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+# Tableau Connected Apps Direct Trust JWT Generation (Wordpress + PHP)
+
+## Prerequisites
+- A Wordpress Site or other PHP site
+
+## Getting Started
+
+1. Update the config variable in 'tableau-embed.php' with your Tableau 
+1. Add the folder tableau-embed to your Wordpress Plugins Folder
+1. Enable the Plugin in [Wordpress](https://wordpress.com/support/plugins/install-a-plugin/) 
+1. Add a tableau shortcode block to your Wordpress site
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+<?php 
+/**
+ * Plugin Name:Tableau Embed Plugin
+ * Description:A simple plugin for embedding Tableau Workbooks into Wordpress with JWT authentication written in native PHP
+ * Version 1.0
+ * */
+function base64url_encode($data) {
+    $encoded = base64_encode($data);
+    $encoded = str_replace(['+', '/', '='], ['-', '_', ''], $encoded);
+    return $encoded;
+}
+
+
+function tableau_jwt_shortcode($atts) 
+{
+    // Viz url passed from the shortcode block
+    $viz_url = $atts['viz_url'];
+
+    // Setting the url for the API source based on the viz url domain
+    $tmp = explode("/", $viz_url);
+    $domain = $tmp[2];
+    $api_path = '/javascripts/api/tableau.embedding.3.latest.min.js';
+    $api_url = 'https://' . $domain . $api_path;
+
+    // Define static values from Tableau Connected App
+    $username = 'userName';
+    // Connected App Client ID
+    $iss = 'Connected App Client ID';
+    // Connected App Secret ID;
+    $kid = 'Connected App Secret ID';
+    // Connected App Secret Key
+    $key = 'Connected App Secret Key';
+    // Expiration time in minutes this is just the JWT exp not session
+    $expiration = 5; 
+
+	// Headers for JWT
+    $header = [
+        'typ' => 'JWT',
+        'alg' => 'HS256',
+        'kid' => $kid,
+        'iss' => $iss
+        
+    ];
+    // Encode header
+    $stringifiedHeader = json_encode($header);
+    $encodedHeader = base64url_encode($stringifiedHeader);
+ 
+    // Set JWT Payload attributes, 
+    // May want to set more varialbes i.e. Groups and ODA 
+    // Scopes may need additional designations
+    // see documentation for more information,
+    $payload = [
+        'iss' => $iss,
+        'exp' => time() + (60*$expiration), 
+        'jti' => uniqid(),
+        'aud' => 'tableau',
+        'sub' => $username,
+        'scp' => ["tableau:views:embed"]
+    ];
+     
+    // Encode payload
+    $stringifiedData = json_encode($payload);
+    $encodedData = base64url_encode($stringifiedData);
+     
+    // Build token
+    $token = $encodedHeader . '.' . $encodedData;
+     
+    // Sign the JWT, this is meant to only be done on the backend for security purposes
+    $signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $token, $key, true);
+    $encodedSignature = base64url_encode($signature);
+    $jwt = $token . '.' . $encodedSignature;    
+
+
+    //Starting object capture
+    //all html content to embed goes into this block
+    ob_start(); 
+    ?> 
+
+
+    <script type='module' src='<?php echo $api_url; ?>'>
+    </script> 
+
+        <tableau-viz
+            id='tableauViz'
+            src='<?php echo $viz_url; ?>'
+            token='<?php echo $jwt; ?>'
+            toolbar='hidden' hide-tabs width=100%>
+        </tableau-viz>
+
+    <?php 
+    // Ending object capture and returning the content to the page
+    $viz_tag = ob_get_contents();
+
+    ob_end_clean();
+
+    return $viz_tag;
+
+}
+//Add the shortcode function to the plugin or theme's function.php file
+// shortcode example: [tableau viz_url='Dashboard Link']
+add_shortcode('tableau', 'tableau_jwt_shortcode');
+
+ ?>