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server.favorites.add_favorite_workbook(user_item, workbook_item) returns resource conflict #1236

Description

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Describe the bug
server.favorites.add_favorite_workbook(user_item, workbook_item) returns resource conflict when multiple workbooks exist on a server with the same name, despite having different IDs. The workbooks have the same name but exist in different projects. A common example would be when a workbook or tableau server object (e.g., workbook, datasource, flow, etc.) exist in a production folder and also in a UAT/Test folder. A user may favorite both versions.

Versions
Details of your environment, including:

  • Tableau Server version: 2022.1
  • Python version: Python 3.9.12
  • TSC Version: 3.15

To Reproduce
import tableauserverclient as tsc

Setup

token_name = 'some_token_name'
token_value = 'some_token_value'
tableau_auth = tsc.PersonalAccessTokenAuth(token_name=token_name, personal_access_token=token_value)
server = tsc.Server('some_server')
server.add_http_options({'verify': False})

with server.auth.sign_in(tableau_auth):
server.use_highest_version()
from_user = server.users.get_by_id('some_user_id')
to_user = server.users.get_by_id('some_user_id')
server.users.populate_favorites(from_user)
server.users.populate_favorites(to_user)
from_user_favorites = from_user.favorites
for workbook in from_user_favorites['workbooks']:
server.favorites.add_favorite_workbook(to_user, workbook)

Results
What are the results or error messages received?
ServerResponseError:

409007: Resource Conflict
	A favorite already exists with the name 'some_name'

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