Exporting each spatial bookmark to jpeg using arcpy gives IndexError?

Question

I have some spatial bookmarks in my MXD file and i want to export each and every bookmark as one jpeg file. I have found below code but it is giving an error.

import arcpy

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\SOFTWARE\Python\test.mxd")

df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "test")[0]

for bkmk in arcpy.mapping.ListBookmarks(mxd, data_frame=df):

    df.extent = bkmk.extent

    outFile = r"C:\SOFTWARE\Python\Out\\" + bkmk.name + ".jpg"

    arcpy.mapping.ExportToJPEG(mxd, outFile, df)

del mxd

After running above code, it is giving error as 

df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "test")[0]

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IndexError: list index out of range

How do I export each bookmark as jpeg with the above code?

Answer 1

My guess is that your data frame is not called 'test' so the call is returning an empty list.

This answer explains a similar call in a bit more detail: https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/80237/43

If you are adventurous, try:

 df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, '')[0]

This will return all the data frames in your MXD, then select the first one.

Answer 2

Check whether the data frame is named "test".

The second argument in df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "test")[0] should be the name of the data frame.