Download PDF items in Portal for ArcGIS using Python

Summary

The Python script provided below can be used to download PDF items from Portal for ArcGIS.

Note:
This script should be run on the local Python IDLE.

Procedure

#IMPORT LIBRARY

from arcgis.gis import GIS

#PARAMETERS
#specify the path to where you want the PDFs to be downloaded
#specify the Portal for ArcGIS URL
#specify the Portal for ArcGIS credentials

path= r"\\path\pdf"
portalurl= 'https://dns.domain.com/portal'
usrname = 'username'
passwd = 'password'

gis=GIS(portalurl,usrname,passwd, verify_cert=False)

#DOWNLOAD PDFS
#search for all PDF items in Portal for ArcGIS
search_results = gis.content.search(query='',item_type='PDF')

#download them to the specified path
for item in search_results:
    item.download(path)