Add an Experience Builder app created in Developer Edition to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise

Summary

Users may want to share ArcGIS Experience Builder apps created using the Developer Edition to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.

Procedure

An alternative solution is to use the ArcGIS API for Python. The sample script provided in this article shows how to add ArcGIS Experience Builder Developer Edition apps to ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.

Sample script

from arcgis.apps.expbuilder import WebExperience
from arcgis.gis import GIS

gis = GIS("https://example_domain/portal", "username", "password")
print("Logged in as: " + gis.properties.user.username)

local_path = 'C:/.../ExB_Dev_app_name/cdn/1/config.json'
local_exp = WebExperience(gis = gis, path = local_path)

local_exp.datasources

# To bring local Experiences to AGOL or portal, we can use WebExperience.upload()

uploaded_exp = local_exp.upload(gis = gis, publish = True, title = "Imported app from Dev Edition with custom widget")

uploaded_exp

The following steps walk through the sample code above:

1. Import the GIS and WebExperience classes and update the Python script to authenticate to your ArcGIS account.

from arcgis.gis import GIS
from arcgis.apps.expbuilder import WebExperience

gis = GIS("portal_URL", "username", "password")
print("Logged in as: " + gis.properties.user.username)

Sample outout:

Logged in as: username

Note:
Credentials should not be hard-coded. The values provided above are for demo purposes only.

2. Get the path to the config.json file from your Experience Builder app folder (created in Developer Edition).
3. Example path:
   • C:Users\<user>\<ExperienceBuilder_app_name>\cdn\<App_ID>\config.json
   • Note: <appId> is the integer corresponding to the apps you created in order.
4. Use the code below to access the Experience Builder app from Developer Edition.

local_path = 'The_file_path_to_Experience_Builder_app/config.json'
local_exp = WebExperience(gis = gis, path = local_path)

local_exp.datasources

Sample output:

{'dataSource_1': {'id': 'dataSource_1',
  'type': 'WEB_MAP',
  'sourceLabel': 'web_map_name',
  'itemId': '<itemId>',
  'portalUrl': '<portal_url>'}}

5. To upload local Experiences to ArcGIS Online or your portal, use WebExperience.upload().

uploaded_exp = local_exp.upload(gis = gis, publish = True, title = "name_for_imported_Experience_Builder_app")

Uploaded_exp

6. Notice that a new Experience Builder item appears in your ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online account, as shown in the next image.

Considerations: 

1. ArcGIS Online does not support custom Experience Builder widgets.
2. Adding Experience Builder apps to ArcGIS Enterprise, it is recommended to review the "About release versions documentation" and ensure your Experience Builder Developer Edition matches your Enterprise version to avoid any incompatibility issues 
   • ArcGIS Experience Builder: About release versions
3. When importing an application with a custom widget, verify that the custom widget has been previously added into your Portal for ArcGIS. You may need to update the custom widgets to use those that are already in your ArcGIS Enterprise.