tableau · shinchris · Jul 10, 2020 · May 1, 2020 · May 4, 2020 · May 13, 2020
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 0.12 (10 July 2020)
+
+* Added hidden_views parameter to workbook publish method (#614)
+* Added simple paging endpoint for GraphQL/Metadata API (#623)
+* Added endpoints to Metadata API for retrieving backfill/eventing status (#626)
+* Added maxage parameter to CSV and PDF export options (#635)
+* Added support for querying, adding, and deleting favorites (#638)
+* Added a sample for publishing datasources (#644)
+
 ## 0.11 (1 May 2020)

 * Added more fields to Data Acceleration config (#588)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The following people have contributed to this project to make it possible, and w
 * [Geraldine Zanolli](https://github.com/illonage)
 * [Jordan Woods](https://github.com/jorwoods)
 * [Reba Magier](https://github.com/rmagier1)
+* [Stephen Mitchell](https://github.com/scuml)

 ## Core Team


diff --git a/samples/create_group.py b/samples/create_group.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This script demonstrates how to create groups using the Tableau
 # Server Client.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.9 or later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####



diff --git a/samples/create_project.py b/samples/create_project.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # parent_id.
 #
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/create_schedules.py b/samples/create_schedules.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This script demonstrates how to create schedules using the Tableau
 # Server Client.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.9 or later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####



diff --git a/samples/download_view_image.py b/samples/download_view_image.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # For more information, refer to the documentations on 'Query View Image'
 # (https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/help.htm)
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/filter_sort_groups.py b/samples/filter_sort_groups.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This script demonstrates how to filter groups using the Tableau
 # Server Client.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.9 or later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####



