Tableau Desktop Data Sources API
Manage and refresh published data sources.
Tableau Desktop Data Sources 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 Data Sources. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 1 schema. 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 Data Sources 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 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Manage and refresh published data sources.
Schemas 1
The contract defines 1 schema 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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