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Replace MY_SERVER with your Tableau server name, and api-version POST MY_SERVER/api/ api-version/auth/signin The model of the URI for a sign in request looks like: Start by constructing the URI for your request to sign in to your server. To log in to the server, you will call the signin method of the Tableau auth object.

Step 1: Sign in to your server with RESTįor simplicity, we'll use username/password sign in for this tutorial. To learn more, see Fundamentals of the Tableau Server REST API. They can also carry key information, such as when a request header contains the credentials token that allows a server to validate a user's sign in. Header: All requests and responses have headers that contain information about them, for instance, the format (XML or JSON) of the response or request.

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Response code: Tableau server also returns a response code that reports if the call was a success (200) or why it failed (400 or greater). For instance, the response to a request for sign in has a body containing a credentials token that, in following requests, the server uses to validate that the user is already signed. Responses often have bodies that carry information Response: A server’s response to a request that contains information about the state of the resource after the request.

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For instance, a sign in request body carries a user's username and password credentials for the server to validate when authorizing the sign in. Many requests have bodies that carry details of the request. Note that the model of a URI for a request tells you which verb to use.

DELETE (remove resources or configurations).

Requests use an HTTP verb (action word found in typical web requests) to describe the action being requested. Request: A message to a server describing the action you want to take relating to a resource. You would replace them to form a real example of a request. Note that the server name and the workbook id are placeholders in the model. GET MY_SERVER/api/3.4/workbooks/ workbook-id The model of a URI to get the details of a Tableau workbook looks something like: The URIs for resources are often referred to as endpoints and resemble URLs used for navigating to web pages. Typical Tableau Server resources are users, workbooks, and views.

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Resource: The component of the API you want to query or manage, represented by a URI that contains the location of your server plus the resource you want.

Here are a few parts of the REST protocol you REST is a common pattern for making requests to and getting responses from an API (a server's or app's programming interface) over the web. Integrate Tableau management tasks into your existing workflows, and more. That means you can automate repetitive tasks, create automated workflows that behave differently based on the condition of your Tableau resources, The Tableau Server REST API enables you to create a script or program that performs the same actions you can take through the server UI.

Why would I want to use the REST API to manage my Tableau Server and resources?