arcgis_operations.py

from arcgis.features import FeatureLayer
from arcgis.geometry import Geometry
import geopandas as gpd

def get_gdf_from_feature_layer(url):
    # Access the ArcGIS feature layer
    feature_layer = FeatureLayer(url)

    # Use the query() method to get all features where 'Borough' is 'MN'
    sdf = feature_layer.query(where="Borough='MN'", out_sr=4326, as_df=True)
    
    # Convert the 'SHAPE' column from ArcGIS's JSON-based format into a Shapely geometry
    sdf['geometry'] = sdf['SHAPE'].apply(lambda x: Geometry(x).as_shapely)
    
    # Convert the SpatialDataFrame to a GeoDataFrame
    gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(sdf, geometry='geometry')
    
    return gdf