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Didit provides REST API documentation for iOS and Android at https://docs.didit.me/reference/ios-android. The API uses API keys for authentication and supports identity verification and liveness detection. The REST API base URL is https://verification.didit.me and all requests require the x-api-key header with your secret API key.
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 Didit data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Didit?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Didit:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| session | /v3/session/ | POST | Create a verification session (used by hosted flows). | |
| session_decision | /v3/session/{session_id}/decision/ | GET | Retrieve the decision/results for a session by session_id. | |
| id_verification | /v3/id-verification/ | POST | Standalone ID document verification (server‑to‑server). | |
| face_match | /v3/face-match/ | POST | Selfie vs ID face match endpoint. | |
| aml | /v3/aml/ | POST | Sanctions & PEP screening API. |
How do I authenticate with the Didit API?
Didit uses secret API keys. Include the Application‑scoped secret key in every request using the HTTP header x-api-key. Missing or invalid keys return 401 responses.
1. Get your credentials
- Sign in to the Didit Console (https://business.didit.me). 2) Select your Organization and Application. 3) Navigate to Settings → API Keys. 4) Copy the generated secret API key for your Application. 5) Keep the key server‑side only; do not embed in client code.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.didit_source] api_key = "your_didit_api_key_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 Didit 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 didit_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline didit_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset didit_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/didit.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline didit_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 session and session_decision from the Didit 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 didit_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://verification.didit.me", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "session", "endpoint": {"path": "v3/session/"}}, {"name": "session_decision", "endpoint": {"path": "v3/session/{session_id}/decision/"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="didit_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="didit_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(didit_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("didit_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.session.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM didit_data.session LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("didit_pipeline").dataset() data.session.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 Didit 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 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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