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Stripe Climate is a Stripe service that enables merchants to purchase carbon removal and climate-related products (orders) and manage associated Climate resources. The REST API base URL is https://api.stripe.com/v1 and all requests require a Bearer (secret key) for authentication.
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 Stripe - Climate data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Stripe - Climate?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Stripe - Climate:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| orders | climate/orders | GET | data | Lists Climate order objects (paginated). Returns a list in the top-level data array. |
| order | climate/orders/{id} | GET | Retrieves a single Climate order object (response is a single object). | |
| create_order | climate/orders | POST | Create a Climate order (returns the order object). | |
| order_object | climate/order/object | - | Documentation page describing the climate.order object and attributes. | |
| list_products | climate/products | GET | data | (Climate products listing — referenced by order creation as product IDs) |
How do I authenticate with the Stripe - Climate API?
Stripe uses API secret keys placed in the HTTP Basic auth username (or Authorization: Bearer <secret_key>) header. For REST API calls to https://api.stripe.com/v1, include your secret key as the username in basic auth or pass Authorization: Bearer sk_live_.../sk_test_... in the Authorization header.
1. Get your credentials
- Sign in to your Stripe Dashboard at https://dashboard.stripe.com/. 2) Go to Developers -> API keys. 3) Create or copy a Standard secret key (sk_test_... or sk_live_...). 4) Use the secret key in requests as the Bearer token or in basic auth username.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.stripe_climate_source] api_key = "sk_test_your_secret_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 Stripe - Climate 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 stripe_climate_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline stripe_climate_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset stripe_climate_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/stripe_climate.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline stripe_climate_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 orders and order from the Stripe - Climate 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 stripe_climate_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.stripe.com/v1", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "orders", "endpoint": {"path": "climate/orders", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "order", "endpoint": {"path": "climate/orders/{order_id}"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="stripe_climate_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="stripe_climate_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(stripe_climate_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("stripe_climate_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.orders.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM stripe_climate_data.orders LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("stripe_climate_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.
What destinations can I load Stripe - Climate 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 failures
If you receive a 401 Unauthorized, verify that you are sending a live or test secret key and that it is in the Authorization: Bearer <SECRET_KEY> header (or basic auth username). Use the correct mode (test keys for test mode).
Rate limits
Stripe returns 429 Too Many Requests when rate limits are hit. Inspect Retry-After header and back off; implement exponential backoff.
Pagination
List endpoints (e.g., GET /v1/climate/orders) are paginated and return a top-level data array plus has_more and next/starting_after style pagination tokens. Use provided pagination parameters (limit, starting_after).
Common errors
400 Bad Request — invalid parameters; 401 Unauthorized — invalid/missing credentials; 402 Payment Required — payment-related failures; 404 Not Found — invalid resource ID; 429 Too Many Requests — rate limiting.
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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