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Process Street is a workflow management platform that provides a REST API to run and manage workflows, data sets, and users. The REST API base URL is https://public-api.process.st/api/v1.1 and All requests require an API key passed in the X-API-Key header, or optionally a Bearer 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 Process-street data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Process-street?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Process-street:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data_sets | data-sets | GET | List all data sets (paginated). | |
| workflows | workflows | GET | Find workflows (paginated). | |
| users | users | GET | List all users. | |
| tasks | tasks | GET | List tasks in a workflow run. | |
| runs | runs | GET | List workflow runs. |
How do I authenticate with the Process-street API?
API keys are generated by an administrator in the Process Street dashboard and must be included in the X-API-Key request header.
1. Get your credentials
- Log into your Process Street account with an administrator role.
- Navigate to Settings → API.
- Click Create New API Key.
- Copy the generated key and store it securely.
- Use this key in the
X-API-Keyheader for all API calls.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.process_street_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 Process-street 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 process_street_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline process_street_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset process_street_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/process_street.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline process_street_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 data_sets and workflows from the Process-street 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 process_street_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://public-api.process.st/api/v1.1", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "data_sets", "endpoint": {"path": "data-sets"}}, {"name": "workflows", "endpoint": {"path": "workflows"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="process_street_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="process_street_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(process_street_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("process_street_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.data_sets.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM process_street_data.data_sets LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("process_street_pipeline").dataset() data.data_sets.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 Process-street 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
If you receive a 401 Unauthorized response, verify that your API key is correct, active, and included in the X-API-Key header.
Rate Limiting
Process Street may enforce rate limits. A 429 Too Many Requests response indicates you should implement exponential backoff and respect the Retry-After header.
Pagination
List endpoints return results in pages of 20 items. Use the links.next URL provided in the response to retrieve subsequent pages.
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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