Tableau download/export images using Rest api python

Question

Need to download an image from the tableau server using python script. Tableau Rest API doesn't provide any option to do so. I like to know what is proper way of downloading high resolution/full-size image from tableau server using python or any other server scripting language.

Answer 1

• In order to resolve this issue, the simple approach is an HTTP GET request from Python to your Tableau Server and append a format string to the URL such as ".png" or ".pdf".

• There are few size options you can experiment with as well -- press the Share button to see the syntax.

• Filter settings can also be passed in the URL as query parameters