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Styra Enterprise OPA integrates with HashiCorp Vault for secret management, using REST API for secure access. It offers additional APIs beyond Open Policy Agent's standard. Configuration includes environment variables for Vault connection. The REST API base URL is https://api.styra.com/enterprise-opa and All requests require a Bearer token 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 Styra Enterprise OPA data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Styra Enterprise OPA?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Styra Enterprise OPA:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | /v0/data/{path} | GET | result | Retrieves policy decision results for the given path. |
| status | /v0/status | GET | Provides health status of the OPA server. | |
| metrics | /v0/metrics | GET | Exposes Prometheus‑compatible metrics. | |
| policy | /v0/policy/{path} | GET | result | Retrieves stored policy definitions. |
| bundle | /v0/bundle/{name} | GET | Downloads a named bundle. | |
| preview | /v0/preview/{path} | POST | result | Evaluates a request against a preview of policies (included for completeness). |
How do I authenticate with the Styra Enterprise OPA API?
Include an HTTP header 'Authorization: Bearer ' with each request.
1. Get your credentials
- Log in to the Styra console.
- Navigate to the 'Settings' or 'API Keys' area.
- Click 'Create New Token' and give it a descriptive name.
- Copy the generated token; it will not be shown again.
- Store the token securely and use it as the Bearer token for API calls.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.styra_enterprise_opa_source] bearer_token = "your_token_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 Styra Enterprise OPA 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 styra_enterprise_opa_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline styra_enterprise_opa_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset styra_enterprise_opa_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/styra_enterprise_opa.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline styra_enterprise_opa_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 and status from the Styra Enterprise OPA 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 styra_enterprise_opa_source(bearer_token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.styra.com/enterprise-opa", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": bearer_token, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "data", "endpoint": {"path": "v0/data"}}, {"name": "status", "endpoint": {"path": "v0/status"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="styra_enterprise_opa_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="styra_enterprise_opa_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(styra_enterprise_opa_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("styra_enterprise_opa_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.data.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM styra_enterprise_opa_data.data LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("styra_enterprise_opa_pipeline").dataset() data.data.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 Styra Enterprise OPA 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 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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