Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Using the REST endpoint

We've discussed the endpoints for ArcGIS Server and Portal administrative tasks in several places throughout this book using the REST Administrator. What we haven't discussed is how to utilize the ArcGIS Server REST endpoint as an invaluable resource for troubleshooting web applications.

In the previous section, we utilized Chrome dev tools to view network traffic, namely the query that goes to the REST endpoint when we search for an address in the Esri Tax Parcel Viewer. That's great, and plenty of information can be gleaned from seeing what the application is sending and receiving over the web. However, what about trying to execute that same query? Can we do that? As a matter of fact, we can.

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