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The Kundli API offers RESTful services for astrology, including premium plans and JSON data for horoscopes and planetary details. Access the documentation at https://api.kundli.click/v0.4/apidoc-premium-plan. For general API plans, visit https://api.kundli.click/. The REST API base URL is https://api.kundli.click/v0.4 and all requests require userid and authcode POST parameters for authentication.

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 Kundli data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Kundli?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Kundli:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
chart_asc/chart-ascPOST(top‑level object) url, datastringAscendant/Lagn chart image and base64 string
planets/planetsPOSTplanets_assocPlanetary degrees (key‑value map)
chart_planet/chart-planetPOST(top‑level object) url, datastringPlanet chart image and base64 string
chart_dx/chart-dxPOST(top‑level object) url, datastringDivisional/Dx chart image and base64 string
houses/housesPOST(top‑level object) house degreesHouse degree values
panchdaha_maitri_chakra/panchdaha-maitri-chakraPOST(top‑level array)Panchdaha Maitri Chakra table
avakhada_chakra/avakhada-chakraPOST(top‑level object/array)Avakhada Chakra JSON
ghaat_chakra/ghaat-chakraPOST(top‑level object)Ghaat Chakra JSON
sarvashtakvarga/sarvashtakvargaPOST(top‑level object)Sarvashtakvarga data
vinshottari_mahadasha/vinshottari-mahadashaPOST(top‑level array)Vinshottari Mahadasha array
vinshottari_antardasha/vinshottari-antardashaPOST(top‑level array)Vinshottari Antardasha array
vinshottari_pratyantardasha/vinshottari-pratyantardashaPOST(top‑level array)Vinshottari Pratyantardasha array
shadbal_total/shadbal-totalPOSTdataShadbal totals under the "data" object
kaalsarpyog_report/kaalsarpyog-reportPOSTdataKaalsarp Yog report under the "data" object
manglikyog_report/manglikyog-reportPOSTdataManglik Yog report under the "data" object
sadesati/sadesatiPOSTdataSadeSati report under the "data" object

How do I authenticate with the Kundli API?

Authentication is performed by sending the POST form parameters userid and authcode with each request; no Authorization header is needed.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Visit https://kundli.click/astrology-api and sign up for a plan. 2) After the plan is activated, Kundli.Click emails you a userid and an authcode. 3) Use those values as the POST parameters userid and authcode for all API calls.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.kundli_source] userid = "your_userid_here" authcode = "your_authcode_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 Kundli 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 kundli_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline kundli_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 planets and vinshottari_mahadasha from the Kundli 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 kundli_source(authcode=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.kundli.click/v0.4", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "authcode": authcode, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "planets", "endpoint": {"path": "planets", "data_selector": "planets_assoc"}}, {"name": "vinshottari_mahadasha", "endpoint": {"path": "vinshottari-mahadasha"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="kundli_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="kundli_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(kundli_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("kundli_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.planets.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM kundli_data.planets LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("kundli_pipeline").dataset() data.planets.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 Kundli 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 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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