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Splunk Phantom (now known as Splunk SOAR) is a security orchestration, automation, and response platform that provides a REST API for system automation and management. The REST API base URL is https://<your-phantom-instance>/rest/ and all requests require the ph-auth-token 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 add "dlt[hub]" and start loading Phantom data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Phantom?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Phantom:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| container | /rest/container | GET | data | Retrieve a list of containers |
| artifact | /rest/artifact | GET | data | Retrieve a list of artifacts |
| app | /rest/app | GET | data | Retrieve a list of apps |
| playbook | /rest/playbook | GET | data | Retrieve a list of playbooks |
| container_comment | /rest/container_comment | GET | data | Retrieve a list of container comments |
How do I authenticate with the Phantom API?
Authentication is performed using a token provided in the HTTP header named 'ph-auth-token'. The token can also be provided in the URL, but the header is the standard method for API requests.
1. Get your credentials
To obtain credentials for the Splunk Phantom platform: Log in to your Splunk Phantom instance, navigate to Administration > User Management > Users, select or create an 'Automation' type user, and configure the allowed IP addresses. The API authentication token is visible within the Authentication Configuration panel for that user. For PhantomBuster users: Log in to your Workspace, go to the Workspace settings page, find the API keys section, and click 'Add API key' to generate your credential. Ensure you copy the key immediately as it is only displayed once.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.phantom_source] # For Splunk Phantom: ph_auth_token = "your_ph_auth_token_here" # For PhantomBuster: x_phantombuster_key_1 = "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 init uv add "dlt[hub]"
1. Install the dlt AI harness:
uv run dlthub 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:
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install rest-api-pipeline
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 Phantom 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:
uv run python phantom_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline phantom_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset phantom_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/phantom.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
uv run dlthub 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 /rest/container and /rest/search from the Phantom 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 phantom_source(ph_auth_token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://<your-phantom-instance>/rest/", "auth": {"type": "api_key", "api_key": ph_auth_token, "name": "ph-auth-token"}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "container", "endpoint": {"path": "rest/container", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "artifact", "endpoint": {"path": "rest/artifact", "data_selector": "data"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="phantom_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="phantom_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(phantom_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("phantom_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.container.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM phantom_data.container LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("phantom_pipeline").dataset() data.container.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 Phantom 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.
Next steps
Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI harness:
data-exploration— Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.dlthub-platform— Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install data-exploration uv run dlthub ai toolkit install dlthub-platform
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