SystemeIO Python API Docs | dltHub

Systeme.io is a marketing platform that provides funnels, email marketing, products, and automation and exposes a RESTful public API to manage contacts, tags, subscriptions and other resources. The REST API base URL is https://api.systeme.io and All requests require an X-API-Key header containing a public API key.

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 SystemeIO data in under 10 minutes.

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What data can I load from SystemeIO?

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

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How do I authenticate with the SystemeIO API?

Authenticate by creating a Public API Key in your Systeme.io account and include it in every request using the X-API-Key HTTP header (X-API-Key: your_api_key). Do not expose keys in client‑side code; use server‑side calls.

1. Get your credentials

1. In your Systeme.io account click your profile picture → Settings.
2. Scroll to 'Public API keys'.
3. Click 'Create', give the key a name and optionally set an expiration.
4. Save and immediately copy the token (it can only be copied once). If lost, delete and create a new key.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

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[sources.systeme_io_source]
api_key = "your_systeme_io_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.

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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 SystemeIO 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 systeme_io_pipeline.py

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

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Pipeline systeme_io_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds
1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset systeme_io_data
The duckdb destination used duckdb:/systeme_io.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 systeme_io_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 contacts and tags from the SystemeIO 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 systeme_io_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://api.systeme.io",
            "auth": {
                "type": "api_key",
                "api_key": api_key,
            },
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "contacts", "endpoint": {"path": "api/contacts"}},
            {"name": "tags", "endpoint": {"path": "api/tags"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="systeme_io_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="systeme_io_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(systeme_io_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("systeme_io_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.contacts.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

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SELECT * FROM systeme_io_data.contacts LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("systeme_io_pipeline").dataset()
data.contacts.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 SystemeIO 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

If you receive 401 Unauthorized or 403 Forbidden responses ensure the X-API-Key header is present and correct. Public API keys are created in Settings → Public API keys and can only be copied once; if lost, create a new key.

Rate limits

The API enforces rate limits. Check the response headers X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Refill and the Retry-After header on 429 responses. Implement retry/backoff when you receive HTTP 429.

Pagination and response shapes

The documentation shows endpoints under /api/<resource> but does not include an explicit canonical JSON data key for lists. Perform a test GET against your account (e.g., GET /api/contacts) and inspect the JSON response to set the correct data_selector in the dlt schema.

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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