diff --git a/samples/filter_sort_projects.py b/samples/filter_sort_projects.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # to filter and sort on the name of the projects present on site.
 #
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/kill_all_jobs.py b/samples/kill_all_jobs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ####
 # This script demonstrates how to kill all of the running jobs
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/list.py b/samples/list.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ####
 # This script demonstrates how to list all of the workbooks or datasources
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/login.py b/samples/login.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ####
 # This script demonstrates how to log in to Tableau Server Client.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.9 or later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/move_workbook_projects.py b/samples/move_workbook_projects.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # a workbook that matches a given name and update it to be in
 # the desired project.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/move_workbook_sites.py b/samples/move_workbook_sites.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # a workbook that matches a given name, download the workbook,
 # and then publish it to the destination site.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/publish_datasource.py b/samples/publish_datasource.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+####
+# This script demonstrates how to use the Tableau Server Client
+# to publish a datasource to a Tableau server. It will publish
+# a specified datasource to the 'default' project of the provided site.
+#
+# Some optional arguments are provided to demonstrate async publishing,
+# as well as providing connection credentials when publishing. If the
+# provided datasource file is over 64MB in size, TSC will automatically
+# publish the datasource using the chunking method.
+#
+# For more information, refer to the documentations:
+# (https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref_datasources.htm#publish_data_source)
+#
+# For signing into server, this script uses personal access tokens. For
+# more information on personal access tokens, refer to the documentations:
+# (https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/security_personal_access_tokens.htm)
+#
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
+####
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+import tableauserverclient as TSC
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Publish a datasource to server.')
+    parser.add_argument('--server', '-s', required=True, help='server address')
+    parser.add_argument('--site', '-i', help='site name')
+    parser.add_argument('--token-name', '-p', required=True,
+                        help='name of the personal access token used to sign into the server')
+    parser.add_argument('--token-value', '-v', required=True,
+                        help='value of the personal access token used to sign into the server')
+    parser.add_argument('--filepath', '-f', required=True, help='filepath to the datasource to publish')
+    parser.add_argument('--logging-level', '-l', choices=['debug', 'info', 'error'], default='error',
+                        help='desired logging level (set to error by default)')
+    parser.add_argument('--async', '-a', help='Publishing asynchronously', dest='async_', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--conn-username', help='connection username')
+    parser.add_argument('--conn-password', help='connection password')
+    parser.add_argument('--conn-embed', help='embed connection password to datasource', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--conn-oauth', help='connection is configured to use oAuth', action='store_true')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Ensure that both the connection username and password are provided, or none at all
+    if (args.conn_username and not args.conn_password) or (not args.conn_username and args.conn_password):
+        parser.error("Both the connection username and password must be provided")
+
+    # Set logging level based on user input, or error by default
+    logging_level = getattr(logging, args.logging_level.upper())
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging_level)
+
+    # Sign in to server
+    tableau_auth = TSC.PersonalAccessTokenAuth(args.token_name, args.token_value, site_id=args.site)
+    server = TSC.Server(args.server, use_server_version=True)
+    with server.auth.sign_in(tableau_auth):
+        # Create a new datasource item to publish - empty project_id field
+        # will default the publish to the site's default project
+        new_datasource = TSC.DatasourceItem(project_id="")
+
+        # Create a connection_credentials item if connection details are provided
+        new_conn_creds = None
+        if args.conn_username:
+            new_conn_creds = TSC.ConnectionCredentials(args.conn_username, args.conn_password,
+                                                       embed=args.conn_embed, oauth=args.conn_oauth)
+
+        # Define publish mode - Overwrite, Append, or CreateNew
+        publish_mode = TSC.Server.PublishMode.Overwrite
+
+        # Publish datasource
+        if args.async_:
+            # Async publishing, returns a job_item
+            new_job = server.datasources.publish(new_datasource, args.filepath, publish_mode,
+                                                 connection_credentials=new_conn_creds, as_job=True)
+            print("Datasource published asynchronously. Job ID: {0}".format(new_job.id))
+        else:
+            # Normal publishing, returns a datasource_item
+            new_datasource = server.datasources.publish(new_datasource, args.filepath, publish_mode,
+                                                        connection_credentials=new_conn_creds)
+            print("Datasource published. Datasource ID: {0}".format(new_datasource.id))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/samples/publish_workbook.py b/samples/publish_workbook.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # For more information, refer to the documentations on 'Publish Workbook'
 # (https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/help.htm)
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/refresh.py b/samples/refresh.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ####
 # This script demonstrates how to use trigger a refresh on a datasource or workbook
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/refresh_tasks.py b/samples/refresh_tasks.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This script demonstrates how to use the Tableau Server Client
 # to query extract refresh tasks and run them as needed.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/set_http_options.py b/samples/set_http_options.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This script demonstrates how to set http options. It will set the option
 # to not verify SSL certificate, and query all workbooks on site.
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/samples/update_connection.py b/samples/update_connection.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ####
 # This script demonstrates how to update a connections credentials on a server to embed the credentials
 #
-# To run the script, you must have installed Python 2.7.X or 3.3 and later.
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.5 or later.
 ####

 import argparse

diff --git a/tableauserverclient/datetime_helpers.py b/tableauserverclient/datetime_helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import datetime

-# This code below is from the python documentation for tzinfo: https://docs.python.org/2.3/lib/datetime-tzinfo.html
+# This code below is from the python documentation for
+# tzinfo: https://docs.python.org/2.3/lib/datetime-tzinfo.html
+
 ZERO = datetime.timedelta(0)
 HOUR = datetime.timedelta(hours=1)


diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/__init__.py b/tableauserverclient/models/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from .datasource_item import DatasourceItem
 from .database_item import DatabaseItem
 from .exceptions import UnpopulatedPropertyError
+from .favorites_item import FavoriteItem
 from .group_item import GroupItem
 from .flow_item import FlowItem
 from .interval_item import IntervalItem, DailyInterval, WeeklyInterval, MonthlyInterval, HourlyInterval

diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/column_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/column_item.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

-from .property_decorators import property_is_enum, property_not_empty
-from .exceptions import UnpopulatedPropertyError
+from .property_decorators import property_not_empty


 class ColumnItem(object):

diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/connection_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/connection_item.py
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ def connection_type(self):
        return self._connection_type

