Feature Layer

Description

The layer resource represents a single feature layer or a non-spatial table in a feature service. A feature layer is a table or view with at least one spatial column.

For tables, it provides basic information about the table such as its ID, name, fields, types and templates.

For feature layers, in addition to the table information above, it provides information such as its geometry type, min and max scales, and spatial reference.

Each type includes information about the type such as the type ID, name, and definition expression. Sub-types also include a default symbol and a list of feature templates.

Each feature template includes a template name, description and a prototypical feature.

The property resultType in the layer metadata object will determine the max record count. The resultType can either be {none, standard, tile}.

The property capabilities returns Query, Create, Delete, Update, and Editing capabilities. The Editing capability will be included if Create, Delete or Update is enabled for a Feature Service.

Note, query and edit operations are not available on a layer in the administrative view.

NoteNote:

Wait for the operation response and do not attempt concurrent administrative operations.

Parameters

Parameter

Details

f

Description: The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json

Example Usage

Example 1: Get information about layer 0 in the "WorldService" Feature Service

https://services.myserver.com/OrgID/arcgis/rest/admin/services/WorldService/FeatureServer/0

JSON Response Syntax

{
  "id": <layerId>,
  "name": "<layerName>",
  "type": "<layerType>",
  "description": "<description>",
  "copyrightText": "<copyrightText>",
  "supportsRollbackOnFailures": <true | false>,
  "geometryType": "<geometryType>",
  "minScale": <minScale>,
  "maxScale": <maxScale>,
  "extent": <envelope>,
  "drawingInfo": {
    "renderer": <renderer>,
    "transparency": <transparency>,
    "labelingInfo": <labelingInfo>
  },
  },
  "hasAttachments": <true|false>
  "htmlPopupType": "<esriServerHTMLPopupTypeNone | esriServerHTMLPopupTypeAsURL | esriServerHTMLPopupTypeAsHTMLText>",
  "objectIdField": "<objectIdFieldName>",
  "globalIdField": "<globalIdFieldName>",
  "displayField": "<displayField>",
  "typeIdField": "<typeIFieldName>",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "<fieldName1>",
      "type": "<fieldType1>",
      "alias": "<fieldAlias1>",
      "length": "<length1>",
      "editable": "<true | false>",
      "nullable": "<true | false>",
      "domain": <domain1>
    },
    {
      "name": "<fieldName2>",
      "type": "<fieldType2>",
      "alias": "<fieldAlias1>",
      "length": "<length2>",
      "editable": "<true | false>",
      "nullable": "<true | false>",
      "domain": <domain2>
    }
  ],
  "types": [
    {
      "id": <typeId1>,
      "name": "<typeName1>",
      "domains": {
        "<domainField11>": <domain11>,
        "<domainField12>": <domain12>
      },
      "templates": [
        {
          "name": "<templateName11>",
          "description": "<templateDescription11>",
          "prototype": <prototypicalFeature11>
        },
        {
          "name": "<templateName12>",
          "description": "<templateDescription12>",
          "prototype": <prototypicalFeature12>
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": <typeId2>,
      "name": "<typeName2>",
      "domains": {
        "<domainField11>": <domain21>,
        "<domainField12>": <domain22>
      },
      "templates": [
        {
          "name": "<templateName21>",
          "description": "<templateDescription21>",
          "prototype": <prototypicalFeature21>,
          "drawingTool": "esriFeatureEditToolNone | esriFeatureEditToolPoint | esriFeatureEditToolLine | esriFeatureEditToolPolygon | esriFeatureEditToolAutoCompletePolygon | 
	esriFeatureEditToolCircle | esriFeatureEditToolEllipse | esriFeatureEditToolRectangle | esriFeatureEditToolFreehand"
        },
        {
          "name": "<templateName22>",
          "description": "<templateDescription22>",
          "prototype": <prototypicalFeature22>,
          "drawingTool": "esriFeatureEditToolNone | esriFeatureEditToolPoint | esriFeatureEditToolLine | esriFeatureEditToolPolygon | esriFeatureEditToolAutoCompletePolygon | 
	esriFeatureEditToolCircle | esriFeatureEditToolEllipse | esriFeatureEditToolRectangle | esriFeatureEditToolFreehand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "<templateName1>",
      "description": "<templateDescription1>",
      "prototype": <prototypicalFeature1>
    },
    {
      "name": "<templateName2>",
      "description": "<templateDescription2>",
      "prototype": "<prototypicalFeature2>"
    }
  ],
  "supportedQueryFormats": "<supportedQueryFormats>",
  "maxRecordCount": "<maxRecordCount>",
  "standardMaxRecordCount": "<standardMaxRecordCount>",
  "tileMaxRecordCount" : "<tileMaxRecordCount>",
  "maxRecordCountFactor" : "<maxRecordCountFactor>",
  "capabilities": "<capabilities>"
}

