My small non-profit currently uploads feature services manually by zipping shapefiles and "overwriting" them. I'm trying to automate this process in python and have only come across ago tools and ArcREST. ArcREST seems to be the more robust module but its usability seems predicated on access to an Arcgis Server and we don't have that capacity atm. I see that there might be a way to create .sd files and upload them using a python script but I am confused on how to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction with a sample script and/or some instructions on how to do this? I have arcmap 10.2

My small non-profit currently uploads feature services manually by zipping shapefiles and "overwriting" them. I'm trying to automate this process in Python and have only come across ago tools and ArcREST. ArcREST seems to be the more robust module but its usability seems predicated on access to an ArcGIS Server and we don't have that capacity at the moment. I see that there might be a way to create .sd files and upload them using a Python script but I am confused on how to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction with a sample script and/or some instructions on how to do this? I have ArcMap 10.2