    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<ConnectionItem#{_id} embed={embed_password} type={_connection_type} username={username}>"\
-            .format(**self.__dict__)
+        return (
+            "<ConnectionItem#{_id} embed={embed_password} "
+            "type={_connection_type} username={username}>".format(**self.__dict__)
+        )

    @classmethod
    def from_response(cls, resp, ns):
@@ -76,11 +78,13 @@ def from_xml_element(cls, parsed_response, ns):
            connection_item.server_address = connection_xml.get('serverAddress', None)
            connection_item.server_port = connection_xml.get('serverPort', None)

-            connection_credentials = connection_xml.find('.//t:connectionCredentials', namespaces=ns)
+            connection_credentials = connection_xml.find(
+                './/t:connectionCredentials', namespaces=ns)

            if connection_credentials is not None:

-                connection_item.connection_credentials = ConnectionCredentials.from_xml_element(connection_credentials)
+                connection_item.connection_credentials = ConnectionCredentials.from_xml_element(
+                    connection_credentials)

        return all_connection_items


diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/data_acceleration_report_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/data_acceleration_report_item.py
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ def site(self):
        def sheet_uri(self):
            return self._sheet_uri

-        @property
-        def site(self):
-            return self._site
-
        @property
        def unaccelerated_session_count(self):
            return self._unaccelerated_session_count

diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/database_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/database_item.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

-from .permissions_item import Permission
-
 from .property_decorators import property_is_enum, property_not_empty, property_is_boolean
 from .exceptions import UnpopulatedPropertyError


diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/favorites_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/favorites_item.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import logging
+from .workbook_item import WorkbookItem
+from .view_item import ViewItem
+from .project_item import ProjectItem
+from .datasource_item import DatasourceItem
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('tableau.models.favorites_item')
+
+
+class FavoriteItem:
+    class Type:
+        Workbook = 'workbook'
+        Datasource = 'datasource'
+        View = 'view'
+        Project = 'project'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_response(cls, xml, namespace):
+        favorites = {
+            'datasources': [],
+            'projects':    [],
+            'views':       [],
+            'workbooks':   [],
+        }
+
+        parsed_response = ET.fromstring(xml)
+        for workbook in parsed_response.findall('.//t:favorite/t:workbook', namespace):
+            fav_workbook = WorkbookItem('')
+            fav_workbook._set_values(*fav_workbook._parse_element(workbook, namespace))
+            if fav_workbook:
+                favorites['workbooks'].append(fav_workbook)
+        for view in parsed_response.findall('.//t:favorite[t:view]', namespace):
+            fav_views = ViewItem.from_xml_element(view, namespace)
+            if fav_views:
+                for fav_view in fav_views:
+                    favorites['views'].append(fav_view)
+        for datasource in parsed_response.findall('.//t:favorite/t:datasource', namespace):
+            fav_datasource = DatasourceItem('')
+            fav_datasource._set_values(*fav_datasource._parse_element(datasource, namespace))
+            if fav_datasource:
+                favorites['datasources'].append(fav_datasource)
+        for project in parsed_response.findall('.//t:favorite/t:project', namespace):
+            fav_project = ProjectItem('p')
+            fav_project._set_values(*fav_project._parse_element(project))
+            if fav_project:
+                favorites['projects'].append(fav_project)
+
+        return favorites
diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/flow_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/flow_item.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from .exceptions import UnpopulatedPropertyError
-from .property_decorators import property_not_nullable, property_is_boolean
+from .property_decorators import property_not_nullable
 from .tag_item import TagItem
 from ..datetime_helpers import parse_datetime
 import copy

diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/interval_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/interval_item.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def interval(self, interval_value):
            try:
                if not (1 <= int(interval_value) <= 31):
                    raise ValueError(error)
-            except ValueError as e:
+            except ValueError:
                if interval_value != "LastDay":
                    raise ValueError(error)