Arcpy Snippets

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Syntax	Tool
aew	arcpy.env.workspace
pv	parameters[0].value
pvt	parameters[0].valueAsText
af	arcpy.management.AddField
afm	arcpy.management.AddFields
am	arcpy.AddMessage
cf	arcpy.management.CopyFeatures
df	arcpy.management.DeleteField
sba	arcpy.management.SelectLayerByAttribute
sbl	arcpy.management.SelectLayerByLocation
para	arcpy.Parameter
sc	arcpy.da.SearchCursor
ic	arcpy.da.InsertCursor
uc	arcpy.da.UpdateCursor
sj	arcpy.analysis.SpatialJoin
cga	arcpy.management.CalculateGeometryAttributes
ca	arcpy.analysis.Clip
sa	arcpy.analysis.Select
lfl	list field names in list
ct	arcpy.management.CreateTable
toolbox	ArcToolBox Template
tool	Tool class template
field types	TEXT,LONG,DOUBLE,FLOAT,SHORT,DATE,GUID,BLOB

Add Field

arcpy.management.AddField(in_table, field_name, field_type)

Add Message

arcpy.AddMessage(MESSAGE)

CopyFeatures

arcpy.management.CopyFeatures(in_features, out_feature_class)

DeleteField

arcpy.management.DeleteField(in_table, drop_field, 'DELETE_FIELDS|KEEP_FIELDS')

SelectLayerByAttribute

arcpy.management.SelectLayerByAttribute(in_layer_or_view, {selection_type}, {where_clause}, {invert_where_clause})

SelectLayerByLocation

arcpy.management.SelectLayerByLocation(in_layer, {overlap_type}, {select_features}, {search_distance}, {selection_type}, {invert_spatial_relationship})

Parameter

 arcpy.Parameter  ({name}, {displayName}, {direction}, {datatype}, {parameterType}, {enabled}, {category}, {symbology}, {multiValue})

NAME = arcpy.Parameter(
    displayName = DISPLAY_NAME
    name = NAME
    datatype = DATA_TYPE
    parameterType = Optional|Required
    direction = Input|Output
    )

SearchCursor

SearchCursor (in_table, field_names, {where_clause}, {spatial_reference}, {explode_to_points}, {sql_clause}, {datum_transformation})

# Snippet
layer = ''
fields = ['']
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(layer, fields) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        trow[] =

InsertCursor

InsertCursor (in_table, field_names, datum_transformation)

# Snippet
fields = ['']
cursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor('', fields)
cursor.insertRow(('row'))
del cursor

UpdateCursor

UpdateCursor (in_table, field_names, {where_clause}, {spatial_reference}, {explode_to_points}, {sql_clause}, {datum_transformation})

#Snippet
			fc = #Feature name
			fields = ['field_name']
			with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(fc, fields) as cursor:
				for row in cursor:
					row[index] = 
					cursor.updateRow(row)

SpatialJoin

arcpy.analysis.SpatialJoin(target_features, join_features, out_feature_class)

CalculateGeometryAttributes

arcpy.management.CalculateGeometryAttributes(in_features, geometry_property)

Clip

arcpy.analysis.Clip(in_features, clip_features, out_feature_class)

Select

arcpy.analysis.Select(in_features, out_feature_class)

List Fields

data = [f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(field_name)]