Creates a point feature class for points derived from polyline methods

outputPointsFromLineToFTR.py

#
# @date 01/04/2015
# @author Cindy Williams
#
# Creates a point feature class for points derived from
# various polyline methods. This example uses polyline.firstPoint
# but can be replaced with any of the polyline methods which
# generate points.
#
# For use as a standalone script.
#

import arcpy
from arcpy import env

env.workspace = r"C:\Some\Arb\Folder\work.gdb"

lyr_line = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer("ftr_line")
# Get spatial reference of line feature class
sr = arcpy.Describe(lyr_line).spatialReference.exporttostring()
pts = [] # List to hold points
fields = ["SHAPE@", "FTR_ID", "FTR_NAME"]

# Create a point feature class based on line feature class
arcpy.management.CreateFeatureclass(env.workspace, "ftr_point", "POINT", lyr_line, "#","#", sr)
lyr_pnt = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer("ftr_point")

# Loop over line features using a search cursor
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(lyr_line, fields, "#", sr) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        pts.append([arcpy.PointGeometry(row[0].firstPoint, sr, row[1], row[2]])
        print("Appended first point for " + row[2])
        
# Insert points into point feature class using an insert cursor
curs = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(lyr_pnt, fields)
for pt in pts:
    curs.insertRow(pt)
del curs

print("Script complete.")