Tableau Desktop Authentication API

Sign in and sign out operations.

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tableau-desktop-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Tableau REST Authentication API
  version: '3.22'
  description: The Tableau REST API enables programmatic management of Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud resources, including authentication, sites, users, projects, workbooks, and data sources. This minimal specification captures a representative subset of endpoints documented in the Tableau REST API Reference.
  contact:
    name: Tableau Developer Program
    url: https://www.tableau.com/developer
servers:
- url: https://{tableau-server}/api/3.22
  description: Tableau Server / Tableau Cloud REST API
  variables:
    tableau-server:
      default: 10ay.online.tableau.com
      description: Hostname of the Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud pod.
security:
- tableauAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Sign in and sign out operations.
paths:
  /auth/signin:
    post:
      operationId: signIn
      summary: Sign In
      description: Signs the specified user in to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud and returns an authentication token.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/xml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Request'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful sign in.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
  /auth/signout:
    post:
      operationId: signOut
      summary: Sign Out
      description: Signs the user out of Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successfully signed out.
components:
  schemas:
    Request:
      type: object
      description: Generic Tableau REST API request envelope (tsRequest).
      additionalProperties: true
    Response:
      type: object
      description: Generic Tableau REST API response envelope (tsResponse).
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    tableauAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Tableau-Auth
      description: Authentication token returned by the Sign In endpoint.
x-generated-from: https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref.htm
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08