JSON Response Example

{
  "currentVersion" : 10.1, 
  "id" : 0, 
  "name" : "Demo.dbo.WORLDCITIES", 
  "type" : "Feature Layer", 
  "displayField" : "CITY_NAME", 
  "description" : "", 
  "copyrightText" : "", 
  "supportsRollbackOnFailure" : true, 
  "geometryType" : "esriGeometryPoint", 
  "minScale" : 0, 
  "maxScale" : 0, 
  "extent" : {
    "xmin" : -176.151563636, 
    "ymin" : -54.792, 
    "xmax" : 179.221887694, 
    "ymax" : 78.200001124, 
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 4326
    }
  }, 
  "drawingInfo" : {
    "renderer" : 
    {
      "type" : "simple", 
      "symbol" : 
      {
        "type" : "esriSMS", 
        "style" : "esriSMSCircle", 
        "color" : [
          0, 
          166, 
          116, 
          255
        ], 
        "size" : 4, 
        "angle" : 0, 
        "xoffset" : 0, 
        "yoffset" : 0, 
        "outline" : 
        {
          "color" : [
            0, 
            0, 
            0, 
            255
          ], 
          "width" : 1
        }
      }, 
      "label" : "", 
      "description" : ""
    }, 
    "transparency" : 0, 
    "labelingInfo" : null
  }, 
  },
  "hasAttachments" : false, 
  "htmlPopupType" : "esriServerHTMLPopupTypeAsHTMLText", 
  "objectIdField" : "OBJECTID", 
  "globalIdField" : "", 
  "typeIdField" : "", 
  "fields" : [
    {
      "name" : "OBJECTID", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger", 
      "alias" : "OBJECTID", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeInteger", 
      "nullable" : false, 
      "editable" : false, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "CITY_NAME", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "CITY_NAME", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 30, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "GMI_ADMIN", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "GMI_ADMIN", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 7, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "ADMIN_NAME", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "ADMIN_NAME", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 42, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "FIPS_CNTRY", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "FIPS_CNTRY", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 2, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "CNTRY_NAME", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "CNTRY_NAME", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 30, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "STATUS", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "STATUS", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 50, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "POP_RANK", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger", 
      "alias" : "POP_RANK", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeInteger", 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "POP_CLASS", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeString", 
      "alias" : "POP_CLASS", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeNVarchar", "length" : 22, 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "PORT_ID", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger", 
      "alias" : "PORT_ID", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeInteger", 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }, 
    {
      "name" : "LABEL_FLAG", 
      "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger", 
      "alias" : "LABEL_FLAG", 
      "sqlType" : "sqlTypeInteger", 
      "nullable" : true, 
      "editable" : true, 
      "domain" : null
    }
  ], 
  "types" : [], 
  "templates" : [
    {
      "name" : "Demo.dbo.WORLDCITIES", 
      "description" : "", 
      "drawingTool" : "esriFeatureEditToolPoint", 
      "prototype" : {
        "attributes" : {
          "LABEL_FLAG" : null, 
          "CITY_NAME" : null, 
          "GMI_ADMIN" : null, 
          "ADMIN_NAME" : null, 
          "FIPS_CNTRY" : null, 
          "CNTRY_NAME" : null, 
          "STATUS" : null, 
          "POP_RANK" : null, 
          "POP_CLASS" : null, 
          "PORT_ID" : null
        }
      }
    }
  ], 
  "supportedQueryFormats" : "JSON", 
  "maxRecordCount" : 1000,
  "standardMaxRecordCount" : 4000,
  "tileMaxRecordCount" : 4000,
  "maxRecordCountFactor" : 1, 
  "capabilities" : "Create,Delete,Query,Update,Editing"
}