Tableau Desktop Authentication API
Sign in and sign out operations.
Tableau Desktop Authentication API is one of 12 APIs that Tableau Desktop publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.22.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tableau-server}/api/3.22.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Tableau Desktop Authentication API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Tableau-Auth (tableauAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
tableauAuth— Authentication token returned by the Sign In endpoint.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Sign in and sign out operations.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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