How to use REST API | Python TSC (Tableau Server Client Library) | Tableau Server

Published: 11 September 2020
on channel: CyberDark

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REST API using Tableau Server Client (TSC), Python Library
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Video Summary

0:23 | PREPARATION
5:49 | Demo Login.py sample code
7:03 | Demo 1- Login with username
8:26 | Demo 2- Login with Personal Access Token
9:20 | How To generate Token
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0:23 | PREPARATION

1. Python download
https://www.python.org/downloads/

2. Python Editor
vscode
https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Pycharm community
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

3. Install TSC
pip install tableauserverclient

4. git download
https://git-scm.com/downloads

5. Get the TSC Python library with sample
Download from below link
https://tableau.github.io/server-clie...
or
get it from github
https://github.com/tableau/server-cli...
git clone https://github.com/tableau/server-cli...

6. Tableau Sever configuration
tsm configuration get -k api.server.enabled

if false,
tsm configuration get -k api.server.enabled -v true
tsm pending-changes apply
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9:20 | How To generate Token
1. Login to Tableau Server
2. My Account Settings - Personal Access Tokens
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5:49 | Login.py TEST

7:03 | ARGUMENTS with Username
"args": ["--server", "http://localhost", "--username", "admin", "--sitename","testsite"]

8:26 | ARGUMENTS with Token
"args": ["--server", "http://localhost", "--token-name", "AdminToken", "--sitename","testsite"]
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REFERENCE
https://tableau.github.io/server-clie...
https://github.com/tableau/server-cli...
https://tableau.github.io/server-clie...
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