Clone a Group

from arcgis.gis import GIS
from IPython.display import display

# an anonymous connection to ArcGIS Online is sufficient, 
# since we are cloning a public group
source = GIS()

target = GIS("https://pythonapi.playground.esri.com/portal")

source_groups = source.groups.search("title:Vector Basemaps AND owner:esri", outside_org = True)
source_groups

[<Group title:"OpenStreetMap Vector Basemap" owner:esri>,
 <Group title:"Vector Basemaps" owner:esri>,
 <Group title:"Vector Basemaps (for Export)" owner:esri>]

source_group = source_groups[1]
source_group

source_items = source_group.content()
source_items

[<Item title:"ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor" type:Web Mapping Application owner:esri_basemaps>,
 <Item title:"Charted Territory" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Charted Territory Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Colored Pencil" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Colored Pencil Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Community" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Community Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas Base" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas Reference" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Dark Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Base" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Dark Base" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Dark Detail" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Dark Label" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Dark Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Detail" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Label" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Human Geography Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Hybrid Reference Layer" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Hybrid Reference Layer (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Imagery Hybrid" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Imagery Hybrid (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas Base" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas Reference" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Light Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Mid-Century" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Mid-Century Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Modern Antique" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Modern Antique Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"National Geographic Style" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"National Geographic Style Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Navigation" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Navigation (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Newspaper" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Newspaper Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Nova" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Nova Map" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Ocean Basemap" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"OpenStreetMap" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"OpenStreetMap Vector Basemap" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Streets" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Streets (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Streets (Night - Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Streets (Night)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Streets (with Relief)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Terrain with Labels" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Terrain with Labels (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Topographic" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"Topographic (Local Language)" type:Web Map owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Navigation Map" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Navigation Map (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Ocean Reference" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Street Map" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Street Map (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Street Map (Night - Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Street Map (Night)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Street Map (with Relief)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Terrain Base" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Terrain Reference" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Terrain Reference (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Terrain with Labels" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Topographic Map" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>,
 <Item title:"World Topographic Map (Local Language)" type:Vector Tile Layer owner:esri>]

import tempfile
if not target.groups.search('Vector Basemaps'):
    try:
        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
            thumbnail_file = source_group.download_thumbnail(temp_dir)
            
            #create a group in the target portal with all the properties of the group in the source
            target_group = target.groups.create(title = source_group.title,
                                                 tags = source_group.tags,
                                                 description = source_group.description,
                                                 snippet = source_group.snippet,
                                                 access = source_group.access, 
                                                 thumbnail= thumbnail_file,
                                                 is_invitation_only = True,
                                                 sort_field = 'avgRating',
                                                 sort_order ='asc',
                                                 is_view_only=True)
            #display the group
            display(target_group)
            
    except Exception as e:
        print('Group {} could not be created'.format(source_group.title))
        print(e)
else:
    print('Group {} already exists in the portal'.format(source_group.title))
    target_group = target.groups.search('Vector Basemaps')[0]

#making a list for the items to be cloned in the target portal
items_to_be_cloned = list(source_items)

#checking for the presence of the item in the target portal 
for item in source_items:
    searched_items = target.content.search(query='title:'+item.title, item_type = item.type)   
    
    for s_item in searched_items:
        
        if s_item.title == item.title:
            
            #if an item is not a part of the group in the target portal then share it 
            if s_item not in target_group.content():
                s_item.share(groups= [target_group])
            
            #remove the already existing item from the list of items to be cloned
            items_to_be_cloned.remove(item)                
            
            #display the item
            display(s_item)      
                     
            break

#cloning all items that were not present on the portal before
for item in items_to_be_cloned:    
    try:
        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
            thumbnail_file = item.download_thumbnail(temp_dir)
            metadata_file = item.download_metadata(temp_dir)
            target_item_properties = {'title': item.title,
                                      'tags': item.tags,
                                      'text':item.get_data(True),
                                      'type':item.type,
                                      'url':item.url
                                     }       
            #create an item
            target_item = target.content.add(target_item_properties, thumbnail=thumbnail_file)
            
            #share that item with the group on the target portal
            target_item.share(groups=[target_group])
            
            #display the item
            display(target_item)
            
    except Exception as e:
        print('Item {} could not be created in the target portal'.format(item.title))
        print(e)