ShopWired Python API Docs | dltHub

ShopWired is an e-commerce platform providing a REST API to manage stores, products, orders, customers, shipping, and more. The REST API base URL is https://api.ecommerceapi.uk/v1 and all requests require HTTP Basic Authentication (API Key as username, API Secret as password).

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 ShopWired data in under 10 minutes.

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What data can I load from ShopWired?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from ShopWired:

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How do I authenticate with the ShopWired API?

Authentication uses HTTP Basic Auth: the API Key as the username and the API Secret as the password. OAuth2 is also supported for apps. Include credentials on every request via standard Basic Auth headers.

1. Get your credentials

In your ShopWired admin: Your account (top right) > API & webhooks -> Create API key. Provide a name and select permissions. After creation, view and copy the API Key and API Secret. Regenerate if needed.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

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[sources.shopwired_source]
api_key = "your_api_key_here"
api_secret = "your_api_secret_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.

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How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

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uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:

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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:

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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 ShopWired 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:

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python shopwired_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

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dlt pipeline shopwired_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.

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Python pipeline example

This example loads orders and products from the ShopWired API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

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import dlt
from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources

@dlt.source
def shopwired_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://api.ecommerceapi.uk/v1",
            "auth": {
                "type": "http_basic",
                "api_key": api_key,
            },
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "orders", "endpoint": {"path": "orders", "data_selector": "orders"}},
            {"name": "products", "endpoint": {"path": "products", "data_selector": "products"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="shopwired_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="shopwired_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(shopwired_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.

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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):

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("shopwired_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.orders.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

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SELECT * FROM shopwired_data.orders LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("shopwired_pipeline").dataset()
data.orders.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.

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What destinations can I load ShopWired data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.

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Troubleshooting

Authentication Failures

Refer to the authentication documentation to ensure your API Key and API Secret are correctly configured for HTTP Basic Authentication. Verify that the credentials have the necessary permissions for the requested resources.

Pagination

ShopWired API responses for collections of resources are paginated. Ensure your implementation correctly handles pagination parameters to retrieve all available data. Consult the API documentation for specific pagination strategies (e.g., page number, limit).

Rate Limiting

The API implements rate limiting to prevent abuse. If you encounter 429 Too Many Requests errors, implement a retry mechanism with exponential backoff. Review the API documentation for specific rate limit thresholds and headers (e.g., X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset).

Ensure that the API key is valid to avoid 401 Unauthorized errors. Also, verify endpoint paths and parameters to avoid 404 Not Found errors.

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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.

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dlt ai toolkit data-exploration install
dlt ai toolkit dlthub-runtime install

• How to deploy a pipeline
• How to explore your data in marimo Notebooks
• How to query your data in Python with dataset
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