https://<hostname>/arcgis/rest/services/<service-name>/MapServer

require(["esri/layers/MapImageLayer"], function(MapImageLayer){
  // points to the states layer in a service storing U.S. census data
  var layer = new MapImageLayer({
    url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census/MapServer"
  });
  map.add(layer);  // adds the layer to the map
});

// references an ArcGIS Online item pointing to a Map Service Layer
var layer = new MapImageLayer({
  portalItem: {  // autocasts as esri/portal/PortalItem
    id: "8444e275037549c1acab02d2626daaee"
  }
});
map.add(layer);  // adds the layer to the map

var layer = new MapImageLayer({
url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA/MapServer",
  sublayers: [
   {
     id: 3,
     visible: false
   }, {
     id: 2,
     visible: true
   }, {
     id: 1,
     visible: true
   }, {
     id: 0,
     visible: true,
     definitionExpression: "pop2000 > 100000"
   }
 ]
});

Property Overview

Property Details

allSublayers Collection<Sublayer>readonly

A flat Collection of all the sublayers in the MapImageLayer including the sublayers of its sublayers. All sublayers are referenced in the order in which they are drawn in the view (bottom to top).

Example:

// finds the census tracts sublayer from a parent sublayer of the
// MapImageLayer containing various census sublayers
var tractsId = 5;
var tracksSublayer = layer.allSublayers.find(function(sublayer){
  return sublayer.id === tracksId;
});

capabilities Objectreadonly

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.8

Indicates the layer's supported capabilities.

Properties:

exportMap Object Indicates options supported by the exportMap operation. Will be null if the supportsExportMap is false. Specification: supportsSublayersChanges Boolean Indicates if sublayers can be added, removed, or reordered. supportsDynamicLayers Boolean Indicates if sublayers rendering can be modified or added using dynamic layers. supportsSublayerVisibility Boolean Indicates if sublayers visibility can be changed. supportsSublayerDefinitionExpression Boolean Indicates if sublayers definition expression can be set.

exportTiles Object Indicates options supported by the exportTiles operation. Will be null if the supportsExportTiles is false. Specification: maxExportTilesCount Number Specifies the maximum number of tiles that can be exported to a cache dataset or a tile package.

operations Object Indicates operations that can be performed on the service. Specification: supportsQuery Boolean Indicates if features in the sublayers can be queried. supportsExportMap Boolean Indicates if the service can generate images. supportsExportTiles Boolean Indicates if the tiles from the service can be exported. supportsTileMap Boolean Indicates if the service exposes a tile map that describes the presence of tiles.

copyright String

The copyright text as defined by the service.

declaredClass Stringreadonly inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.7

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

dpi Number

The output dots per inch (DPI) of the MapImageLayer.

Default Value:96

fullExtent Extent

The full extent of the layer as defined by the map service.

Example:

// zooms the view to the full extent of the layer
layer.when(function(){
  view.goTo(layer.fullExtent);
});

gdbVersion String

The version of the geodatabase of the map service data. Read the Overview of versioning topic for more details about this capability.

id String inherited

The unique ID assigned to the layer. If not set by the developer, it is automatically generated when the layer is loaded.

imageFormat String

The output image type.

Possible Values:"png"|"png8"|"png24"|"png32"|"jpg"|"pdf"|"bmp"|"gif"|"svg"|"pngjpg"

Default Value:png24

imageMaxHeight Number

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.3

Indicates the maximum height of the image exported by the service.

Default Value:2048

imageMaxWidth Number

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.3

Indicates the maximum width of the image exported by the service.

Default Value:2048

imageTransparency Boolean

Indicates whether the background of the image exported by the service is transparent.

Default Value:true

legendEnabled Boolean

Indicates whether the layer will be included in the legend.

Default Value:true

listMode String inherited

Indicates how the layer should display in the LayerList widget. The possible values are listed below.

