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Opsgenie is an incident management and alerting platform. The REST API base URL is https://api.opsgenie.com and All requests require an API key passed in the Authorization header..
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 Opsgenie data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Opsgenie?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Opsgenie:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| alerts | /v2/alerts | GET | data | Retrieve a list of alerts. |
| alerts_by_id | /v2/alerts/{id} | GET | Get details of a specific alert. | |
| schedules | /v2/schedules | GET | data | List all on‑call schedules. |
| teams | /v2/teams | GET | data | Retrieve all teams. |
| users | /v2/users | GET | data | List all users. |
| policies | /v2/policies | GET | data | Get alert policies. |
How do I authenticate with the Opsgenie API?
Authentication is performed by including the API key in the HTTP Authorization header as GenieKey <api_key>.
1. Get your credentials
- Log in to the Opsgenie web console.
- Navigate to Settings → Integrations.
- Click Add Integration and select API Integration (or choose an existing integration).
- In the integration details, locate the API Key field and click Generate.
- Copy the generated API key; it will be used as the value for the
Authorization: GenieKey <api_key>header.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.opsgenie_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 Opsgenie 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 opsgenie_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline opsgenie_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset opsgenie_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/opsgenie.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline opsgenie_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 alerts and users from the Opsgenie 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 opsgenie_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.opsgenie.com", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "alerts", "endpoint": {"path": "v2/alerts", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "users", "endpoint": {"path": "v2/users", "data_selector": "data"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="opsgenie_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="opsgenie_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(opsgenie_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("opsgenie_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.alerts.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM opsgenie_data.alerts LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("opsgenie_pipeline").dataset() data.alerts.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 Opsgenie 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.
Troubleshooting
Authentication Errors
- 401 Unauthorized – Occurs when the
Authorizationheader is missing or the API key is invalid. Ensure the header is formatted asAuthorization: GenieKey <api_key>and that the key is active.
Rate Limiting
- 429 Too Many Requests – Opsgenie enforces a request limit per minute. If you receive this response, back off for at least 1 second and retry using exponential backoff.
Pagination
- Many list endpoints use
offsetandlimitquery parameters. Ifoffsetexceeds the total number of records, an emptydataarray is returned. Validate pagination values and handle empty results gracefully.
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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