VIDIZMO Python API Docs | dltHub

VIDIZMO's REST API allows user authentication, content management, and access to various portal features. The main reference guide provides detailed documentation for API usage. User Authentication API is essential for obtaining access tokens. The REST API base URL is {domain}/api/v1/ and all requests that require authentication use a Bearer access 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 VIDIZMO data in under 10 minutes.

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What data can I load from VIDIZMO?

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

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How do I authenticate with the VIDIZMO API?

Obtain an access (bearer) token via the user authentication API (/api/v1/user/authenticate) and include it in requests as the HTTP header: Authorization: Bearer . Requests without a bearer token are executed as an anonymous user (if the resource allows anonymous access).

1. Get your credentials

1. Sign in to your VIDIZMO Portal as an administrator (or request a user account). 2) Use the portal user credentials (email/password) to call POST {domain}/api/v1/user/authenticate (see “Using REST API – Acquire Access Token for Authentication”). 3) Extract the returned bearer token and store it for API calls. 4) Refresh the token when it expires (use the same authenticate/refresh flow documented by VIDIZMO).

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

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[sources.vidizmo_source]
access_token = "your_bearer_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.

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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 VIDIZMO 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 vidizmo_pipeline.py

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

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Pipeline vidizmo_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds
1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset vidizmo_data
The duckdb destination used duckdb:/vidizmo.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 vidizmo_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 tag_search and mashup from the VIDIZMO 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 vidizmo_source(access_token=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "{domain}/api/v1/",
            "auth": {
                "type": "bearer",
                "access_token": access_token,
            },
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "tag_search", "endpoint": {"path": "api/v1/tag/search", "data_selector": "tags"}},
            {"name": "mashup", "endpoint": {"path": "api/v1/mashup"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="vidizmo_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="vidizmo_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(vidizmo_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("vidizmo_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.tag_search.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

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SELECT * FROM vidizmo_data.tag_search LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("vidizmo_pipeline").dataset()
data.tag_search.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 VIDIZMO 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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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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