Value	Description
show	The layer is visible in the table of contents.
hide	The layer is hidden in the table of contents.
hide-children	If the layer is a GroupLayer, BuildingSceneLayer, KMLLayer, MapImageLayer, TileLayer or WMSLayer, hide the children layers from the table of contents.

Possible Values:"show"|"hide"|"hide-children"

Default Value:show

loaded Booleanreadonly

Indicates whether the layer's resources have loaded. When true, all the properties of the object can be accessed.

Default Value:false

loadError Errorreadonly inherited

The Error object returned if an error occurred while loading.

Default Value:null

loadStatus Stringreadonly inherited

Represents the status of a load operation.

Value	Description
not-loaded	The object's resources have not loaded.
loading	The object's resources are currently loading.
loaded	The object's resources have loaded without errors.
failed	The object's resources failed to load. See loadError for more details.

Possible Values:"not-loaded"|"loading"|"failed"|"loaded"

Default Value:not-loaded

loadWarnings Object[]readonly inherited

A list of warnings which occurred while loading.

maxScale Number

The maximum scale (most zoomed in) at which the layer is visible in the view. If the map is zoomed in beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means the layer does not have a maximum scale. The maxScale value should always be smaller than the minScale value, and greater than or equal to the service specification.

Default Value:0

Examples:

// The layer will not be visible when the view is zoomed in beyond a scale of 1:1,000
layer.maxScale = 1000;

// The layer's visibility is not restricted to a maximum scale.
layer.maxScale = 0;

minScale Number

The minimum scale (most zoomed out) at which the layer is visible in the view. If the map is zoomed out beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means the layer does not have a minimum scale. The minScale value should always be larger than the maxScale value, and lesser than or equal to the service specification.

Default Value:0

Examples:

// The layer will not be visible when the view is zoomed out beyond a scale of 1:3,000,000
layer.minScale = 3000000;

// The layer's visibility is not restricted to a minimum scale.
layer.minScale = 0;

opacity Number inherited

The opacity of the layer. This value can range between 1 and 0, where 0 is 100 percent transparent and 1 is completely opaque.

Default Value:1

Example:

// Makes the layer 50% transparent
layer.opacity = 0.5;

portalItem PortalItem

The portal item from which the layer is loaded. This will load the layer along with any overridden properties (e.g. renderers, definition expressions, etc.) saved to the portal item, not the map service.

Example:

var layer = new MapImageLayer({
  portalItem: {  // autocasts as new PortalItem()
    id: "caa9bd9da1f4487cb4989824053bb847"
  }
});

refreshInterval Number

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

Refresh interval of the layer in minutes. Value of 0 indicates no refresh.

Default Value:0

Example:

// the layer will be refreshed every 6 seconds.
layer.refreshInterval = 0.1;

sourceJSON Object

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.13

The map service's metadata JSON exposed by the ArcGIS REST API. While most commonly used properties are exposed on the MapImageLayer class directly, this property gives access to all information returned by the map service. This property is useful if working in an application built using an older version of the API which requires access to map service properties from a more recent version.

spatialReference SpatialReferencereadonly

The spatial reference of the layer as defined by the service.

sublayers Collection<Sublayer>autocast

Autocasts from Object[]

A Collection of Sublayer objects that allow you to alter the properties of one or more sublayers of the MapImageLayer. If this property is not specified, all the sublayers from the service are displayed as defined in the service. If an empty array is passed to this property then none of the sublayers from the service are displayed in the layer.

All sublayers are referenced in the order in which they are drawn in the view (bottom to top). They may be added, removed, or reordered using the Collection methods. Because Sublayer extends Accessor, its properties may be watched.

