How to delete workbook from tableau server in python

Question

I have to upload a lot of worksheets to tableau server. Many of those will be created and uploaded temporarily. I want to delete some workbook uploaded to tableau server since those are no more in use. How can I do that in python programmatically?

Answer 1

Please use TSC(Tableau Server Client).

https://github.com/tableau/server-client-python/blob/master/docs/docs/api-ref.md

You can get detailed info there. You can delete the workbook by it's id.

workbooks.delete(workbook_id)

Answer 2

You can also do it using standard libraries and tabcmd.

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['tabcmd','login','-s','<server>','-u','<username>','-p','<password>'])
subprocess.call(['tabcmd','delete','<workbookname>'])

See documentation for subprocess for more options, including how to get info on failures and output.