Tableau Desktop Data Sources API

Manage and refresh published data sources.

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tableau-desktop-data-sources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Tableau REST Authentication Data Sources 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: Data Sources
  description: Manage and refresh published data sources.
paths:
  /sites/{siteId}/datasources:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
    get:
      operationId: queryDataSources
      summary: Query Data Sources
      description: Returns a list of published data sources on the specified site.
      tags:
      - Data Sources
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of data sources.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
  /sites/{siteId}/datasources/{datasourceId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DatasourceId'
    get:
      operationId: queryDataSource
      summary: Query Data Source
      description: Returns information about the specified data source.
      tags:
      - Data Sources
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data source details.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
  /sites/{siteId}/datasources/{datasourceId}/refresh:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DatasourceId'
    post:
      operationId: refreshDataSource
      summary: Refresh Data Source
      description: Triggers an extract refresh for the specified data source.
      tags:
      - Data Sources
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Refresh scheduled.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
components:
  parameters:
    DatasourceId:
      name: datasourceId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The LUID of the data source.
      schema:
        type: string
    SiteId:
      name: siteId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The LUID of the site.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    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