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Iluma's REST API uses HTTPS for secure requests. The integration guide is available at https://docs.iluma.ai/integration-guide/. The latest API version is documented at https://docs.iluma.ai/v2/. The REST API base URL is https://api.iluma.ai and All requests require Basic auth using your API key as the username (no password)..
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 Iluma data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Iluma?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Iluma:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| identity_bank_account_data_requests | v2.2/identity/bank_account_data_requests/:id | GET | (object) | Get status of a bank account data request by id |
| callback_authentication_tokens | v1/callback/authentication_tokens | GET | token | Retrieve callback authentication token (response contains "token") |
| callback_urls | v1/callback/urls | GET | List configured callback URLs (top‑level array) | |
| business_api_keys | businesses/:business_id/api_keys?token=:token | GET | Retrieve API keys using business_id and single‑use token | |
| health | health | GET | Health check endpoint |
How do I authenticate with the Iluma API?
Use HTTP Basic Authentication with the API key as the username and an empty password. All requests must use HTTPS.
1. Get your credentials
- Register an account with Iluma and contact their sales team to enable access. 2) Receive your Business ID and single‑use OAuth token from Iluma. 3) Call GET https://api.iluma.ai/businesses/:business_id/api_keys?token=:token to retrieve your API keys (token is single‑use and you must save the returned API key). 4) Use the returned API key for Basic auth in development or live environments as appropriate.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.iluma_source] api_key = "iluma_live_or_development_xxx"
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 Iluma 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 iluma_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline iluma_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset iluma_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/iluma.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline iluma_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 callback_urls and callback_authentication_tokens from the Iluma 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 iluma_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.iluma.ai", "auth": { "type": "http_basic", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "callback_urls", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/callback/urls"}}, {"name": "callback_authentication_tokens", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/callback/authentication_tokens", "data_selector": "token"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="iluma_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="iluma_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(iluma_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("iluma_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.callback_urls.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM iluma_data.callback_urls LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("iluma_pipeline").dataset() data.callback_urls.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 Iluma 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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