# Tableau Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/metadata-api/  
**Provider:** Tableau Desktop — https://apis.io/providers/tableau-desktop/  
**Base URL:** https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/  
**Documentation:** https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/index.html

Tableau Metadata API is one of 12 APIs that [Tableau Desktop](https://apis.io/providers/tableau-desktop/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Data Governance, GraphQL, Lineage, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a getting-started guide.

Discover and query metadata about Tableau content using GraphQL, including workbooks, data sources, flows, and lineage information.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/index.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_start.html
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tableau-desktop/refs/heads/main/graphql/tableau-desktop-graphql.md

## Other Tableau Desktop APIs (11)

- [Tableau Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/extensions-api/)
- [Tableau Hyper API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/hyper-api/)
- [Tableau Embedding API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/embedding-api/)
- [Tableau Server Client (Python)](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/server-client-python/)
- [Tableau Desktop Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-authentication-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Data Sources API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-data-sources-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-projects-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Server API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-server-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Sites API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-sites-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Users API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-users-api/)
- [Tableau Desktop Workbooks API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/tableau-desktop-workbooks-api/)

## Tags

Data Governance, GraphQL, Lineage, Metadata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/tableau-desktop/metadata-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/tableau-desktop/.