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Build a UserVoice-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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UserVoice is a feedback and customer voice platform for collecting, organizing and managing product feedback and support data via a REST Admin API. The REST API base URL is https://{subdomain}.uservoice.com/api/v2 and all requests require a Bearer token.
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 UserVoice data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from UserVoice?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from UserVoice:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| suggestions | /api/v2/suggestions | GET | suggestions | Retrieve a list of suggestions |
| users | /api/v2/users | GET | users | Retrieve a list of users |
| tickets | /api/v2/tickets | GET | tickets | Retrieve a list of tickets |
| forums | /api/v2/forums | GET | forums | Retrieve a list of forums |
| articles | /api/v2/articles | GET | articles | Retrieve a list of help articles |
How do I authenticate with the UserVoice API?
All API requests require an Authorization header containing a Bearer token. This token is typically obtained via an OAuth2 flow (e.g., client_credentials) and passed as 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>'.
1. Get your credentials
- Log in to your UserVoice Admin Console as an administrator.\n2. Navigate to Settings > Integrations > UserVoice API keys.\n3. Click 'Add API Key...' and enter a descriptive name (e.g., 'dlt Integration').\n4. Leave 'Application URL' and 'Callback URL' blank, ensure the 'Trusted' checkbox is selected, and click 'Add API key'.\n5. Locate the newly created client in the list and click 'Create' to generate and display the access token.\n6. Copy the token immediately, as this is the bearer token required for API authentication. Note your UserVoice subdomain (e.g., 'mycompany' if your URL is 'mycompany.uservoice.com') to form the base URL 'https://mycompany.uservoice.com/api/v2'."},secrets_toml_example:{citations:,confidence:
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.uservoice_source] token = "REPLACE_ME"
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 UserVoice 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 uservoice_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline uservoice_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset uservoice_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/uservoice.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 admin/suggestions and admin/forums"}},top_results:}response:default_api
{content:{auth_get_credentials:{citations:,confidence: from the UserVoice 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 uservoice_source(token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://{subdomain}.uservoice.com/api/v2", "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": token}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "suggestions", "endpoint": {"path": "api/v2/suggestions", "data_selector": "suggestions"}}, {"name": "users", "endpoint": {"path": "api/v2/users", "data_selector": "users"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="uservoice_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="uservoice_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(uservoice_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("uservoice_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.suggestions.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM uservoice_data.suggestions LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("uservoice_pipeline").dataset() data.suggestions.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 UserVoice 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 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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