Support for Files in Packaged Files

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5/5
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Over a week
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; start by reviewing the library's public workbook API and how packaged TWBX, TWB, and TDS files are represented. Define the supported packaged-file operations and reference-preservation behavior, then add coverage for replacing the listed packaged files.

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Description

enhancement

(copied from developer forum post)

Being able to tie the curiously named "Tableau SDK" aka Extract API into this project would help us complete the circle of offering data => TWBX capabilities for customers. To that end, we'd need to able to manipulate the packaged files through the API, even though this just means managing files in a ZIP. This is actually slightly more complicated, though, as we need to make sure the references in the TWB/TDS stay correct even as the files are replaced.

The files in packaged workbooks include: Images, Data, Shadow Extracts (though I have no idea what we'd do with those), ummm...and I guess you could lump Shapes into that list (though those are base64-encoded and included in the TWB itself). If those were addressable through the API, it'd be a real timesaver.

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