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ArcGIS API for Python and ArcGIS Online

This chapter will introduce the ArcGIS Application Program Interface (API) for Python and ArcGIS Online. The ArcGIS API for Python is a Python library for working with maps and geospatial data. This API can be installed locally using conda and interacts with Esri's cloud GIS, whether that's ArcGIS Online (SaaS) or Portal for ArcGIS, a server product that offers on-premises cloud GIS deployment for organizations. The API offers a modern solution to scripting for web mapping with Python and works well with Jupyter Notebooks.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Introducing the ArcGIS API for Python
Installing the API
Using the API with different Esri user accounts
Introducing some modules ...

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