined as a group member)			512
Maximum number of usernames allowed for /checkUsernames per request			200 Note: A valid username must be between 3 and 128 ASCII characters and cannot already exist as a username or user ID. This limitation was added in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.
Maximum number of external organizations allowed per group			250

Adding and updating items limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum number of images per item			10
Maximum size of item description			64KB
Maximum number of characters for item title			256
Maximum number of characters for item snippet			2048
Maximum number of type keywords on an item			128
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword			256
Maximum number of tags on an item			128
Maximum number of characters for each tag			256
Maximum size of any other text field item properties			64KB
Maximum number of type keywords on a group			128
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword			256

Folder limitations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Maximum number of characters for folder title			250

Collaborations

Limitation type			Maximum limit
Number of partnered collaborations allowed in an organization			20