Can not download datasources that are not in project

[DaniilBalabanov33N]

A duplication of #293 but it was closed by the author with no solution provided

For some reason datasources in workbooks can only be found by ID and can not be downloaded

ds = server.datasources.get_by_id("d5c9def5-61f0-49ce-a860-d688edf28f6e")
server.datasources.populate_connections(ds)
ds 
>>> <tableauserverclient.models.datasource_item.DatasourceItem object at 0x000001D587581BB0>
path = server.datasources.download(ds.id)
>>>tableauserverclient.server.endpoint.exceptions.ServerResponseError:
>>>   404004: Resource Not Found
>>>            Datasource "d5c9def5-61f0-49ce-a860-d688edf28f6e" could not be found

Also, if I retrieve all datasources from the server it's not there

temp_list = [ds for ds in TSC.Pager(server.datasources.get) if ds.id == "d5c9def5-61f0-49ce-a860-d688edf28f6e"]:
temp_list
>>> []

[m4n1-code]

I am facing the same issue. Has there been any solution to this?
Thanks

[henrihapponen]

Facing the same issue:

• Datasource exists
• Permissions are set correctly (for example ExtractXml=Allow)
• Still getting error 404004 "Data source not found"

Any updates on this?
Thanks

[jacalata]

I think this question is asking about embedded data sources. These are published as part of the workbook, and cannot be downloaded separately - you have to download the workbook as a complete twbx file.

[SathyanarayanaGowda]

Hi @jacalata , Can you please check this again. Since as per the Tableau REST API documentation for Download Data Source, this method should download the datasource in .tdsx format and not twbx file.

Tableau REST API URL - https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref.htm#download_data_source

tdsx zip file contains the datasource extract which contains all the data extracted from backend database for that specific workbook.

Also the tableauserverclient method below is the python wrapper for the above API and its documentation also state the same.

tableauserverclient URL - https://tableau.github.io/server-client-python/docs/api-ref#datasourcesdownload

Downloads the specified data source in .tdsx or .hyper format..

but it is not working as per the REST API specification.

[jacalata]

This was fixed in two stages:

1. v0.29 (PR Jorwoods/1312 download hotfix #1330): added fix_filename() to handle RFC 5987 filename*=UTF-8'' format in Content-Disposition headers, which addressed the main failure mode
2. Unreleased (PR Remove deprecated cgi module and clean up related dead code #1771): removed the cgi module entirely, replacing cgi.parse_header() with email.message.Message.get_filename(failobj="") — now returns an empty string gracefully when no filename is present

Will be fully resolved in v0.41.

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[jacalata]

Closing — this is fixed as of v0.41 for the "download fails when the datasource is not in a normal project" case. Datasources.download (datasources_endpoint.py:235) delegates to DownloadableMixin._download_content (endpoint.py:338-381), which now parses the Content-Disposition header via email.message.Message.get_filename() — handles the RFC 5987 filename*=UTF-8'' form the server returns for personal-space and other non-project locations. Please open a fresh issue if you're still hitting a 404 on a supported TSC/Server version.