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Build a Wahoo Fitness-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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Wahoo Fitness Cloud API provides connectivity to Wahoo users' profile data, workout history, structured workout plans, and cycling power zones via OAuth 2.0. The REST API base URL is https://api.wahooligan.com and all requests require a Bearer token obtained via OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.
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 Wahoo Fitness data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from Wahoo Fitness?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Wahoo Fitness:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| workouts | /v1/workouts | GET | List Workouts | |
| workout | /v1/workouts/{id} | GET | Get a Workout | |
| plans | /v1/plans | GET | List Plans | |
| plan | /v1/plans/{id} | GET | Get a Plan | |
| workout_plans | /v1/workouts/{workout_id}/plans | GET | List Plans For Workout |
How do I authenticate with the Wahoo Fitness API?
The API uses OAuth 2.0 with the Authorization Code flow (supports PKCE for public applications). Authenticated requests require an 'Authorization' header containing a Bearer token.
1. Get your credentials
To obtain credentials for the Wahoo Fitness Cloud API, navigate to the Wahoo Developer Portal (https://developers.wahooligan.com/applications) and log in. Once logged in, create a new application by selecting 'My Apps' and clicking '+ Add a new app'. During registration, provide the required application details, select the appropriate environment (Sandbox or Production), and choose your application type (Confidential for server-side apps, or specify 'No' under 'Confidential?' if using PKCE for public/client-side apps). After saving, the portal will generate a 'Client ID' and 'Client Secret', which are required to initiate the OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow. Your application may remain in 'pending approval' status until Wahoo reviews the submission.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.wahoo_fitness_source] WAHOO_CLIENT_ID = "your_client_id_here" WAHOO_CLIENT_SECRET = "your_client_secret_here" WAHOO_REDIRECT_URI = "https://your-app.example.com/oauth/callback"
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 Wahoo Fitness 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 wahoo_fitness_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline wahoo_fitness_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset wahoo_fitness_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/wahoo_fitness.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 /oauth/authorize and /oauth/token from the Wahoo Fitness 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 wahoo_fitness_source(access_token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.wahooligan.com", "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": access_token}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "workouts", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/workouts"}}, {"name": "plans", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/plans"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="wahoo_fitness_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="wahoo_fitness_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(wahoo_fitness_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("wahoo_fitness_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.workouts.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM wahoo_fitness_data.workouts LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("wahoo_fitness_pipeline").dataset() data.workouts.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 Wahoo Fitness 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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