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The Blacklist API allows users to mark email addresses as undeliverable on the Netcore Cloud platform. It updates existing entries or adds new ones. Use the API endpoint to manage email channel blacklists. The REST API base URL is https://netcoreapi-main-prod-<region>.netcorein.com/v5/ and all requests require an api-key header 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 Netcore Cloud data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Netcore Cloud?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Netcore Cloud:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
get_all_listshttps://{region}/v4/audience/listPOSTdata.audience_detailsRetrieve audience lists/segments (paginated)
blacklist_emailhttps://{region}/v3/contact/blacklistPOSTBlacklist an email address (top‑level message/status)
ce_get_contacthttps://{region}/v5/contact/viewGETdataView contact details in CE/Smartech
lists_get_allhttps://{region}/v5/listsGETdata.audience_detailsRetrieve all list definitions (v5) or use v4 list endpoint
activity_exporthttps://{region}/v5/activity/exportGETdataExport activity/events data

How do I authenticate with the Netcore Cloud API?

Netcore uses a per‑account API key passed in the request header named api-key. Include Content-Type: application/json (and optionally Accept: application/json).

1. Get your credentials

  1. Log in to the Netcore (CE/Smartech) console.
  2. Go to Profile → User Profile (or Admin → Account Configuration → API Mode).
  3. Locate the API key section and copy the displayed API key.
  4. (Optional) Whitelist source IPs if your account requires it.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_source] 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 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 Netcore Cloud 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 netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline netcore_cloud_blacklist_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 get_all_lists and blacklist_email from the Netcore Cloud 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 netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://netcoreapi-main-prod-<region>.netcorein.com/v5/", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "get_all_lists", "endpoint": {"path": "v4/audience/list", "data_selector": "data.audience_details"}}, {"name": "blacklist_email", "endpoint": {"path": "v3/contact/blacklist"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(netcore_cloud_blacklist_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("netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.get_all_lists.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_data.get_all_lists LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("netcore_cloud_blacklist_api_pipeline").dataset() data.get_all_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 Netcore Cloud 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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