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Tableau Projects API

Create, update, delete, and query projects. Projects are containers for organizing workbooks, data sources, and other content on a site.

Tableau Projects API is one of 25 APIs that Tableau publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Projects. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, a changelog, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.24.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{server}/api/{api-version}.

5 operations 3 paths 9 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.24.0
Base URL
https://[server]/api/[api-version]
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tableau Projects 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 — The authentication token obtained from the Sign In method. Include this token in the X-Tableau-Auth header of all subsequent requests.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Projects 5

Create, update, delete, and query projects. Projects are containers for organizing workbooks, data sources, and other content on a site.

GET
/sites/{site-id}/projects
Tableau Query Projects
queryProjects 5 params → 200401403
POST
/sites/{site-id}/projects
Tableau Create Project
createProject 1 param body → 201400401403409
PUT
/sites/{site-id}/projects/{project-id}
Tableau Update Project
updateProject 2 params body → 200400401403404
DELETE
/sites/{site-id}/projects/{project-id}
Tableau Delete Project
deleteProject 2 params → 204401403404
GET
/sites/{site-id}/projects/{project-id}/default-permissions/workbooks
Tableau Query Default Permissions for Workbooks
queryDefaultWorkbookPermissions 2 params → 200

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Project (9 properties), Pagination (3 properties), PermissionListResponse (2 properties), ProjectListResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Project
object
9 properties
PermissionListResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
Pagination
object
3 properties
ProjectResponse
object
1 property
UpdateProjectRequest
object
1 property
CreateProjectRequest
object
1 property
Permission
object
1 property
ProjectListResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tableau-projects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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