Share Package (Data Management)

Summary

Shares a layer or map package by publishing to ArcGIS online.

Usage

• To share a layer or map package on ArcGIS.com, your ESRI global account needs to be registered as a member of ArcGIS Online. To create an ESRI global account and register it, go to http://www.arcgis.com/home/signup.html
• To share a package online, a summary and one or more tags are required. The summary and tags, along with package description and credits, will be used when searching for packages online.

Syntax

SharePackage_management (in_package, username, password, summary, tags, {credits}, {public}, {groups})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_package	Input layer (.lpk) or map (.mpk) package file.	File
username	ESRI global account user name.	String
password	ESRI global account password.	Encrypted String
summary	Summary of package. The summary is displayed in the item information of the package on ArcGIS.com.	String
tags	Tags used to describe and identify the package. Individual tags are separated using either a comma or semicolon.	String
credits (Optional)	Credits for the package. This is generally the name of the organization that is given credit for authoring and providing the content for the package.	String
public (Optional)	Specifies if input package will be shared and available to everybody. EVERYBODY — Package will be shared with everybody. MYGROUPS — Package will be shared with package owner and any selected group.This is the default.	Boolean
groups [group_name,...] (Optional)	List of groups to share package with.	String

Code Sample

SharePackage Example 1 (stand-alone Python script)

Find all the map packages that reside in a specified folder and share them on ArcGIS online.

# Name: SharePackageEx1.py
# Description:  Find all the map packages that reside in a specified folder and share them on ArcGIS online.
# Author: ESRI

# import system modules
import os
import arcpy

from arcpy import env

# Set environment settings
env.overwriteOutput = True
env.workspace = "C:/data/my_packages" 

# Loop through the workspace, find all the layer and map packages 
for mpk in arcpy.ListFiles("*.mpk"):
    print "Sharing " +  mpk
    arcpy.SharePackage_management(mpk,"username","password","This is a summary","tag1, tag2","Credits","MYGROUPS","My_Group")

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing Information

ArcView: Yes

ArcEditor: Yes

ArcInfo: Yes