GP Task

URL	`http://<gpservice-url>/<taskName>`
Supported Operations	Execute Task Submit Job
Parent Resource	GP Service
Child Resources	Job

Description

The GP task resource represents a single task in a GP service published using the ArcGIS Server. It provides basic information about the task including its name and display name. It also provides detailed information about the various input and output parameters exposed by the task.

The GP task supports two operations:

submit job: Used for asynchronous tasks. Asynchronous means that your application does not wait for the task to finish execution, and the end user can continue using the application.
execute task: Used for synchronous tasks. Synchronous means that the application will wait while the tool executes on the server. Because the end user must wait, you should determine if the wait time is acceptable for the type of application.

Resource Hierarchy

Map

Parameters

Parameter	Details
f	Description: The response format. The default response format is html. Values: html \| json

Example Usage

Example 1: URL for the CreateDriveTimePolygons task for "ESRI_DriveTime_US" on sampleserver1.

http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Network/ESRI_DriveTime_US/GPServer/CreateDriveTimePolygons

JSON Response Syntax

Note: The executionType property was added to the JSON response at 9.3 SP1.

{
"name" : "<taskName>",
"displayName" : "<displayName>",
"category" : "<category>",
"helpUrl" : "<url>",
"executionType": "<executionType>",
"parameters": [
{
    "name" : "<paramName1>",
    "dataType" : "<dataType1>",
    "displayName" : "<displayName1>",
    "direction" : "<direction1>",
    "defaultValue" : {<defaultValue1>},
    "parameterType" : "<parameterType1>",
    "category" : "<paramCategory1>",
    "choiceList" : ["choice11", "choice12"]
},
{
    "name" : "<paramName2>",
    "dataType" : "<GPFeatureRecordSetLayer | GPRecordSet>",
    "displayName" : "<displayName2>",
    "direction" : "<direction2>",
    "defaultValue" : {
        "geometryType" : "<geometryType2>",    
        "spatialReference" : {<spatialReference>},
        "fields" : [
            {"name" : "<fieldName21>", "type" : "<fieldType21>"},
            {"name" : "<fieldName22>", "type" : "<fieldType22>"}
        ]
    },
    "parameterType" : "<parameterType2>",
    "category" : "<paramCategory2>",
    "choiceList" : ["choice21", "choice22"]
}
]
}

JSON Response Example

{
"name" : "BufferPoints",
"displayName" : "BufferPoints",
"category" : "",
"helpUrl" : "http://flame7/arcgisoutput/BufferByVal/BufferPoints.htm",
"executionType": "esriExecutionTypeAsynchronous",
"parameters": [
{
    "name" : "Input_Points",
    "dataType" : "GPFeatureRecordSetLayer",
    "displayName" : "Input Points",
    "direction" : "esriGPParameterDirectionInput",
    "defaultValue" : {
        "geometryType" : "esriGeometryPoint",    
        "spatialReference" : {"wkid" : 4326},
        "fields" : [
            {"name" : "FID", "type" : "esriFieldTypeOID"},
            {"name" : "Shape", "type" : "esriFieldTypeGeometry"},
            {"name" : "Id", "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger"}
        ]
    },
    "parameterType" : "esriGPParameterTypeRequired",
    "category" : "",
    "choiceList" : []
},
{
    "name" : "Distance",
    "dataType" : "GPLinearUnit",
    "displayName" : "Distance",
    "direction" : "esriGPParameterDirectionInput",
    "defaultValue" : { "distance" : 100.0, "units" : "esriMiles"},
    "parameterType" : "esriGPParameterTypeRequired",
    "category" : "",
    "choiceList" : []
},
{
    "name" : "Input_Points_By_Ref",
    "dataType" : "GPString",
    "displayName" : "Input Points By Ref",
    "direction" : "esriGPParameterDirectionInput",
    "defaultValue" : "fourptsinacol",
    "parameterType" : "esriGPParameterTypeRequired",
    "category" : "",
    "choiceList" : [
        "fourptsinacol","fourptsinarow","partiallines","line_shp","partialpolys","polygon_shp"
    ]
},
{
    "name" : "Output_Buffered_Points",
    "dataType" : "GPFeatureRecordSetLayer",
    "displayName" : "Output Buffered Points",
    "direction" : "esriGPParameterDirectionOutput",
    "defaultValue" : {
        "geometryType" : "esriGeometryPoint",    
        "spatialReference" : {"wkid" : 4326},
        "fields" : [
            {"name" : "FID", "type" : "esriFieldTypeOID"},
            {"name" : "Shape", "type" : "esriFieldTypeGeometry"},
            {"name" : "Id", "type" : "esriFieldTypeInteger"}
            {"name" : "Name", "type" : "esriFieldTypeString"}
        ]
    },
    "parameterType" : "esriGPParameterTypeRequired",
    "category" : "",
    "choiceList" : []
}
]
}