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Trulioo API uses RESTful architecture, supports HTTPS, and requires JSON data format. It offers flexible rate limits and supports multiple programming languages. For Java, use the SDK available on GitHub. The REST API base URL is https://verification.trulioo.com and All requests require a Bearer access token obtained via LicenseKey exchange or OAuth2 client‑credentials..

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 Trulioo data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Trulioo?

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

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
customer_transactionscustomer/transactions/{transactionId}GETresultsRetrieve detailed transaction data including matcher results.
customer_transaction_imagecustomer/transactions/{transactionId}/images/{imageId}GETimageRetrieve the base64‑encoded image for a transaction.
platform_datasourcesv3/configuration/alldatasources/{packageID}GET(none)List all data sources for a given package.
platform_business_numbersv3/business/businessregistrationnumbersGET(none)Get supported business registration numbers.
platform_say_hellov3/connection/sayhello/{name}GET(none)Simple connectivity test returning a greeting message.

How do I authenticate with the Trulioo API?

Customer API: POST /authorize/customer with LicenseKey returns an accessToken; use the AccessToken header for subsequent calls. Platform API: obtain a Bearer token via OAuth2 client‑credentials and include it in the Authorization header.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign in to the Trulioo Control or developer portal. 2) Navigate to the organization settings. 3) For the Customer API, create or locate a License Key and copy it. 4) For the Platform API, create an OAuth client and copy the client_id and client_secret. 5) Store these values for use in dlt configuration.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.trulioo_source] license_key = "your_license_key_here" # or for platform OAuth client_id = "your_client_id_here" client_secret = "your_client_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.


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 Trulioo 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 trulioo_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline trulioo_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 customer/transactions and customer/handoff from the Trulioo 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 trulioo_source(license_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://verification.trulioo.com", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": license_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "customer_transactions", "endpoint": {"path": "customer/transactions/{transactionId}", "data_selector": "results"}}, {"name": "customer_handoff", "endpoint": {"path": "customer/handoff", "data_selector": "shortCode"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="trulioo_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="trulioo_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(trulioo_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("trulioo_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.customer_transactions.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM trulioo_data.customer_transactions LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("trulioo_pipeline").dataset() data.customer_transactions.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 Trulioo 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 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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