Filter Tableau PDF and CSV downloads like a boss using the REST API

Let's skip the lecture about how Tableau is an interactive visualization tool and how it's a tragedy that so many business users want to download PDF and CSV data dumps.

Instead, let's dive right into how you can pull all the levers to automate the process of downloading PDF and CSV files from your existing visuals using the REST API.

In a previous video we did a deep dive covering a common pitfall when filtering on date parameters using the REST API. If you're struggling with that topic specifically, check out that video:
Querying Tableau views with filters a...

Here's a related blog post showing more examples of querying view data using tableau-api-lib:
Medium: query-your-tableau-view-data-like-a-boss-using-python-and-pandas

For more written tutorials, check out the Medium blog posts!
Medium: elliottstam​

Python version used: 3.8
Coding environment: Jupyter Lab
Tableau Server REST API endpoint focus:
query view pdf

To make sure you have all the latest features, update tableau-api-lib:
pip install -U tableau-api-lib

Getting started with tableau-api-lib: tableau-api-lib (blitz): getting started

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