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Build a Breezy HR-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Breezy HR is an applicant tracking and recruiting platform offering a REST API to manage companies, positions, candidates, pipelines, webhooks and related HR resources. The REST API base URL is https://api.breezy.hr/v3 and All requests require a Bearer access token..

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 Breezy HR data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Breezy HR?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Breezy HR:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
companies/companiesGETdataList companies the authenticated user belongs to
positions/positionsGETdataList all positions visible to the authenticated user
candidates/candidatesGETdataList all candidates (supports filters)
pipelines/company/:id/pipelinesGETdataList pipelines for a company
webhook_endpoints/company/{company_id}/webhook_endpointsGETdataList webhook endpoints for a company

How do I authenticate with the Breezy HR API?

Authenticate by POSTing credentials to https://api.breezy.hr/v3/signin to receive an access_token; include it on subsequent requests as Authorization: Bearer {access_token}.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign in to the Breezy HR web app as an account admin.
  2. Open the Developer/API docs (https://developer.breezy.hr).
  3. Use the /signin endpoint with your account credentials to obtain an access_token for API use.
  4. Store the returned access_token securely and renew it when it expires.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.breezy_hr_source] api_key = "your_breezy_access_token_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 venv && source .venv/bin/activate uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:

dlt 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:

dlt 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 Breezy HR 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:

python breezy_hr_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline breezy_hr_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 positions and candidates from the Breezy HR 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 breezy_hr_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.breezy.hr/v3", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "positions", "endpoint": {"path": "positions", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "candidates", "endpoint": {"path": "candidates", "data_selector": "data"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="breezy_hr_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="breezy_hr_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(breezy_hr_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("breezy_hr_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.positions.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM breezy_hr_data.positions LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("breezy_hr_pipeline").dataset() data.positions.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 Breezy HR 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.


Troubleshooting

Authentication failures

If the API returns 401/403: verify you obtained a valid access_token via POST /signin and include header Authorization: Bearer {access_token}. Tokens expire — re‑authenticate and retry.

Rate limiting and throttling

Breezy documents rate limiting; if you receive 429 responses, implement exponential backoff and respect Retry-After headers.

Pagination

List endpoints return paginated results. Use query parameters such as page/per_page or cursor parameters as described in the docs and iterate until no more pages.

Common error responses

  • 400 Bad Request: invalid parameters
  • 401 Unauthorized: missing/invalid token
  • 403 Forbidden: insufficient permissions
  • 404 Not Found: invalid resource id
  • 429 Too Many Requests: rate limit exceeded
  • 500/502/503 Server Errors: retry with backoff

Ensure that the API key is valid to avoid 401 Unauthorized errors. Also, verify endpoint paths and parameters to avoid 404 Not Found errors.


Next steps

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

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

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