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ESRI ArcGIS

ESRI ArcGIS Portal API

Portal items, users, groups, and organizational management

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ESRI ArcGIS Portal API is one of 11 APIs that ESRI ArcGIS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Portal. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest, https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer, https://route.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://places-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/v1.

5 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
Contact
ESRI Developer Support
License
Esri Master Agreement
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

ESRI ArcGIS Portal API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (ApiKeyAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — ArcGIS API key or token

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Portal 5

Portal items, users, groups, and organizational management

GET
/portals/self
Get portal information
getPortalSelf 2 params → 200401
GET
/community/users/{username}
Get user profile
getUser 2 params → 200404
GET
/content/users/{username}/items
List user content items
getUserItems 6 params → 200
GET
/content/items/{itemId}
Get portal item
getItem 2 params → 200404
GET
/search
Search portal content
searchPortal 6 params → 200

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Item (16 properties), User (11 properties), Portal (9 properties), SearchResults (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchResults
object
6 properties
Portal
object
9 properties
Error
object
1 property
GroupRef
object
3 properties
Item
object
16 properties
User
object
11 properties
ItemCollection
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

esri-arcgis-portal-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ArcGIS Places Service
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MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
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ArcGIS Server OGC Web Services
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API Details
ID
esri-arcgis:esri-arcgis-portal-api
Base URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
Docs
https://developers.arcgis.com/
Provider
ESRI ArcGIS
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