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Hive AI is a platform providing AI-powered text, image, and video content moderation and classification services via a REST API. The REST API base URL is https://api.thehive.ai/api/v2 and requests require an Authorization header using Token (V2) or Bearer (V3) scheme.

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 add "dlt[hub]" and start loading The Hive AI data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from The Hive AI?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from The Hive AI:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
task_sync/task/syncPOSTresponseSubmit text/media for synchronous moderation/classification.
task_async/task/asyncPOSTtask_idSubmit tasks for asynchronous processing.
task_summary/task/{task_id}GETresponseRetrieve the result of an asynchronous task.
projects/projectsGETprojectsList all projects accessible to the API key.
models/modelsGETmodelsList available AI models for moderation/classification.

How do I authenticate with the The Hive AI API?

All requests require an 'Authorization' header containing the API token. V2 API uses 'Token <API_KEY>', while V3 API uses 'Bearer <API_KEY>'.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Log in to your account on the Hive platform (https://thehive.ai). 2. Navigate to your project dashboard (often found under Products > Models). 3. Click on the Integration & API Keys button or tab to view your assigned project-specific API key. 4. If no key is present or you need a new one, use the provided interface (typically a plus '+' icon) to generate a new key for the project. 5. Copy the key and store it securely.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.the_hive_ai_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 init uv add "dlt[hub]"

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

uv run dlthub 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:

uv run dlthub ai toolkit install rest-api-pipeline

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 The Hive AI 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:

uv run python the_hive_ai_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

uv run dlthub 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 /api/v2/task/sync and /api/v2/task/async from the The Hive AI 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 the_hive_ai_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.thehive.ai/api/v2", "auth": {"type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, "name": "Authorization", "location": "header"}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "projects", "endpoint": {"path": "projects", "data_selector": "projects"}}, {"name": "models", "endpoint": {"path": "models", "data_selector": "models"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="the_hive_ai_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="the_hive_ai_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(the_hive_ai_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("the_hive_ai_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.task_summary.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM the_hive_ai_data.task_summary LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("the_hive_ai_pipeline").dataset() data.task_summary.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 The Hive AI data to?

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

DestinationExample 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 harness:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-platform — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install data-exploration uv run dlthub ai toolkit install dlthub-platform

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