I need a script that pulls data from Survey123 and saves the file locally to the machine.
Oh, I got you covered! To pull data from Survey123 and save it locally, you can use the Survey123 API and the requests library in Python. Here's some sample code to get you started: [code]
Here is a script that I found which claims to do the same thing. Can you help me understand if yours is better or is this one? What are the differences? I am not proficient in python, so you might need to spoon-feed me a bit. [code]
This script uses the ArcGIS API for Python to authenticate and download data from a feature service hosted on ArcGIS Online, whereas the script I provided earlier uses the Survey123 API to download survey data from Survey123.
The script you provided is designed to be more general purpose, in that it can work with any feature service hosted on ArcGIS Online. In contrast, the script I provided is specific to Survey123 and is tailored to download data in the format that Survey123 exports.
That being said, the script you provided can still be used to download data from Survey123, but it may require modifications to properly handle the different data formats. Additionally, the script you provided requires the user to manually specify the feature service ID, output format, download folder, and credentials, whereas the script I provided prompts the user for this information.
So it depends on your specific use case and preferences, but both scripts should be able to accomplish the task of downloading data from Survey123 and saving it locally.
I probably will need to authenticate credentials. This is pertaining to data collected by a [] company. They're often sensitive to data access.
Can you rewrite your script with that assumption?
I have some concerns with the username and password. I don't know if my company would be okay with credentials being saved in an unencrypted file like that. But I don't want the user to need to be prompted to run the file every time either. Is there a way around this security issue?
One way to address the security concerns around storing credentials in an unencrypted file is to use a keyring service to securely store the credentials. The keyring module in Python provides a platform-independent way to access the system keyring service, which can securely store and retrieve credentials.
Here's an example of how you could modify the script to use the keyring module to store and retrieve the credentials: