Geidea Python API Docs | dltHub
Build a Geidea-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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Geidea is a payment gateway and fintech platform providing APIs for processing payments and managing merchant transactions. The REST API base URL is https://api.merchant.geidea.net and all requests require HTTP Basic authentication via the Authorization header and potentially an HMAC-SHA256 signature in the request body.
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 Geidea data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Geidea?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Geidea:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| transactions | /payment-intent/api/v2/transactions | GET | orders | Fetch all or search transactions or orders |
| payment_links | /payment-intent/api/v2/payment-links | GET | paymentIntents | Find list of payment links |
| payment_invoices | /payment-intent/api/v2/payment-invoices | GET | paymentIntents | Find list of payment invoices |
| payment_intents | /payment-intent/api/v2/payment-intents | GET | paymentIntents | Find list of payment intents |
| checkout_sessions | /v2/direct/session | POST | Create a payment session |
How do I authenticate with the Geidea API?
Geidea uses HTTP Basic authentication where the Public Key serves as the username and the API Password as the password, transmitted via the standard Authorization header. Additionally, an HMAC signature is often required in the request body to ensure data integrity for specific operations.
1. Get your credentials
To obtain your API credentials for Geidea, follow these steps: 1. Log in to the Geidea Merchant Portal. 2. Navigate to the 'Payment Gateway' section. 3. Select 'Gateway Settings'. Your 'Public Key' (used as the username) and 'API Password' (used as the password) will be displayed there. If you cannot locate these credentials, contact Geidea support or your assigned point-of-contact for the integration.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.geidea_source] geidea_public_key = "your_public_key_here" geidea_api_password = "your_api_password_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 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 Geidea 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 geidea_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline geidea_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset geidea_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/geidea.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 create session and pay from the Geidea 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 geidea_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.merchant.geidea.net", "auth": {"type": "http_basic", "username": "REPLACE_ME", "password": api_key}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "transactions", "endpoint": {"path": "payment-intent/api/v2/transactions", "data_selector": "orders"}}, {"name": "payment_links", "endpoint": {"path": "payment-intent/api/v2/payment-links", "data_selector": "paymentIntents"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="geidea_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="geidea_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(geidea_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("geidea_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.transactions.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM geidea_data.transactions LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("geidea_pipeline").dataset() data.transactions.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 Geidea 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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