/// <summary>
/// Create the group on the server
/// </summary>
/// <param name="groupName"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private SiteGroup CreateGroup(string groupName)
{
//ref: https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref.htm#create_group
var sb = new StringBuilder();
var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(sb, XmlHelper.XmlSettingsForWebRequests);
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("tsRequest");
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("group");
xmlWriter.WriteAttributeString("name", groupName);
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement(); //</user>
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement(); //</tsRequest>
xmlWriter.Close();
var xmlText = sb.ToString(); //Get the XML text out
//Generate the MIME message
//Create a web request
var urlCreateGroup = _onlineUrls.Url_CreateSiteGroup(_onlineSession);
var webRequest = this.CreateLoggedInWebRequest(urlCreateGroup, "POST");
TableauServerRequestBase.SendPostContents(webRequest, xmlText);
//Get the response
var response = GetWebReponseLogErrors(webRequest, "create group");
using (response)
{
var xmlDoc = GetWebResponseAsXml(response);
//Get all the workbook nodes
var nsManager = XmlHelper.CreateTableauXmlNamespaceManager("iwsOnline");
var xNodeGroup = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//iwsOnline:group", nsManager);
try
{
return(new SiteGroup(xNodeGroup, null));
}
catch (Exception exParseXml)
{
StatusLog.AddError("Create user, error parsing XML response " + exParseXml.Message + "\r\n" + xNodeGroup.InnerXml);
return(null);
}
}
}