Deprecated: This repository will be removed with the Tableau 26.3 release.
The Web Data Connector 2.x framework is deprecated. Migrate to the REST API Connector on Tableau Exchange — built by Tableau, supports JSON and CSV over HTTP GET, Basic/Bearer/OAuth authentication, and runs on Tableau 2023.3 and later. Note: this connector is extract-only and requires a JDBC driver installation.
The Web Data Connector comes with sample connectors that you can use to learn about specific features of the WDC API.
The samples are in the Examples folder of the webdataconnector repository. You can see the repository
online here.
This is the default connector when you open the simulator. Instructions for building it are in the Tutorial. It connects to the USGS Earthquake feed and gets data about earthquakes in the last week.
This connector builds on the previous one to showcase how to get data into multiple tables from a data source.
This connector demonstrates how to use the locale property of the tableau object to localize content.
This connector gets data from multiple tables in a local JSON file and specifies how the tables should be joined in Tableau Desktop.
This connector showcases how use the incremental refresh API to fetch data incrementally.
This example shows you how to use OAuth as an authentication method.