Recursively download all layers from an ArcGIS Server REST API.
Download all layers under a site:
arcgis-dl https://example.com/ExampleSite/rest/services
Download all layers under a folder:
arcgis-dl https://example.com/ExampleSite/rest/services/ExampleFolder
Download all layers under a service:
arcgis-dl https://example.com/ExampleSite/rest/services/ExampleFolder/ExampleService
arcgis-dl https://example.com/ExampleSite/rest/services/ExampleFolder/ExampleService/ExampleType
Download a specific layer:
arcgis-dl https://example.com/ExampleSite/rest/services/ExampleFolder/ExampleService/ExampleType/0
usage: arcgis-dl [-h] [-c CACHE_DIR] [-l LAYER_DIR] [-f {geojson,json}] [-t LAYER_TYPE] [-k TOKEN] url [url ...]
positional arguments:
url site url, folder url, service url, or layer url. requires at least one url.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CACHE_DIR, --cache-dir CACHE_DIR
directory to write cache of raw content. default: None
-l LAYER_DIR, --layer-dir LAYER_DIR
directory to write layers. default: layers
-f {geojson,json}, --layer-format {geojson,json}
preferred format of layers to download. default: GeoJSON
-t LAYER_TYPE, --layer-type LAYER_TYPE
type(s) of layers to download. default: Feature Layer, Table
-k TOKEN, --token TOKEN
authentication token
Layers can be downloaded from the server in GeoJSON format or Esri JSON format. Third-party utilities, such as ogr2ogr, may be used to convert layers to other formats, such as GeoPackage or Esri Shapefile:
ogr2ogr -f GPKG example.gpkg layers/example/**.geojson
ogr2ogr -f 'Esri Shapefile' example layers/example/**.geojson
Layers may be protected under copyright. Be aware of any copyright notices or licenses associated with the layers that you plan to download.