Load Data from Apple App-Store Connect to Microsoft SQL Server in Python
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Apple App-Store Connect lets you monitor your app's sales and downloads, reply to App Store reviews, get notified of new reviews, respond to reviews, and more. This documentation will guide you on how to load data from Apple App-Store Connect to Microsoft SQL Server using the open-source Python library called dlt. Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that allows applications and tools to connect to a SQL Server instance or database and communicate using Transact-SQL. For more information about Apple App-Store Connect, visit here.
dlt Key Features
- Easy to get started:
dltis a Python library that is easy to use and understand. It is designed to be simple to use and easy to understand. Typepip install dltand you are ready to go. - Microsoft SQL Server: Learn how to set up and configure a pipeline to load data into Microsoft SQL Server using
dlt. Read more - Snowflake Authentication: Understand the different authentication methods supported by the Snowflake destination, including password, key pair, and external authentication. Read more
- Databricks Integration: Follow the guide to set up your Databricks workspace and configure
dltto load data into Databricks. Read more - Incremental Loading: Take advantage of
dlt's incremental loading capabilities to efficiently update your data without reloading everything. Read more - Resource Grouping and Secrets: Learn how to group resources and manage secrets in
dltto keep your data pipeline organized and secure. Read more
Getting started with your pipeline locally
dlt-init-openapi0. Prerequisites
dlt and dlt-init-openapi requires Python 3.9 or higher. Additionally, you need to have the pip package manager installed, and we recommend using a virtual environment to manage your dependencies. You can learn more about preparing your computer for dlt in our installation reference.
1. Install dlt and dlt-init-openapi
First you need to install the dlt-init-openapi cli tool.
pip install dlt-init-openapi
The dlt-init-openapi cli is a powerful generator which you can use to turn any OpenAPI spec into a dlt source to ingest data from that api. The quality of the generator source is dependent on how well the API is designed and how accurate the OpenAPI spec you are using is. You may need to make tweaks to the generated code, you can learn more about this here.
# generate pipeline
# NOTE: add_limit adds a global limit, you can remove this later
# NOTE: you will need to select which endpoints to render, you
# can just hit Enter and all will be rendered.
dlt-init-openapi apple_app_store_connect --url https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apple.com/app-store-connect/1.4.1/openapi.yaml --global-limit 2
cd apple_app_store_connect_pipeline
# install generated requirements
pip install -r requirements.txt
The last command will install the required dependencies for your pipeline. The dependencies are listed in the requirements.txt:
dlt>=0.4.12
You now have the following folder structure in your project:
apple_app_store_connect_pipeline/
├── .dlt/
│ ├── config.toml # configs for your pipeline
│ └── secrets.toml # secrets for your pipeline
├── rest_api/ # The rest api verified source
│ └── ...
├── apple_app_store_connect/
│ └── __init__.py # TODO: possibly tweak this file
├── apple_app_store_connect_pipeline.py # your main pipeline script