Example: Query the ArcGIS Server logs

This example reads the ArcGIS Server logs and reports statistics about map images drawn by a given map service. To test this example, do the following:

Set the ArcGIS Server log level to FINE.
Publish a new map service (without defining a tile cache).
Use ArcMap or the Services Directory to pan and zoom around your new map service.
Run the script, inputting the server name and credentials when prompted, as well as the map service name.

You'll see a printout reporting the length of every map draw, as well as the average length of a map draw.

Notice that the logs are returned as JSON, which can be deserialized into Python using json.loads(). You can then iterate through the object and read or report any items you want.

# Queries the logs to find the average draw time for a given map service

# For Http calls
import httplib, urllib, json

# For system tools
import sys

# For reading passwords without echoing
import getpass

#Defines the entry point into the script
def main(argv=None):
    # Print some info
    print
    print "This tool is a sample script that queries the ArcGIS Server logs."
    print
    
    # Ask for admin/publisher user name and password
    username = raw_input("Enter user name: ")
    password = getpass.getpass("Enter password: ")
    
    # Ask for server name
    serverName = raw_input("Enter Server name: ")
    serverPort = 6080

    # Ask for map service name
    mapService = raw_input("Enter map service name, using a forward slash / to denote a folder: ")
    if mapService.endswith(".MapServer"):
        pass
    else:
        mapService += ".MapServer"
    
    # Get a token
    token = getToken(username, password, serverName, serverPort)
    if token == "":
        print "Could not generate a token with the username and password provided."
        return
    
    # Construct URL to query the logs
    logQueryURL = "/arcgis/admin/logs/query"
    logFilter = "{'services': ['" + mapService + "']}"
    
    # Supply the log level, filter, token, and return format
    params = urllib.urlencode({'level': 'FINE', 'filter': logFilter, 'token': token, 'f': 'json'})
    
    headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "text/plain"}
    
    # Connect to URL and post parameters    
    httpConn = httplib.HTTPConnection(serverName, serverPort)
    httpConn.request("POST", logQueryURL, params, headers)
    
    # Read response
    response = httpConn.getresponse()
    if (response.status != 200):
        httpConn.close()
        print "Error while querying logs."
        return
    else:
        data = response.read()

        # Check that data returned is not an error object
        if not assertJsonSuccess(data):          
            print "Error returned by operation. " + data
        else:
            print "Operation completed successfully!"

        # Deserialize response into Python object
        dataObj = json.loads(data)
        httpConn.close()

        # Need these variables to calculate average draw time for an ExportMapImage call
        mapDraws = 0
        totalDrawTime = 0 
        
        # Iterate over messages        
        for item in dataObj["logMessages"]:
                       
            if item["message"] == "End ExportMapImage":
                print "Server drew map in " + item["elapsed"] + " seconds."
                mapDraws +=1
                totalDrawTime += float(item["elapsed"])

        print "Total number of draws found in logs: " + str(mapDraws)

        if mapDraws == 0:
            return
        
        print "Average draw time: " + str(1.0*(totalDrawTime / mapDraws)) + " seconds."      
            
        return

#A function to generate a token given username, password and the adminURL.
def getToken(username, password, serverName, serverPort):
    # Token URL is typically http://server[:port]/arcgis/admin/generateToken
    tokenURL = "/arcgis/admin/generateToken"
    
    # URL-encode the token parameters
    params = urllib.urlencode({'username': username, 'password': password, 'client': 'requestip', 'f': 'json'})
    
    headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "text/plain"}
    
    # Connect to URL and post parameters
    httpConn = httplib.HTTPConnection(serverName, serverPort)
    httpConn.request("POST", tokenURL, params, headers)
    
    # Read response
    response = httpConn.getresponse()
    if (response.status != 200):
        httpConn.close()
        print "Error while fetching tokens from admin URL. Please check the URL and try again."
        return
    else:
        data = response.read()
        httpConn.close()
        
        # Check that data returned is not an error object
        if not assertJsonSuccess(data):            
            return
        
        # Extract the toke from it
        token = json.loads(data)       
        return token['token']            
        

#A function that checks that the input JSON object
#  is not an error object.    
def assertJsonSuccess(data):
    obj = json.loads(data)
    if 'status' in obj and obj['status'] == "error":
        print "Error: JSON object returns an error. " + str(obj)
        return False
    else:
        return True
    
        
# Script start
if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))

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