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Make is a visual automation platform that provides a REST API to manage scenarios, connections, and data stores. The REST API base URL is https://{zone}.make.com/api/v2 and All requests require an API token sent as Authorization: Token {your-authentication-token}..

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 Make data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Make?

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

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
scenarios/scenariosGETscenariosList all scenarios in the organization
scenario_detail/scenarios/{scenarioId}GETscenarioRetrieve a single scenario by its ID
connections/connectionsGETconnectionsList all connections
connection_detail/connections/{connectionId}GETconnectionRetrieve a single connection
data_stores/data-storesGETdataStoresList all data stores
organization_rate/organizations/{organizationId}GETlicenseGet organization details including rate‑limit info

How do I authenticate with the Make API?

The API uses a token‑based scheme; include the token in the Authorization header with the literal word Token followed by a space and the token value.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Log in to your Make account. 2. Navigate to Settings → API & Integrations. 3. Click Create new token, give it a name and select the required scopes. 4. Copy the generated token and store it securely; it will not be shown again.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.make_api_source] api_token = "your_api_token_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 Make 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 make_api_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline make_api_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 scenarios and connections from the Make 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 make_api_source(api_token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://{zone}.make.com/api/v2", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": api_token, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "scenarios", "endpoint": {"path": "scenarios", "data_selector": "scenarios"}}, {"name": "connections", "endpoint": {"path": "connections", "data_selector": "connections"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="make_api_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="make_api_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(make_api_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("make_api_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.scenarios.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM make_api_data.scenarios LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("make_api_pipeline").dataset() data.scenarios.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 Make 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.


Troubleshooting

Authentication errors

  • 401 Unauthorized – Invalid or missing token. Ensure the Authorization: Token {your-token} header is present.
  • 403 Forbidden – Token lacks required scopes. Verify the token’s scopes in the Make dashboard.

Rate limiting

  • 429 Too Many Requests – Exceeded the organization’s request quota (Core 60/min, Pro 120/min, Teams 240/min, Enterprise 1000/min). The response contains the message 'Requests limit for organization exceeded, please try again later.' Implement exponential back‑off or respect the Retry-After header.

Pagination quirks

  • Pagination uses pg[offset] and pg[limit] query parameters. Include them in requests and read the pg object in responses to know total counts and next offsets.
  • Some endpoints also support pg[sortBy] and pg[sortDir] for ordering.

Ensure that the API key is valid to avoid 401 Unauthorized errors. Also, verify endpoint paths and parameters to avoid 404 Not Found errors.


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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