ArcGIS REST JS
ArcGIS REST API JavaScript Client

getGeography

Function 
import { getGeography } from '@esri/arcgis-rest-demographics'; // getGeography({ sourceCountry: "CA", geographyIDs: ["35"] }) .then((response) => { response.; // => { results: [ ... ] } });

Used to get standard geography IDs and features for the supported geographic levels. See the REST Documentation and the best practices post for more information.

Parameters

Parameter Type Default Notes
requestOptions Optional IGetGeographyOptions

Options to pass through to the service. All properties are optional, but either geographyIds or geographyQuery must be sent at a minimum.

Available requestOptions

Property Type Notes
featureLimit Optional number

Limits the number of features that are returned from the geographyQuery parameter.
featureOffset Optional number

Starts the results on the number of the records specified.
generalizationLevel Optional number

Integer that specifies the level of generalization or detail in the area representations of the administrative boundary or standard geographic data layers.
geographyIDs Optional string[] | string

Specify which IDs for the standard geography layers are being queried or searched.
geographyLayers Optional string[] | string | string

Specify which standard geography layers are being queried or searched.
geographyQuery Optional string

Specify the text to query and search the standard geography layers specified.
langCode Optional string

Specifies the language you wish to receive your GeoEnrichment results.
optionalCountryDataset Optional string

Specify a specific dataset within a defined country.
outSR Optional number

Request the output geometries in a specified spatial reference system.
returnCentroids Optional boolean

Request the output geometry to return the center point for each feature.
returnGeometry Optional boolean

Request the output geometries in the response.
returnSubGeographyLayer Optional boolean

Return all the subgeographic areas that are within a parent geography.
sourceCountry Optional string

Specify the source country for the search.
subGeographyLayer Optional string

Return all the subgeographic areas that are within a parent geography.
subGeographyQuery Optional string

Filter the results of the subgeography features that are returned by a search term.
useFuzzySearch Optional boolean

Define if text provided in the geographyQuery parameter should utilize fuzzy search logic.
authentication Optional Inherited IAuthenticationManager

The instance of IAuthenticationManager to use to authenticate this request.
credentials Optional Inherited RequestCredentials

A string indicating whether credentials (cookies) will be sent with the request. Used internally for authentication workflows.
endpoint Optional Inherited string

Any ArcGIS Geoenrichment service (example: https://geoenrich.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/geoenrichmentserver/Geoenrichment )
fetch Optional Inherited function(input: RequestInfo, init: RequestInit) : Promise<Response>

The implementation of fetch to use. Defaults to a global fetch.
headers Optional Inherited [key: string]: any

Additional Headers to pass into the request.
hideToken Optional Inherited boolean

Prevents the token from being passed in a URL Query param that is saved in browser history. Instead, the token will be passed in POST request body or through X-Esri-Authorization header. NOTE: This will force POST requests in browsers since auth header is not yet supported by preflight OPTIONS check with CORS.
httpMethod Optional Inherited HTTPMethods

The HTTP method to send the request with.
maxUrlLength Optional Inherited number

If the length of a GET request's URL exceeds maxUrlLength the request will use POST instead.
params Optional Inherited IParams

Additional parameters to pass in the request.
portal Optional Inherited string

Base url for the portal you want to make the request to. Defaults to authentication.portal if authentication exists, otherwise to 'https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest'.
rawResponse Optional Inherited boolean

Return the raw response

Returns

A Promise that will resolve with return data defined and optionally geometry for the feature.

Promise<IGetGeographyResponse>
Property Type Notes
messages string[] | string | null
results IGeoenrichmentResult[] | IGeoenrichmentResult | null
Function defined in packages/arcgis-rest-demographics/src/getGeography.ts:101