ArcGIS API for Python Reviews & Product Details

I like the ability to be able to use most of the functions provided with ArcGIS Online programmatically, using Python, my favorite programming language. ArcGIS API for Python is mostly suited to automate various tasks involving content management on the ArcGIS Online platform or ArcGIS Server / Portal. You can easily change the properties of any item, publish, remove items, create, change, and remove user properties, edit and update the spatial data stored in the ArcGIS Feature services. You can even use some advanced functionality like editing of the printable layouts using the CIM(cartographic information model) using the new API. Unlike the ArcPy, ArcGIS API for Python is free and can work without ArcGIS Pro installed, some functionality will be unavailable through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not all the functionality of the ArcGIS Pro is available using the Python API. Some of the functionality still accessible only using .Net API, and the learning curve is much steeper to use it. Some important functionality like working with personal databases in GDB format is not available using the standalone installation of the ArcGIS Python API. Despite the Python API is integrated with Pandas, the API does not provide the sufficient capabilities to produce the thematic maps without using the ArcPy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s made my life so much easier by allowing me to automate and streamline processes for my job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a bit slow to log into my account through the API—about 20 seconds—which can take up the bulk of my script run time for simpler tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My organization builds applications mainly using Python and the ArcGIS API is very easy to use and integrate with different programs using Python. The features that they provide such as using APIs for cross-platform and provide about 1,000,000 basemap and geocode transactions per month for free is great for start-ups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a different Commercial Deployment version also for ArcGIS API for Python which includes all the features in the free version and additionally just gives deployment of unlimited revenue-generating apps and ESRI technical support. I believe that for the commercial version they can provide some more benefits to the user too so it can become satisfactory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ArcGIS is compatible with Python, the worlds leading scripting language, as ArcGIS is gaining populatity with more than 10 percent of the GIS market share, it is usable in navigation for backpacking and outdoor use. I like the usability of the ArcGIS API for python, versus ANgular 2 for Google Maps. I can also integrate ArcGIS easily to many downstream applications, as development up-time is low so is responsive latency in testing and deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ArcGIS is sometimes out of this world, like a flying kite and need a virtual window manager to use.

My cat also mixes it up with the real world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

its a very good library for who like to do code in Python and with Geographic data. I appreciate that supports Pandas! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

most irritating thing for me, that I can only use .zip file format also, while overwriting the feature layer there was a Key Error. That was a frustrating glitch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how the ArcGIS API for Python lets anyone leverage the rich Python ecosystem to accomplish a wide variety of tasks ranging from performing big data analysis to managing their web GIS and automate such workflows. I like that I can share programs and reproducible research with others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing I dislike it that I can only use .zip. I also dislike that while overwriting the feature layer there was a KeyError. That was a frustrating glitch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ArcGIS python API is super useful when you have spatial models that need to be run multiple times. Running scripts using the API is the best was to generate reproducible and accurate spatial models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is slightly hard to use, especially due to less documentation compared to other python packages. It is also harder to code with it in routinely used python platforms such as Jupyter Notebook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used it fondly, but would like for the system to be more intigrated for advanced programmers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

can be a bit closed fro advanced users and sometiems glitches with long script Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is intuitive, smooth and reliable system to work around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is complicated and hard to understand for someone who has limiting knowledge about the protocols Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I was using the Python kit to run routines to filter through various gas and oil well data from the Texas Rail Road Commission to correlate to micro seismicity using Poisson statistics. It proved very useful as it saved countless hours of data scrubbing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I disliked having to learn Python lol. That is not really an issue with the API just with Python itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.