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I am trying to replicate the join tool that is available in ArcMap by right-clicking on a layer, in an ArcPy script. Specifically, all I want is an attribute field of how many points are inside each polygon. Works perfectly inside ArcMap, but I must have it inside an ArcPy script.

My polygon file has 90 polygons, and my points file has 1,070 points. When I do the join inside ArcMap (screenshot below), my output is a polygon SHP with 90 polygons, and only a "Count_" field is added. (This is perfect.)

When I do it inside ArcPy, my output is a polygon file with 1,070 polygons, a bunch of extra fields, and no sum-count field. I've tried a few different things in the ArcPy script (i.e., "JOIN_ONE_TO_MANY", "CONTAINS", etc.), but no luck. What am I missing?

NOTE: I don't have the Arc license that allows for "summarize_within"

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arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis(Polygons.shp, Points.shp, outFeatureClass, join_operation = "JOIN_ONE_TO_ONE", join_type = "KEEP_COMMON", field_mapping = "", match_option = "INTERSECT", search_radius = "", distance_field_name = "")

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Ah, got it. Working script below (produces Join_Count field), and I can just drop the extra fields. I found the solution here: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000008599

arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis(Polygons.shp, Points.shp, outFeatureClass,
        join_operation = "JOIN_ONE_TO_ONE", join_type = "KEEP_ALL",
        field_mapping = "", match_option = "COMPLETELY_CONTAINS",
        search_radius = "", distance_field_name = "")

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