CSV Layer (CSV)

The CSV layer type references a CSV or TXT file from a publicly-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)
customParameters	A sequence of custom parameters appended to the URL of all requests related to a layer.
disablePopup	Indicates whether to allow a client to ignore popups defined by the service item.
effect	Effect provides various filter functions to achieve different visual effects similar to how image filters (photo apps) work.
featureEffect	Feature Effect emphasizes or deemphasizes features that satisfy a filter using graphical effects
id	A unique identifying string for the layer.
itemId	Optional string containing the item ID if it's registered on ArcGIS Online or your organization's portal.
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	Boolean value indicating whether to display the layer in the legend. Default value is true.
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"
  }
}