CSV Layer (CSV)

The CSV layer type references a CSV or TXT file from a publically-accessible web server. It then dynamically loads into the map at run time. The CSV layer will maintain a reference to the CSV resource.

Referenced by: operationalLayers

Properties

Property	Details
blendMode	Blend modes are used to create various effects by blending colors of top and background layers. normal blend mode is the default. Valid values: average, color, color-burn, color-dodge, darken, destination-atop, destination-in, destination-out, destination-over, difference, exclusion, hard-light, hue, invert, lighten, lighter, luminosity, minus, multiply, normal, overlay, plus, reflect, saturation, screen, soft-light, source-atop, source-in, source-out, vivid-light, xor
columnDelimiter	A string defining the character used to separate columns in a CSV file. Valid values: \t (tab) (space) , (comma) ; (semicolon) | (pipe)
disablePopup	Indicates whether to allow a client to ignore popups defined by the service item.
id	A unique identifying string for the layer.
layerDefinition	A layerDefinition object defining the attribute schema and drawing information for the layer.
layerType	String indicating the layer type. Valid value of this property CSV
locationInfo	A locationInfo object defining how location information will be retrieved from a CSV file.
opacity	The degree of transparency applied to the layer on the client side, where 0 is full transparency and 1 is no transparency.
popupInfo	A popupInfo object defining the content of popup windows when you click or query a feature.
refreshInterval	Refresh interval of the layer in minutes. Non-zero value indicates automatic layer refresh at the specified interval. Value of 0 indicates auto refresh is not enabled.
showLabels	Labels will display if this property is set to true and the layer also has a labelingInfo property associated with it. This property can get stored in the web scene config.
showLegend	Indicates whether to allow map authors the ability to control what layers should be shown in a client's legend.
title	A user-friendly string title for the layer that can be used in a table of contents.
type	Deprecated, use layerType instead.
url	The URL to the layer.
visibility	Boolean property determining whether the layer is initially visible in the web map.

csv Layer Example

Live sample web map showing the CSV as operationalLayer

{
  "id": "csv_7927",
  "layerType": "CSV",
  "title": "Earthquakes",
  "visibility": true,
  "opacity": 1,
  "url": "http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/2.5_month.csv",
  "columnDelimiter": ",",
  "blendMode": "overlay",
  "layerDefinition": {
    "geometryType": "esriGeometryPoint",
    "objectIdField": "__OBJECTID",
    "typeIdField": "",
    "fields": [],
    "types": [],
    "capabilities": "Query",
    "name": "csv",
    "extent": {
      "xmin": -20034970.25849882,
      "ymin": -9494815.985282788,
      "xmax": 20026086.963133518,
      "ymax": 14269743.874052156,
      "spatialReference": {
        "wkid": 102100
      }
    }
  },
  "popupInfo": {},
  "locationInfo": {
    "locationType": "coordinates",
    "latitudeFieldName": "latitude",
    "longitudeFieldName": "longitude"
  }
}