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Tableau Users API

Add, update, remove, and query users on a site. Users are individuals who can sign in to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Users 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 Users. 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 9 operations across 5 paths, and defines 11 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}.

9 operations 5 paths 11 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET2 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 Users 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 9

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 9

Add, update, remove, and query users on a site. Users are individuals who can sign in to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.

GET
/sites/{site-id}/users
Tableau Get Users on Site
getUsers 5 params → 200
POST
/sites/{site-id}/users
Tableau Add User to Site
addUserToSite 1 param body → 201409
GET
/sites/{site-id}/users/{user-id}
Tableau Query User on Site
queryUser 2 params → 200404
PUT
/sites/{site-id}/users/{user-id}
Tableau Update User
updateUser 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/sites/{site-id}/users/{user-id}
Tableau Remove User From Site
removeUserFromSite 2 params → 204
GET
/sites/{site-id}/users/{user-id}/workbooks
Tableau Query Workbooks for User
queryWorkbooksForUser 4 params → 200
GET
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users
Tableau Get Group Members
getGroupMembers 4 params → 200
POST
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users
Tableau Add User to Group
addUserToGroup 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users/{user-id}
Tableau Remove User From Group
removeUserFromGroup 3 params → 204

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Workbook (16 properties), View (12 properties), User (10 properties), Pagination (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateUserRequest
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
UserResponse
object
1 property
Pagination
object
3 properties
Tag
object
1 property
Workbook
object
16 properties
WorkbookListResponse
object
2 properties
View
object
12 properties
User
object
10 properties
AddUserRequest
object
1 property
UserListResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tableau-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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