Tableau delete site not working

[saggarsunil]

I am trying to automate Tableau site creation and deletion using python APIs. https://tableau.github.io/server-client-python/docs/

I am using admin account for this operation. However, when i try to delete site, i get the following error

User 'admin' is authenticated for site '9f086a43-e50f-4c19-85c6' and may not access or modify resources on site 'efbea3a6-17e9-4383-b4c5'.

'9f086a43-e50f-4c19-85c6' -- > default Site

'efbea3a6-17e9-4383-b4c5' --> I want to delete this site

I believe admin should have all the rights to delete or modify the site. From the error, it is obvious that it is an authorization issue. Why is admin not allowed to delete this site ?

[dzucker-tab]

@saggarsunil

You have to sign in to the site in order to delete it. From:

https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref_sites.htm#delete_site

"Note: You must have previously called Sign In and signed in to a site in order to delete the site. (When you call this method, you must include the authentication token that you got back when you signed into the site.)"

You'll need to use the site's contentURL (name of the subpath following /sites/ in the address bar when you browse to your server) in the sign in request body.

<tsRequest>
  <credentials name="username" password="password" >
    <site contentUrl="SITE_TO_BE_DELETED_CONTENTURL" />
  </credentials>
</tsRequest>

Then you'll need to use the credentials token from the response body of that sign in, in the X-Tableau-Auth header of your delete request.

hope that helps

[dzucker-tab]

An alternative is to switch to the to be deleted site using Switch Site once you are signed in to your Default site:

POST /api/api-version/auth/switchSite

Request Body

<tsRequest>
   <site contentUrl="SITE_TO_BE_DELETED_CONTENTURL" />
</tsRequest>