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Build a Netlicensing Io-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Netlicensing.io REST API documentation is available at https://redocly.github.io/redoc/?url=https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/netlicensing.io/2.x/openapi.json. It uses standard HTTP methods for CRUD operations. The REST API base URL is https://go.netlicensing.io and All requests use HTTP Basic authentication or API Key identification..

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 Netlicensing Io data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Netlicensing Io?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Netlicensing Io:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
license/core/v2/rest/licenseGETitemsList all licenses for the vendor (returns items collection)
license_get/core/v2/rest/license/{licenseNumber}GETitemsGet a single license by licenseNumber (items collection with one item)
licensee/core/v2/rest/licenseeGETitemsList licensees for the vendor
product/core/v2/rest/productGETitemsList products for the vendor
license_template/core/v2/rest/licenseTemplateGETitemsList license templates
validate/core/v2/rest/licensee/{licenseeNumber}/validateGETValidate a license for a licensee (returns validation result)

How do I authenticate with the Netlicensing Io API?

Use HTTP Basic authentication (Authorization: Basic ) or API Key identification where the username is "apiKey" and the password is the API key. Set the header Accept: application/json for JSON responses.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign in or register at https://ui.netlicensing.io.
  2. Open Settings > API Access (API Keys) in the Management Console.
  3. Create a new API key, choose the appropriate role, and save the generated key.
  4. Use the key as the password with username "apiKey" for API requests, or use your vendor login/password for HTTP Basic authentication.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.netlicensing_io_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 Netlicensing 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:

python netlicensing_io_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline netlicensing_io_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 license and licensee from the Netlicensing 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 netlicensing_io_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://go.netlicensing.io", "auth": { "type": "http_basic", "password": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "license", "endpoint": {"path": "core/v2/rest/license", "data_selector": "items"}}, {"name": "licensee", "endpoint": {"path": "core/v2/rest/licensee", "data_selector": "items"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="netlicensing_io_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="netlicensing_io_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(netlicensing_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("netlicensing_io_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.license.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM netlicensing_io_data.license LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("netlicensing_io_pipeline").dataset() data.license.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 Netlicensing 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 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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