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Start a new WDC connection in Tableau Desktop 2019.4 or higher and enter: https://basic-csv-wdc.herokuapp.com/\n1. Enter your CSV URL.\n1. Advanced options: Change the HTTP method, delimiter, encoding, or add a Bearer token.\n1. Decide which mode to use (Loose Typed recommended).\n1. Click **Get Data!**\n\n## Advanced options\n\nThis WDC allows some additional customizations that can be found by clicking on \"Advanced +\".\n\n**Method**: The default method to fetch the CSV file is GET but you can change this to POST if needed.\n\n**Bearer token**: If your CSV is protected with a bearer token you may add it and it will be included with the request to fetch your CSV.\n\n**Custom delimiter**: If your text file is separated by something other than a comma you can set your own custom delimiter.\n\n**Encoding**: If your CSV file uses a specific encoding other than utf-8 you may set it here. You can find a list of supported encodings [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextDecoder/encoding).\n\n## How to refresh\n\n##### Tableau Server\n\nIf you want to use this WDC on your Tableau Server you will first need to [add it to your safelist](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/datasource_wdc.htm) with the following commands:\n\n```\ntsm data-access web-data-connectors add --name \"CSV WDC\" --url https://basic-csv-wdc.herokuapp.com:443\ntsm pending-changes apply\n```\n\nNote that this will require your Tableau Server to restart!\n\n##### Tableau Online\n\nIf you want to use this WDC on Tableau Online you will need to set it up using [Tableau Bridge](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/qs_refresh_local_data.htm)\n\n## Deploy your own!\n\n[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/KeshiaRose/Basic-CSV-WDC)\n\n[Remix it on glitch](https://glitch.com/edit/#!/remix/simple-csv-wdc)\n\n## Questions?\n\n[Open an issue!](https://github.com/KeshiaRose/Basic-CSV-WDC/issues/new)\n\n#### Support\n\nI pay $7/month to host this WDC but I gladly offer it to you for free. If you would like to support this WDC you can [buy me some cheese🧀](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KeshiaRose)!\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkeshiarose%2Fbasic-csv-wdc","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fkeshiarose%2Fbasic-csv-wdc","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkeshiarose%2Fbasic-csv-wdc/lists"}