Assemble Views Python API Docs | dltHub

Assemble is a cloud-based construction data management platform that provides a REST API for accessing project data and integrating with construction workflows. The REST API base URL is https://{organization_slug}.goassemble.com/api/v3 and all requests require an Authorization Bearer token and an Accept header with the API version..

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 pip install "dlt[workspace]" and start loading Assemble Views data in under 10 minutes.

---

What data can I load from Assemble Views?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Assemble Views:

---

How do I authenticate with the Assemble Views API?

Requests require an 'Authorization' header with a Bearer token. Additionally, all requests must include an 'Accept' header specifying the API version (e.g., 'application/vnd.assemble.v3+json').

1. Get your credentials

Assemble APIs support authentication via JSON Web Tokens (JWT) or OAuth 2.0. To obtain credentials: 1. Log in to your Assemble organization dashboard. 2. Navigate to your organization or developer settings. 3. For OAuth 2.0: Register a new client to receive your client_id and client_secret. 4. For JWT: Generate a pre-authentication token using your user credentials, which can then be exchanged for a short-lived JWT via the /auth/api/token endpoint. Ensure all requests include the Authorization header with your valid token and adhere to organization-specific base URLs.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

Copy
[sources.assemble_views_source]
assemble_client_id = "your_client_id"
assemble_client_secret = "your_client_secret"
# OR
assemble_jwt_token = "your_json_web_token"

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:

Copy
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

Copy
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:

Copy
dlthub ai toolkit rest-api-pipeline install

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 Assemble Views 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:

Copy
python assemble_views_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

Copy
dlt pipeline assemble_views_pipeline 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 /auth/api and /auth/api/token from the Assemble Views API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

Copy
import dlt
from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources

@dlt.source
def assemble_views_source(api_token=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://{organization_slug}.goassemble.com/api/v3",
            "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": api_token},
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "users", "endpoint": {"path": "users", "data_selector": "data"}},
            {"name": "projects", "endpoint": {"path": "projects", "data_selector": "data"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="assemble_views_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="assemble_views_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(assemble_views_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):

Copy
import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("assemble_views_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.users.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

Copy
SELECT * FROM assemble_views_data.users LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

Copy
import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("assemble_views_pipeline").dataset()
data.users.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 Assemble Views data to?

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

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.

Copy
dlthub ai toolkit data-exploration install
dlthub ai toolkit dlthub-platform install

• How to deploy a pipeline
• How to explore your data in marimo Notebooks
• How to query your data in Python with dataset
• Join the dlt community on Slack