Load Data from HubSpot
to AlloyDB
Using dlt
in Python
We will be using the dlt PostgreSQL destination to connect to AlloyDB. You can get the connection string for AlloyDB from the GCP AlloyDB Console.
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HubSpot
is a customer relationship management (CRM) software and inbound marketing platform that helps businesses attract visitors, engage customers, and close leads. AlloyDB
for PostgreSQL is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service designed for demanding workloads, including hybrid transactional and analytical processing. It combines a Google-built database engine with a cloud-based, multi-node architecture to deliver enterprise-grade performance, reliability, and availability. This documentation covers how to load data from HubSpot
to AlloyDB
using the open-source Python library called dlt
. For more information about HubSpot
, visit here.
dlt
Key Features
- Fetching data from the GitHub API: Learn how to retrieve data from the GitHub API using
dlt
. Read more - Understanding and managing data loading behaviors: Understand how to control data loading behaviors in your pipeline. Learn more
- Incrementally loading new data and deduplicating existing data: Discover how to load only new data and remove duplicates. Find out how
- Making our data fetch more dynamic and reducing code redundancy: Explore techniques to make your data fetch dynamic and reduce redundancy in your code. Read further
- Securely handling secrets: Learn best practices for securely managing secrets in your data pipeline. See details
Getting started with your pipeline locally
0. Prerequisites
dlt
requires Python 3.8 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
First you need to install the dlt
library with the correct extras for AlloyDB
:
pip install "dlt[postgres]"
The dlt
cli has a useful command to get you started with any combination of source and destination. For this example, we want to load data from HubSpot
to AlloyDB
. You can run the following commands to create a starting point for loading data from HubSpot
to AlloyDB
:
# create a new directory
mkdir hubspot_pipeline
cd hubspot_pipeline
# initialize a new pipeline with your source and destination
dlt init hubspot postgres
# install the required dependencies
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[postgres]>=0.3.25
You now have the following folder structure in your project:
hubspot_pipeline/
├── .dlt/
│ ├── config.toml # configs for your pipeline
│ └── secrets.toml # secrets for your pipeline
├── hubspot/ # folder with source specific files
│ └── ...
├── hubspot_pipeline.py # your main pipeline script
├── requirements.txt # dependencies for your pipeline
└── .gitignore # ignore files for git (not required)
2. Configuring your source and destination credentials
The dlt
cli will have created a .dlt
directory in your project folder. This directory contains a config.toml
file and a secrets.toml
file that you can use to configure your pipeline. The automatically created version of these files look like this:
generated config.toml
# put your configuration values here
[runtime]
log_level="WARNING" # the system log level of dlt
# use the dlthub_telemetry setting to enable/disable anonymous usage data reporting, see https://dlthub.com/docs/telemetry
dlthub_telemetry = true
generated secrets.toml
# put your secret values and credentials here. do not share this file and do not push it to github
[sources.hubspot]
api_key = "api_key" # please set me up!
[destination.postgres]
dataset_name = "dataset_name" # please set me up!
[destination.postgres.credentials]
database = "database" # please set me up!
password = "password" # please set me up!
username = "username" # please set me up!
host = "host" # please set me up!
port = 5432
connect_timeout = 15
2.1. Adjust the generated code to your usecase
3. Running your pipeline for the first time
The dlt
cli has also created a main pipeline script for you at hubspot_pipeline.py
, as well as a folder hubspot
that contains additional python files for your source. These files are your local copies which you can modify to fit your needs. In some cases you may find that you only need to do small changes to your pipelines or add some configurations, in other cases these files can serve as a working starting point for your code, but will need to be adjusted to do what you need them to do.
The main pipeline script will look something like this:
from typing import List
import dlt
from hubspot import hubspot, hubspot_events_for_objects, THubspotObjectType
def load_crm_data() -> None:
"""
This function loads all resources from HubSpot CRM
Returns:
None
"""
# Create a DLT pipeline object with the pipeline name, dataset name, and destination database type
# Add full_refresh=(True or False) if you need your pipeline to create the dataset in your destination
p = dlt.pipeline(
pipeline_name="hubspot",
dataset_name="hubspot_dataset",
destination='postgres',
)
# Run the pipeline with the HubSpot source connector
info = p.run(hubspot())
# Print information about the pipeline run
print(info)
def load_crm_data_with_history() -> None:
"""
Loads all HubSpot CRM resources and property change history for each entity.
