sample: basic user creation

Author: jorwoods

samples/create_user.py

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+####
+# This script demonstrates how to create a user using the Tableau
+# Server Client.
+#
+# To run the script, you must have installed Python 3.7 or later.
+####
+
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import Sequence
+
+import tableauserverclient as TSC
+
+
+def parse_args(args: Sequence[str] | None) -> argparse.Namespace:
+    """
+    Parse command line parameters
+    """
+    if args is None:
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Creates a sample user group.")
+    # Common options; please keep those in sync across all samples
+    parser.add_argument("--server", "-s", help="server address")
+    parser.add_argument("--site", "-S", help="site name")
+    parser.add_argument("--token-name", "-p", help="name of the personal access token used to sign into the server")
+    parser.add_argument("--token-value", "-v", help="value of the personal access token used to sign into the server")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--logging-level",
+        "-l",
+        choices=["debug", "info", "error"],
+        default="error",
+        help="desired logging level (set to error by default)",
+    )
+    # Options specific to this sample
+    # This sample has no additional options, yet. If you add some, please add them here
+    parser.add_argument("--role", "-r", help="Site Role for the new user", default="Unlicensed")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--user",
+        "-u",
+        help="Username for the new user. If using active directory, it should be in the format of SAMAccountName@FullyQualifiedDomainName",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--email", "-e", help="Email address of the new user. If using active directory, this field is optional."
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args(None)
+
+    # Set logging level based on user input, or error by default
+    logging_level = getattr(logging, args.logging_level.upper())
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging_level)
+
+    tableau_auth = TSC.PersonalAccessTokenAuth(args.token_name, args.token_value, site_id=args.site)
+    server = TSC.Server(args.server, use_server_version=True, http_options={"verify": False})
+    with server.auth.sign_in(tableau_auth):
+        # this code shows 2 different error codes for common mistakes
+        # 400013: Invalid site role
+        # 409000: user already exists on site
+
+        user = TSC.UserItem(args.user, args.role)
+        if args.email:
+            user.email = args.email
+        user = server.users.add(user)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()