Bob Python API Docs | dltHub

Hibob is an HR management platform that provides a REST API for accessing and managing employee data, custom fields, and business operations. The REST API base URL is https://api.hibob.com/v1/ and all requests require an 'Authorization' header with Basic authentication for service users.

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 Bob data in under 10 minutes.

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What data can I load from Bob?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Bob:

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How do I authenticate with the Bob API?

Hibob supports Basic authentication for service users, requiring an 'Authorization' header with the format 'Basic '. The credentials consist of 'SERVICE-USER-ID

' combined and Base64 encoded.

1. Get your credentials

To obtain API credentials for the Hibob (Bob) REST API, follow these steps in your Hibob account: 1. Navigate to the Service Users configuration page (usually found in system settings or integration settings). 2. Create a new Service User. 3. Upon creation, you will be provided with a unique Service User ID and a one-time API Token. 4. Assign the Service User to a permission group with the necessary access rights for the data you intend to retrieve. 5. Keep the ID and Token secure; they are required to build the HTTP Basic Authentication header, formatted as 'Basic <base64_encoded_id

>'."},secrets_toml_example:{citations:,confidence:

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

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[sources.bob_source]
service_user_token = "base64_encoded_id: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.

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How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

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

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

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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:

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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 Bob 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:

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python bob_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

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dlt pipeline bob_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.

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Python pipeline example

This example loads profiles and people/search from the Bob API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

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

@dlt.source
def bob_source(service_user_credentials=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://api.hibob.com/v1/",
            "auth": {"type": "http_basic", "username": "REPLACE_ME", "password": service_user_credentials},
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "work_history", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/bulk/people/work"}},
            {"name": "employment_history", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/bulk/people/employment"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="bob_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="bob_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(bob_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.

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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):

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("bob_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.work_history.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

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SELECT * FROM bob_data.work_history LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("bob_pipeline").dataset()
data.work_history.df().head()

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

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What destinations can I load Bob 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.

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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.

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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
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