# Tableau Metadata API

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

Tableau Metadata API is one of 25 APIs that [Tableau](https://apis.io/providers/tableau/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Data Catalog, GraphQL, Lineage, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, code examples, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and a changelog.

GraphQL-based API for querying metadata about Tableau content, data sources, and lineage information.

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **Documentation** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/index.html
- **APIReference** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/index.html
- **CodeExamples** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/use-cases.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_start.html
- **Authentication** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_auth.html
- **ChangeLog** — https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_release_notes.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/tableau/metadata-api-samples
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tableau/refs/heads/main/graphql/tableau-graphql.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tableau/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Tableau APIs (12)

- [Tableau Hyper API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-hyper-api/)
- [Tableau Embedding API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-embedding-api/)
- [Tableau Document API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-document-api/)
- [Tableau Server Client (Python)](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-server-client-python/)
- [Tableau Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-extensions-api/)
- [Tableau Web Data Connector](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-web-data-connector/)
- [Tableau Connector SDK](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-connector-sdk/)
- [Tableau Analytics Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-analytics-extensions-api/)
- [Tableau Webhooks](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-webhooks/)
- [Tableau VizQL Data Service](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-vizql-data-service/)
- [Tableau Pulse API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-pulse-api/)
- [Tableau Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/tableau/tableau-authentication-api/)

## Tags

Data Catalog, GraphQL, Lineage, Metadata

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