Examples:

// Only includes the first sublayer from the map service
var layer = new MapImageLayer({
  url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA/MapServer",
  sublayers: [{
    id: 0
  }]
});

// toggles the visibility of the first sublayer to false
layer.findSublayerById(0).visible = false;

// sublayers from the service are excluded from the layer
layer = new MapImageLayer({
  url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA/MapServer",
  sublayers: []
});

// Moves the cities sublayer from index 3 to index 0.
var citiesLayer = layer.sublayers.getItemAt(3);
layer.sublayers.reorder(citiesLayer, 0);

// Overrides the drawing info on the layer with a custom renderer
var citiesLayer = layer.sublayers.getItemAt(3);
citiesLayer.renderer = {
  type: "simple",  // autocasts as new SimpleRenderer()
  symbol: {
    type: "simple-marker",  // autocasts as new SimpleMarkerSymbol()
    color: "blue",
    size: 3
  }
};

timeExtent TimeExtentautocast

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.14

The layer's time extent. When the layer's useViewTime is false, the layer instructs the view to show data from the layer based on this time extent. If the useViewTime is true, then this property has no effect on the layer, because the layer will show the data within the view's timeExtent property.

Default Value:null

Examples:

if (!layer.useViewTime) {
  if (layer.timeExtent) {
    console.log("Current timeExtent:", layer.timeExtent.start, " - ", layer.timeExtent.end}
  } else {
    console.log("The layer will display data within the view's timeExtent.");
    console.log("Current view.timeExtent:", view.timeExtent.start, " - ", view.timeExtent.end}
  }
}

// set the timeExtent on the layer and useViewTime false
// In this case, the layer will honor its timeExtent and ignore
// the view's timeExtent
const layer = new ImageryLayer({
  url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/ScientificData/SeaTemperature/ImageServer",
  timeExtent: {
    start: new Date(2014, 4, 18),
    end: new Date(2014, 4, 19)
  },
  useViewTime: false
});

timeInfo TimeInfoautocast

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.11

TimeInfo provides information such as date fields that store start and end time for each feature and the fullTimeExtent for the layer. The timeInfo property, along with its startField and endField properties, must be set at the time of layer initialization if it is being set for a GeoJSONLayer, CSVLayer or FeatureLayer initialized from client-side features. The fullTimeExtent for timeInfo is automatically calculated based on its startField and endField properties. The timeInfo parameters cannot be changed after the layer is loaded.

Default Value:null

Example:

// create geojson layer from usgs earthquakes geojson feed
const geojsonLayer = new GeoJSONLayer({
  url: "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/all_month.geojson",
  copyright: "USGS Earthquakes",
  fields: [
    { "name": "mag", "type": "double" },
    { "name": "place", "type": "string" },
    { "name": "time", "type": "date" }, // date field
    { "name": "depth", "type": "double" }
  ],
  // timeInfo can be used to do temporal queries
  // set the startField and endField.
  // timeExtent is automatically calculated from the
  // the start and end date fields
  timeInfo: {
    startField: "time"
  }
});

timeOffset TimeIntervalautocast

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.14

A temporary offset of the time data based on a certain TimeInterval. This allows users to overlay features from two or more time-aware layers with different time extents. For example, if a layer has data recorded for the year 1970, an offset value of 2 years would temporarily shift the data to 1972. You can then overlay this data with data recorded in 1972. A time offset can be used for display purposes only. The query and selection are not affected by the offset.

Default Value:null

Example:

// Offset a CSV Layer containing hurricanes from 2015 so that they appear in 2019 (+4 years).
var layer = new CSVLayer({
  url: `hurricanes-and-storms-2015.csv`,
  timeOffset: {
    value: 4,
    unit: "years"
  },
  timeInfo: {
    startField: "ISO_time"
  },
  renderer: {
    type: "simple",
    symbol: {
      type: "simple-marker",
      size: 6,
      color: "red",
      outline: {
        width: 0.5,
        color: "black"
      }
    }
  }
});

title String

The title of the layer used to identify it in places such as the Legend and LayerList widgets.

When loading a layer by service url, the title is derived from the service name. The titles for the sublayers will be the same as the names of the sublayers in the service. When the layer is loaded from a portal item, the title of the portal item will be used instead. Finally, if a layer is loaded as part of a webmap or a webscene, then the title of the layer as stored in the webmap/webscene will be used.

type Stringreadonly

For MapImageLayer the type is always "map-image".

url String

The URL to the REST endpoint of the map service.

