Adverity Python API Docs | dltHub
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Adverity is a data integration platform that provides a Management REST API for programmatic data collection and management. The REST API base URL is https://{{INSTANCE}}/api/ and All requests require an API key in the Authorization 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 Adverity data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Adverity?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Adverity:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| datastreams | api/datastreams/ | GET | List datastreams (configuration objects) | |
| jobs | api/jobs/ | GET | List fetch jobs and their statuses | |
| extracts | api/extracts/ | GET | List data extracts produced by fetches | |
| columns | api/columns/ | GET | List columns (target columns/schema info) | |
| mapping_tables | api/mapping-tables/ | GET | List mapping table resources | |
| usage | api/v1/usage/ | GET | List row-usage metrics |
How do I authenticate with the Adverity API?
All API requests require an Authorization header. Depending on how the key was generated, use either 'Authorization: Token ' for credentials-based keys or 'Authorization: Bearer ' for UI-generated keys.
1. Get your credentials
To obtain credentials for the Adverity Management API, you have two primary options: 1) Generate a static API key directly through the Adverity user interface (Administration page), which uses the 'Bearer' authentication scheme. 2) Programmatically obtain a temporary token by sending a POST request to 'https://{{INSTANCE}}/api/auth/token/' with your 'username' and 'password' in the request body (application/x-www-form-urlencoded), which returns a token used with the 'Token' authentication scheme. Note that certain operations, such as User management, require the 'Bearer' scheme.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.adverity_source] management_api_key = "REPLACE_ME"
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 Adverity 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 adverity_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline adverity_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset adverity_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/adverity.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 api/auth/token/ and api/v1/workspaces/ from the Adverity 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 adverity_source(management_api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://{{INSTANCE}}/api/", "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": management_api_key}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "datastreams", "endpoint": {"path": "api/datastreams/"}}, {"name": "extracts", "endpoint": {"path": "api/extracts/"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="adverity_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="adverity_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(adverity_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("adverity_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.datastreams.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM adverity_data.datastreams LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("adverity_pipeline").dataset() data.datastreams.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 Adverity data to?
dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:
| Destination | Example 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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