Award Wallet Python API Docs | dltHub
Build a Award Wallet-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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AwardWallet provides a suite of REST APIs for accessing travel itineraries, loyalty program account data, and credit card bonus information. The REST API base URL is https://business.awardwallet.com/api/export/v1 (Account Access API), https://loyalty.awardwallet.com/v2 (Web Parsing API), or https://us-cc-api.awardwallet.com/v1 (Credit Card Bonus API) and all requests require an 'X-Authentication' header for authorization.
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 Award Wallet data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Award Wallet?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Award Wallet:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| members | /api/export/v1/member | GET | Retrieves a list of members associated with the business account. | |
| connected_users | /api/export/v1/connectedUser | GET | Retrieves a list of users who have shared accounts. | |
| member_details | /api/export/v1/member/{id} | GET | Retrieves detailed info and accounts for a specific member. | |
| user_details | /api/export/v1/connectedUser/{id} | GET | Retrieves detailed info and shared accounts for a specific connected user. | |
| travel_timeline | /api/export/v1/travel-timeline/{id} | POST | Retrieves itineraries for a specific user. |
How do I authenticate with the Award Wallet API?
Authentication is handled via an 'X-Authentication' header. Depending on the specific API, the token is either a personal API key or a string formatted as 'Username
'.1. Get your credentials
To obtain API credentials for AwardWallet, you must contact their support team directly. Navigate to the AwardWallet business dashboard or their official API main page to request your specific test credentials or API key. For most API services, they will provide you with a unique API username and password, which you will use to construct your authentication token.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.award_wallet_source] 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 Award Wallet 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 award_wallet_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline award_wallet_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset award_wallet_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/award_wallet.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 The most common endpoints vary by service; for example, the Email Parsing API uses getResults, while the Web Parsing/Loyalty API frequently utilizes providers/list and account/check. from the Award Wallet 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 award_wallet_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://business.awardwallet.com/api/export/v1 (Account Access API), https://loyalty.awardwallet.com/v2 (Web Parsing API), or https://us-cc-api.awardwallet.com/v1 (Credit Card Bonus API)", "auth": {"type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, "name": "X-Authentication", "location": "header"}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "travel_timeline", "endpoint": {"path": "api/export/v1/travel-timeline/{id}", "data_selector": "itineraries"}}, {"name": "members", "endpoint": {"path": "api/export/v1/member", "data_selector": "members"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="award_wallet_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="award_wallet_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(award_wallet_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("award_wallet_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.travel_timeline.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM award_wallet_data.travel_timeline LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("award_wallet_pipeline").dataset() data.travel_timeline.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 Award Wallet 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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