The technique used here could also be used to get info about a map service or any other service published to the services directory.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Get ArcGIS Server Map Service Layer Field Names</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.46/esri/css/esri.css"> <style> body{ font-family: "Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif"; } #content { width: 800px; height: 350px; padding: 5px; overflow: auto; border: solid 2px #AAAAAA; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-radius: 5px; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em black; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em black; -o-box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em black; box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em black; } .failure { color: red; } #status { font-size: 12px; } </style> <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.46/"></script> <script> require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/on", "dojo/dom-class", "dojo/_base/json", "dojo/_base/array", "dojo/string", "esri/request", "dojo/domReady!"], function(dom, on, domClass, dojoJson, array, dojoString, esriRequest) { dom.byId("url").value = "https://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/ArcGIS/rest/services/ZillowNeighborhoods-CA/FeatureServer/0"; dom.byId("content").value = ""; //handle the Go button's click event on(dom.byId("submitRequest"), "click", getContent); function getContent(){ var contentDiv = dom.byId("content"); contentDiv.value = ""; domClass.remove(contentDiv, "failure"); dom.byId("status").innerHTML = "Downloading..."; //get the url var url = dom.byId("url").value; if(url.length === 0){ alert("Please enter a URL"); return; } var requestHandle = esriRequest({ "url": url, "content": { "f": "json" }, "callbackParamName": "callback" }); requestHandle.then(requestSucceeded, requestFailed); } function requestSucceeded(response, io){ var fieldInfo, pad; pad = dojoString.pad; //toJson converts the given JavaScript object //and its properties and values into simple text dojoJson.toJsonIndentStr = " "; console.log("response as text:\n", dojoJson.toJson(response, true)); dom.byId("status").innerHTML = ""; //show field names and aliases if ( response.hasOwnProperty("fields") ) { console.log("got some fields"); fieldInfo = array.map(response.fields, function(f) { return pad("Field:", 8, " ", true) + pad(f.name, 25, " ", true) + pad("Alias:", 8, " ", true) + pad(f.alias, 25, " ", true) + pad("Type:", 8, " ", true) + pad(f.type, 25, " ", true); }); dom.byId("content").value = fieldInfo.join("\n"); } else { dom.byId("content").value = "No field info found. Please double-check the URL."; } } function requestFailed(error, io){ domClass.add(dom.byId("content"), "failure"); dojoJson.toJsonIndentStr = " "; dom.byId("content").value = dojoJson.toJson(error, true); } }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Enter the URL for a layer in a map service to access metadata about a layer in a map service using esriRequest.</p> <p> <input type="text" id="url" size="105"/> <input id="submitRequest" type="button" value="GO" /> <span id="status"></span> </p> <h2>Content</h2> <p>Check the console for the full response. Here we'll display Field names, aliases and types:</p> <textarea id="content"></textarea> </body> </html>