Example:

// Layer from Map Service on ArcGIS Server
layer.url = "http://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census/MapServer";

useViewTime Boolean

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.14

Determines if the layer will update its temporal data based on the view's current timeExtent. When false, the layer will display its temporal data based on the layer's timeExtent, regardless of changes to the view.

Default Value:true

Example:

if (featureLayer.useViewTime) {
  console.log("Displaying data between:", view.timeExtent.start, " - ", view.timeExtent.end);
}

version Numberreadonly

The version of ArcGIS Server in which the map service is published.

Example:

// Prints the version number to the console, e.g. 10.2, 10.3, 10.41.
console.log(layer.version);

visible Boolean inherited

Indicates if the layer is visible in the View. When false, the layer may still be added to a Map instance that is referenced in a view, but its features will not be visible in the view.

Default Value:true

Example:

// The layer is no longer visible in the view
layer.visible = false;

Method Overview

Method Details

cancelLoad()inherited

Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.

createExportImageParameters(extent, width, height, options){Object}

Gets the parameters of the exported image to use when calling the export REST operation.

Parameters:

Specification:

extent Extent The extent of the exported image

width Number The width of the exported image

height Number The height of the exported image

options Object optional The parameter options is an object with the following properties. Specification: rotation Number optional The rotation in degrees of the exported image. Available since ArcGIS Server 10.3. pixelRatio Number optional The pixel ratio to apply to the dpi of the exported image. timeExtent TimeExtent optional The time instant or time extent of content to render.

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	The parameters of the exported image. Use this object to call the export REST operation against the map service.

createLayerView(view, options){Promise<LayerView>}inherited

Called by the views, such as MapView and SceneView, when the layer is added to the Map.layers collection and a layer view must be created for it. This method is used internally and there is no use case for invoking it directly.

Parameters:

view * The parent view.

options Object optional An object specifying additional options. See the object specification table below for the required properties of this object. Specification: signal AbortSignal optional A signal to abort the creation of the layerview.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise<LayerView>	Resolves with a LayerView instance.

See also:

• Sample - Custom WebGL layer view

createServiceSublayers(){Collection<Sublayer>}

Returns a deep clone of a map service's sublayers as defined by the service. This is useful for scenarios when the developer is unfamiliar with the service sublayers and needs to "reset" the layer's sublayers to match those defined by the service.

Returns:

Type	Description
Collection<Sublayer>	A collection of sublayers as defined by the map service.

Example:

Layer.fromPortalItem({
  portalItem: {
    portalId: "dbb9b48477444015912061b182f196b9"
  }
}).then(function(layer){
  var serviceSublayers = layer.createServiceSublayers();
  layer.sublayers = serviceSublayers;
});

emit(type, event){Boolean}inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.5

Emits an event on the instance. This method should only be used when creating subclasses of this class.

Parameters:

type String The name of the event.

event Object optional The event payload.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	true if a listener was notified

fetchAttributionData(){Promise<Object>}inherited

Fetches custom attribution data for the layer when it becomes available.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise<Object>	Resolves to an object containing custom attribution data for the layer.

fetchImage(extent, width, height, options){Promise<HTMLImageElement>}

This method fetches the image for the specified extent and size.

Parameters:

Specification:

extent Extent The extent of the view.

width Number The width of the view in pixels.

height Number The height of the view in pixels.

options Object optional The parameter options is an object with the following properties. Specification: rotation Number optional The rotation in degrees of the exported image. Available since ArcGIS Server 10.3. pixelRatio Number optional The ratio of the resolution in physical pixels of the image to the resolution it will be displayed at. timeExtent TimeExtent optional The time instant or time extent of content to render. signal AbortSignal optional An AbortSignal to abort the request. If canceled, the promise will be rejected with an error named AbortError. See also AbortController.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise<HTMLImageElement>	Returns a promise that resolves to an HTMLImageElement.

