[Type 3] Publish directly using Datasource/Workbook objects from the Document API #1092
Description
Description
Unless this functionality already exists, it would be helpful to directly use created Datasource/Workbook objects from the Document API as the source when publishing content via TSC. Currently, you have to pass a filepath or a file object, which I haven't found an example of. This would also reduce having to save files to the file system for quick on the fly datasource/workbook creation.
from tableaudocumentapi import Connection, Datasource
import tableauserverclient as tsc
ds = Datasource.from_connections(caption="", connections=[some_connection])
# do login magic, get information for publish
server.datasources.publish(
datasource_item=tsc.DatasourceItem(project_id, "My Cool Datasource"),
file=ds, # object? item?
mode=server.PublishMode.Overwrite,
connection_credentials=tsc.ConnectionCredentials(username, password),
)
Activity
nosnilmot commentedon Jan 13, 2023
This should already be possible:
Downloading from Tableau Server to such a file-like object by TSC is not yet supported (see #1172), but publishing should work.
github-actions commentedon Aug 18, 2026
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jacalata commentedon Aug 25, 2026
Closing as completed. This is already possible today using the recipe nosnilmot posted in this thread: save your Document API
Datasource/Workbookobject to anio.BytesIO()viasave_as(), then pass that BytesIO as thefileargument toworkbooks.publish()/datasources.publish(). TSC's publish endpoints have accepted file-like objects for a while, so no new TSC surface is needed. If you hit a specific mismatch (e.g., a filetype detection edge case), please open a fresh issue with a reproducer.