The history entries are loaded to a tables per resource `{resource_name}_property_history`, e.g. `contacts_property_history`
Returns:
None
"""
# Create a DLT pipeline object with the pipeline name, dataset name, and destination database type
# Add full_refresh=(True or False) if you need your pipeline to create the dataset in your destination
p = dlt.pipeline(
pipeline_name="hubspot",
dataset_name="hubspot_dataset",
destination='postgres',
)
# Configure the source with `include_history` to enable property history load, history is disabled by default
data = hubspot(include_history=True)
# Run the pipeline with the HubSpot source connector
info = p.run(data)
# Print information about the pipeline run
print(info)
def load_crm_objects_with_custom_properties() -> None:
"""
Loads CRM objects, reading only properties defined by the user.
"""
# Create a DLT pipeline object with the pipeline name,
# dataset name, properties to read and destination database
# type Add full_refresh=(True or False) if you need your
# pipeline to create the dataset in your destination
p = dlt.pipeline(
pipeline_name="hubspot",
dataset_name="hubspot_dataset",
destination='postgres',
)
source = hubspot()
# By default, all the custom properties of a CRM object are extracted,
# ignoring those driven by Hubspot (prefixed with `hs_`).
# To read fields in addition to the custom ones:
# source.contacts.bind(props=["date_of_birth", "degree"])
# To read only two particular fields:
source.contacts.bind(props=["date_of_birth", "degree"], include_custom_props=False)
# Run the pipeline with the HubSpot source connector
info = p.run(source)
# Print information about the pipeline run
print(info)
def load_web_analytics_events(
object_type: THubspotObjectType, object_ids: List[str]
) -> None:
"""
This function loads web analytics events for a list objects in `object_ids` of type `object_type`
Returns:
None
"""
# Create a DLT pipeline object with the pipeline name, dataset name, and destination database type
p = dlt.pipeline(
pipeline_name="hubspot",
dataset_name="hubspot_dataset",
destination='postgres',
full_refresh=False,
)
# you can get many resources by calling this function for various object types
resource = hubspot_events_for_objects(object_type, object_ids)
# and load them together passing resources in the list
info = p.run([resource])
# Print information about the pipeline run
print(info)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Call the functions to load HubSpot data into the database with and without company events enabled
load_crm_data()
load_crm_data_with_history()
load_web_analytics_events("company", ["7086461639", "7086464459"])
load_crm_objects_with_custom_properties()
Provided you have set up your credentials, you can run your pipeline like a regular python script with the following command:
python hubspot_pipeline.py
4. Inspecting your load result
You can now inspect the state of your pipeline with the dlt
cli:
dlt pipeline hubspot info
You can also use streamlit to inspect the contents of your AlloyDB
destination for this:
# install streamlit
pip install streamlit
# run the streamlit app for your pipeline with the dlt cli:
dlt pipeline hubspot show
5. Next steps to get your pipeline running in production
One of the beauties of dlt
is, that we are just a plain Python library, so you can run your pipeline in any environment that supports Python >= 3.8. We have a couple of helpers and guides in our docs to get you there:
The Deploy section will show you how to deploy your pipeline to
- Deploy with Github Actions: Learn how to deploy your
dlt
pipeline using Github Actions. - Deploy with Airflow: Follow this guide to deploy your pipeline with Airflow and Google Composer.
- Deploy with Google Cloud Functions: Explore how to deploy your
dlt
pipeline using Google Cloud Functions. - Other Deployment Options: Check out other methods to deploy your
dlt
pipeline here.
The running in production section will teach you about:
- How to Monitor your pipeline: Learn how to effectively monitor your
dlt
pipeline in production. Check out the guide here. - Set up alerts: Ensure you are notified of any issues or important events in your pipeline by setting up alerts. Follow the instructions here.
- Set up tracing: Implement tracing to get detailed insights into the execution of your
dlt
pipeline. Find out how here.
Available Sources and Resources
For this verified source the following sources and resources are available
Source hubspot
Hubspot source provides data on companies, contacts, deals, and customer service tickets.
Resource Name | Write Disposition | Description |
---|---|---|
companies | replace | Information about organizations |
contacts | replace | Visitors, potential customers, leads |
deals | replace | Deal records, deal tracking |
products | replace | Pricing information of a product |
quotes | replace | Price proposals that salespeople can create and send to their contacts |
tickets | replace | Request for help from customers or users |
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