Example:

// Fetch an image for the layer from the server for a given extent, height, width.
layer.when(function(){
  layer.fetchImage(view.extent, view.width, view.height).then(function(result){
    imageDiv.appendChild(result);
  });
});

findSublayerById(id){Sublayer}

Returns the sublayer with the given layerId.

Parameter:

id Number The id of the sublayer.

Returns:

Type	Description
Sublayer	Returns the sublayer at the given layer ID.

Example:

// returns the sublayer with a layerId of 0
var sublayer0 = layer.findSublayerById(0);

hasEventListener(type){Boolean}inherited

Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.

Parameter:

type String The name of the event.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns true if the class supports the input event.

isFulfilled(){Boolean}inherited

isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected). If it is fulfilled, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).

isRejected(){Boolean}inherited

isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected. If it is rejected, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been rejected.

isResolved(){Boolean}inherited

isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved. If it is resolved, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been resolved.

load(signal){Promise}inherited

Loads the resources referenced by this class. This method automatically executes for a View and all of the resources it references in Map if the view is constructed with a map instance.

This method must be called by the developer when accessing a resource that will not be loaded in a View.

It's possible to provide a signal to stop being interested into a Loadable instance load status. When the signal is aborted, the instance does not stop its loading process, only cancelLoad can abort it.

Parameter:

signal AbortSignal optional Signal object that can be used to abort the asynchronous task. The returned promise will be rejected with an Error named AbortError when an abort is signaled. See also AbortController for more information on how to construct a controller that can be used to deliver abort signals.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise	Resolves when the resources have loaded.

on(type, listener){Object}inherited

Registers an event handler on the instance. Call this method to hook an event with a listener.

Parameters:

type String|String[] A event type, or an array of event types, to listen for.

listener Function The function to call when the event is fired.

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	Returns an event handler with a remove() method that can be called to stop listening for the event(s). Property Type Description remove Function When called, removes the listener from the event.

Example:

view.on("click", function(event){
  // event is the event handle returned after the event fires.
  console.log(event.mapPoint);
});

refresh()

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

Fetches all the data for the layer.

when(callback, errback){Promise}inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created. This method takes two input parameters: a callback function and an errback function. The callback executes when the instance of the class loads. The errback executes if the instance of the class fails to load.

Parameters:

callback Function optional The function to call when the promise resolves.

errback Function optional The function to execute when the promise fails.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise	Returns a new promise for the result of callback that may be used to chain additional functions.

Example:

// Although this example uses MapView, any class instance that is a promise may use then() in the same way
var view = new MapView();
view.when(function(){
  // This function will execute once the promise is resolved
}, function(error){
  // This function will execute if the promise is rejected due to an error
});

Event Overview

{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

{view: View,error: Error}

{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

Event Details

layerview-createinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is created and rendered in a view.

Properties:

view View The view in which the layerView was created.

layerView LayerView The LayerView rendered in the view representing the layer in layer.

See also:

• View.whenLayerView()

Example:

// This function will fire each time a layer view is created for this
// particular view.
layer.on("layerview-create", function(event){
  // The LayerView for the layer that emitted this event
  event.layerView;
});

layerview-create-errorinherited

Fires when an error emits during the creation of a LayerView after a layer has been added to the map.

Properties:

view View The view that failed to create a layerview for the layer emitting this event.

error Error An error object describing why the layer view failed to create.

See also:

• View.whenLayerView()

Example:

// This function fires when an error occurs during the creation of the layer's layerview
layer.on("layerview-create-error", function(event) {
  console.error("LayerView failed to create for layer with the id: ", layer.id, " in this view: ", event.view);
});

layerview-destroyinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is destroyed and no longer renders in a view.

Properties:

view View The view in which the layerView was destroyed.

layerView LayerView The destroyed LayerView representing the layer.