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Build a 0x-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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0x API is a decentralized exchange aggregator service providing liquidity for token swaps across multiple blockchain networks. The REST API base URL is https://api.0x.org and all requests require an API key and version header.

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv add "dlt[hub]" and start loading 0x data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from 0x?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from 0x:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
trade_analytics_swap/trade-analytics/swapGETRetrieve historical completed swap trades
trade_analytics_gasless/trade-analytics/gaslessGETRetrieve historical completed gasless trades
swap_quote/swap/permit2/quoteGETGet firm quote for a swap using Permit2
swap_price/swap/permit2/priceGETGet indicative price for a swap using Permit2
swap_sources/swap/sourcesGETRetrieve supported liquidity sources and metadata

How do I authenticate with the 0x API?

Requests require an '0x-api-key' header for the API key and an '0x-version' header (typically set to 'v2') to specify the API version.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Navigate to the 0x Dashboard at https://dashboard.0x.org/apps and click Sign Up to create an account. 2. Once logged in, click Create an app. 3. Enter your app name and select the required 0x products (e.g., Swap API). 4. After the app is created, navigate to the API Keys section within your app's dashboard view. 5. Click to reveal and copy your API key.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources._0x_source] 0x_api_key = "your_api_key_here"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.


How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

uv init uv add "dlt[hub]"

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

uv run dlthub ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

uv run dlthub ai toolkit install rest-api-pipeline

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the 0x API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

uv run python _0x_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

Pipeline _0x_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset _0x_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/_0x.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

uv run dlthub show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.


Python pipeline example

This example loads /swap/permit2/quote and /swap/allowance-holder/quote from the 0x API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

import dlt from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources @dlt.source def _0x_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.0x.org", "auth": {"type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, "name": "0x-api-key", "location": "header"}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "trade_analytics_swap", "endpoint": {"path": "trade-analytics/swap", "data_selector": "records"}}, {"name": "trade_analytics_gasless", "endpoint": {"path": "trade-analytics/gasless", "data_selector": "records"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="_0x_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="_0x_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(_0x_source()) print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.


How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("_0x_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.trade_analytics_swap.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM _0x_data.trade_analytics_swap LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("_0x_pipeline").dataset() data.trade_analytics_swap.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.


What destinations can I load 0x data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample value
DuckDB (local, default)"duckdb"
PostgreSQL"postgres"
BigQuery"bigquery"
Snowflake"snowflake"
Redshift"redshift"
Databricks"databricks"
Filesystem (S3, GCS, Azure)"filesystem"

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.


Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI harness:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-platform — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install data-exploration uv run dlthub ai toolkit install dlthub-platform

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