Tableau Server Rest API from Clojure - Example

tableau.clj

(ns tabsync.tableau
  (:require [clj-http.client :as client]
            [clojure.zip :refer [xml-zip]]
            [clojure.data.zip.xml :refer [xml-> xml1-> attr ]]
            [clojure.data.xml :as xml])
  )

(defn tableau-url-for
  "Constructs server API url. Target can be hostname or session returned from logon-to-server"
  [target api-path]
  (if (= (type target) java.lang.String)
    ; connect to host
    (str target "/api/2.0/" api-path )
    ; connect to already established session (target is a session)
    (str (get target :host) "/api/2.0/sites/" (get target :siteid) "/" api-path)
    )
  )

(defn get-zip
  "Get xml-zip from http.client response"
  [http-response]
  (-> (get http-response :body)
      xml/parse-str
      xml-zip
      )
  )

(defn http
  "Perform a http call to tableau server. Host can be hostname or session"
  [method host api-path http-params]
  (get-zip
    (
      (resolve (symbol (str "client/" method)))
      (tableau-url-for host api-path)
      (merge http-params {:headers {"X-Tableau-Auth" (get host :token)}})
      )
    )
  )

(defn logindata
  "Creates XML request for logon call"
  [name password]
  (xml/emit-str
    (xml/element :tsRequest {}
                 (xml/element :credentials {:name     name
                                            :password password}
                              (xml/element :site {:contentUrl ""})))) ; "" means Default site
  )


(defn logon-to-server
  "Logon to tableau server by invoking /auth/signin, returns map with token,
  site id and hostname"
  [host name password]
  (let [ts-response (http "post" host "/auth/signin" {:multipart [{:name    "title"
                                                                   :content (logindata name password)}]})
        ]
    {:token  (xml1-> ts-response
                     :credentials (attr :token)
                     )
     :siteid (xml1-> ts-response
                     :credentials
                     :site (attr :id))
     :host host
     }
    )
  )


(defn get-users
  "Iterates on site users defined by session. Page size is 10"
  [session]
  (loop [page-number 1]
    (let [ts-response (http "get" session "/users/"
                            {:query-params {:pageSize   10
                             :pageNumber page-number}})]
      (println (str "On page " page-number " -> " ts-response))
      (if (> (* 10 page-number) (read-string (xml1-> ts-response
                                        :pagination
                                        (attr :totalAvailable)
                                        )))
             (println "All users downloaded")
             (recur (inc page-number ))
             )
      )
    )
  )

(defn signout
  "Logoff from server"
  [session]
  (http "get" session "/auth/signout" {})
  )

; Well, logon to server, get users and log off
(let [session (logon-to-server "http://server" "user" "pass")]
  (get-users session )
  (logoff signout)
  )