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Build a Geocod.io-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Geocod.io is a RESTful API service providing geocoding, reverse geocoding, and data enrichment lookups for addresses. The REST API base URL is https://api.geocod.io/v2/ and all requests require an API key passed either as a query parameter or a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

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 Geocod.io data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Geocod.io?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Geocod.io:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
listslistsGETdataRetrieve a paginated list of all geocoding jobs
geocode_singlegeocodeGETGeocode a single address
reverse_singlereverseGETReverse geocode a single coordinate
geocode_batchgeocodePOSTBatch geocode up to 10,000 addresses
reverse_batchreversePOSTBatch reverse geocode up to 10,000 coordinate pairs

How do I authenticate with the Geocod.io API?

The API supports authentication via an 'api_key' query parameter or an 'Authorization' header with a Bearer token. Enterprise customers using the Lists API specifically require the 'Authorization: Bearer ' header.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign in to your account at the Geocodio Dashboard (https://dash.geocod.io/). 2. In the left-hand navigation sidebar, click on the 'API Keys' tab. 3. If you have not created one yet, click the 'Create API Key' button; otherwise, you can manage existing keys from this table. 4. In the creation form, provide a name for your key and select the necessary permissions (e.g., enable 'Lists API' or 'Distance API' if required, as single/batch geocoding are selected by default). 5. Click 'Create' (or 'Save' after editing), and your new API key will be displayed in the list where it can be copied for use in your application.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.geocod_io_source] geocodio_api_key = "your_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 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 Geocod.io 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 geocod_io_pipeline.py

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

Pipeline geocod_io_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset geocod_io_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/geocod_io.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 /geocode and /reverse from the Geocod.io 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 geocod_io_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.geocod.io/v2/", "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": api_key}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "lists", "endpoint": {"path": "lists", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "geocode_single", "endpoint": {"path": "geocode"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="geocod_io_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="geocod_io_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(geocod_io_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("geocod_io_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.lists.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM geocod_io_data.lists LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("geocod_io_pipeline").dataset() data.lists.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 Geocod.io 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.


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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