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Accessing the ArcGIS API for Python

Accessing the ArcGIS API for Python

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Accessing the ArcGIS API for Python

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- [Instructor] The ArcGIS API for Python is an Esri product. It's not an open-source library, so you'll need a license to use it, but there are some free entry points, and if you already have ArcGIS Pro, you have it. So what does it take to get access to the ArcGIS API for Python? Let's take a look. Okay, so the ArcGIS API for Python is installed automatically with ArcGIS Pro. It requires Python 3.x, which is already installed with ArcGIS Pro. So I can confirm that by going over here to Project, and the Package Manager. So you can see my ArcGIS Pro session is running in the ArcGIS Pro Python 3 environment, but I don't have to have an ArcGIS Pro license to use the ArcGIS API. I can get a developer's subscription and start using the API that way. If this is something you're interested in, you can find out all about it here on the developer's help site. There's a free plan called ArcGIS Location Platform for getting started. Can find out about it here at the Esri store. This gives access…

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