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Add Features (Operation)
URL http://<featurelayer-url>/addFeatures (POST only)
Parent Resource Layer

Description

This operation adds features to the associated feature layer or table (POST only). The add features operation is performed on a feature service layer resource. The result of this operation is an array of edit results. Each edit result identifies a single feature and indicates if the edits were successful or not. If not, it also includes an error code and an error description.

You can provide arguments to the add features operation as query parameters defined in the parameters table below.

Parameters

Parameter Details
f Description: The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json
features Description: The array of features to be added. The structure of each feature in the array is same as the structure of the json feature object returned by the ArcGIS REST API.

Features to be added to a feature layer should include the geometry.

Records to be added to a table should not include the geometry.

Syntax: 
[ <feature1>, <feature2> ]
Example: 
[
  {
    "geometry" : {"x" : -118.15, "y" : 33.80},  
    "attributes" : {
      "OWNER" : "Joe Smith",
      "VALUE" : 94820.37,
      "APPROVED" : true,
      "LASTUPDATE" : 1227663551096
    }
  },
  {
    "geometry" : { "x" : -118.37, "y" : 34.086 },  
    "attributes" : {
      "OWNER" : "John Doe",
      "VALUE" : 17325.90,
      "APPROVED" : false,
      "LASTUPDATE" : 1227628579430
    }
  }
]

Example Usage

Example 1: Add an array of features using the add features operation on a feature service layer resource http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/SanFrancisco/311Incidents/FeatureServer/0/addFeatures

Sample input array of features: 

[
    {
      "attributes" : {
        "req_id" : "508389",
        "req_type" : "Graffiti Complaint - Public Property",
        "req_date" : "09\/19\/2009",
        "req_time" : "18:44",
        "address" : "11TH ST and HARRISON ST",
        "x_coord" : "6008925.0",
        "y_coord" : "2108713.8",
        "district" : "6",
        "status" : 1
      },
      "geometry" : {
        "x" : -122.41247978999991,
        "y" : 37.770630098000083
      }
    }
]

JSON Response Syntax

{
  "addResults" : [
    {
      "objectId" : <objectId1>,
      "globalId" : <globalId1>,
      "success" : <true | false>,
      "error" : { //only if success is false
        "code" : <code1>,
        "description" : "<description1>",
      }
    },
    {
      "objectId" : <objectId2>,
      "globalId" : <globalId2>,
      "success" : <true | false>,
      "error" : { //only if success is false
        "code" : <code2>,
        "description" : "<description2>",
      }
    }
  ]
}

JSON Response Example

{
  "addResults" : [
    {
      "objectId" : 37,
      "globalId" : null,
      "success" : true
    },
    {
      "objectId" : -1,
      "globalId" : null,
      "success" : false,
      "error" : {
        "code" : 50,
        "description" : "Cannot add unapproved parcels.",
      }
    }
  ]
}