Can't specify "Default" site

Using the following code

    # parser arguments per sample code
    parser.add_argument('--site', '-si', required=False, default='Default', help='site to use')

    # Step 1: Sign in to server.
    tableau_auth = TSC.TableauAuth(args.username, password)
    tableau_auth.site = args.site
    server = TSC.Server(args.server)

and specifying “Default” as a site (which is the default value in many samples (e.g. python initialize_server.py -s http://localhost -u admin -si Default -wf . -df .) throws a login error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "API_demo.py", line 502, in <module>
    main()
  File "API_demo.py", line 104, in main
    with server_upload.auth.sign_in(tableau_auth):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/auth_endpoint.py", line 29, in sign_in
    Endpoint._check_status(server_response)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/endpoint.py", line 54, in _check_status
    raise ServerResponseError.from_response(server_response.content)
tableauserverclient.server.endpoint.exceptions.ServerResponseError: 

	401001: Signin Error
		Error signing in to Tableau Server

Passing the empty string '' DOES work to login to the Default site. (e.g. python initialize_server.py -s http://localhost -u admin -si '' -wf . -df .)

[t8y8]

The UI refers to the content_url as the ‘site_id’. Tabcmd also calls that the site id (the -t parameter).

We should unify all references to be the same so that it’s clear across the Tableau ecosystem but that’s beyond the scope of the api library, more of an internal work item.

/cc @LGraber and @benlower I mentioned this a while ago, I think it’s something someone should take up 😃

[bcantoni]

Reviewing older issues, I believe we have addressed this one by rewriting the sign in / sign out topic to be more clear: https://tableau.github.io/server-client-python/docs/sign-in-out