TableauRuby

Unofficial Tableau API Ruby client

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'tableau_ruby'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install tableau_ruby

Usage

Setup

require 'rubygems'
require 'tableau_ruby'

Tableau.configure do |config|
	# Required
	config.host = 'https://your-url-here.com'
	config.admin_name = 'your-admin-username'
	config.admin_password = 'your-admin-password'
	# Optional
	config.user_name = 'user-to-act-on-behalf-of'
	config.content_url = 'defaults-to-empty-string'
end

@client = Tableau::Client.new

# Alternatively pass the information as a hash

@client = Tableau::Client.new(
	host: 'https://your-url-here.com',
	admin_name: 'your-admin-password',
	admin_password: 'your-admin-password'
)

@site = @client.sites.find_by(name: 'Default')['site']

@user = Tableau::User.new(@client, @client.users.find_by(site_id: @site['id'], name: 'user-name')['user'])
@user.workbooks

Sites

# By default the request does not include projects in the results
# add them by including include_projects: true
@sites = client.sites.all(include_projects: true)

@site = client.sites.find_by(id: 'site-id') # also try :name and :url
@site = client.sites.create(name: 'Site Name')
@site = client.sites.update(id: 'site-id')
@site = client.sites.delete(id: 'site-id')

Projects

@projects = @client.projects.all()

@project = client.projects.create(name: 'Project Name', site_id: 'project-site-id')
@project = client.projects.update(id: 'project-id', site_id: 'project-site-id')
@project = client.projects.delete(id: 'project-id', site_id: 'project-site-id')

Users

@users = client.users.all(site_id: 'site-id')

@user = client.users.find_by(name: 'user-name', site_id: 'site-id')
@user = client.users.create(name: 'new user', site_id: 'site-id')
@user = client.users.delete(id: 'user-id', site_id: 'site-id')

Workbooks

@workbooks = client.workbooks.all(site_id: 'site-id')
@workbooks = client.workbooks.all(site_id: 'site-id', is_owner: boolean, page_size: 'page-size', page_number: 'page-number')

@workbook = client.workbooks.find(id: 'workbook-id', site_id: 'site-id', include_views: true)

@workbook_image = client.workbooks.preview_image(id: 'workbook-id', site_id: 'site-id') # returns the binary image data.

Tests

After bundling the tests can be run by calling bundle exec rake test.You must set the following environment variables for the tests to run successfully:

TABLEAU_URL
TABLEAU_ADMIN_USER
TABLEAU_ADMIN_PASSWORD
TABLEAU_DEFAULT_SITE

ex.

TABLEAU_URL="http://tab" TABLEAU_ADMIN_USER="admin" TABLEAU_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password" TABLEAU_DEFAULT_SITE="default" b rake test

TODO

• inherit site_id from client object to avoid having to pass site_id
• consolidate parameter checking
• error responses
• make self documenting

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/tableau_ruby/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request