Learn R Programming

arcgisutils

arcgisutils is the foundational infrastructure package that powers the R-ArcGIS Bridge Data and Location Service ecosystem. It provides sophisticated, production-ready tools for interacting with ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS Platform via their REST APIs.

Key Capabilities

**

Copy Link

Version

Install

install.packages('arcgisutils')

Monthly Downloads

1,070

Version

0.4.0

License

Apache License (>= 2)

Issues

Pull Requests

Stars

Forks

Repository

https://github.com/R-ArcGIS/arcgisutils

Homepage

https://developers.arcgis.com/r-bridge/api-reference/arcgisutils/

Maintainer

Josiah Parry

Last Published

September 18th, 2025

Functions in arcgisutils (0.4.0)

determine_esri_geo_type

Determine Esri Geometry type

Create Esri FeatureSet Objects

Create a Geoprocessing Service Job

Portal Item Types

Esri Field Type Mapping

parse_esri_json

Parse Esri JSON

as_esri_geometry

Create Esri JSON Geometry Objects

Access the Portal Self Resource

Combine multiple data.frames

Search for Portal Items

fetch_layer_metadata

Retrieve metadata

Manage authorization tokens

Geoprocessing Parameter Types

Validate CRS object

Create Esri layer objects

General utility functions

Detect errors in parsed json response

Determine the dimensions of a geometry object

Parse an ArcGIS service or content URL into its components

Create Esri Features

Portal Item Metadata

arc_paginate_req

Paginate ArcGIS Requests

Generate base request

Geoprocessing Job Status

Set user-agent for arcgisutils

Download an Item's Data

Fetch Group Information

arc_portal_resources

Portal File Resources

arc_form_params

Form request parameters

Determines Portal Host

arc_portal_users

arc_portal_servers

List ArcGIS Enterprise Servers

Discover Authenticated User Metadata

Convert an object to an extent

Portal Content Items

arc_portal_urls

Organization's URLs

User Information