How To: Convert URLs from HTTP to HTTPS in Esri Story Maps or Other Web Applications Using

Summary

All URLs in Esri Story Maps must use HTTPS, as described in Story Maps: Frequently Asked Questions. There are circumstances that may require a URL conversion from HTTP to HTTPS within a Story Map or other web applications. The URL can be updated manually, but this is tedious through the User Interface, especially with Story Maps containing a large number of linked items. ArcGIS API for Python provides a quick workflow to do this (for single web applications).

Procedure

One option is to convert the URL of a Story Map or other web applications from HTTP to HTTPS using the full code as a standalone script. To do so, copy the full script (found at the end of this article) into a text editor, for example, Notepad++, and save the file as a .py file. To run the code, right-click the .py file, and select Edit with IDLE > Select Run > Run Module.

The other option is to convert the URL using the replace() function. To do so, follow the steps below:

Note: Both options convert all URLs in the application to HTTPS.

Import the necessary libraries.
```
from arcgis.gis import GIS, Item
```

Create a connection to the desired ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS user.

user = "<user>"  # enter desired user
password = "<password>"  # enter password
url = "https://www.arcgis.com"  # change Portal URL if needed
gis = GIS(url , user, password)

Note: To use an active Portal for ArcGIS login from ArcGIS Pro, if enterprise logins are used, replace the "gis" parameter with the following: 
gis = GIS("pro")

Specify the item ID of the desired application.
```
itemid = "<item id>" #Set the item ID 
```

Retrieve the application data.

app = Item(gis, itemid)
appdata = app.get_data(False)

Run the script to replace HTTP with HTTPS in the application data.
```
new_appdata = appdata.replace("http://", "https://")
```

Update the item with the specified URL in step 5, and print a closing statement.

app.update({"text": new_appdata})

print("Successfully updated item " + itemid)

The following is the full code:

from arcgis.gis import GIS, Item

user = "username"  
password = "password"
url = "https://www.arcgis.com"

itemid = "abc123"
gis = GIS(url , user, password)  

app = Item(gis, itemid)
appdata = app.get_data(False)

new_appdata = appdata.replace("http://", "https://")

app.update({"text": new_appdata})

print("Successfully updated item " + itemid)

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