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Build a BridgeFT WealthTech API-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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BridgeFT WealthTech API provides access to high-fidelity data from financial custodians and market data providers. It includes an API for automating the Release of Information process. The API is API-first, multi-custodial, and built for developers. The REST API base URL is https://api.bridgeft.com/v2 and all requests require a Bearer access token (Machine‑to‑Machine API Key → access 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 pip install "dlt[workspace]" and start loading BridgeFT WealthTech API data in under 10 minutes.
What data can I load from BridgeFT WealthTech API?
Here are some of the endpoints you can load from BridgeFT WealthTech API:
| Resource | Endpoint | Method | Data selector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| org_roi_requests | org/roi-requests/send-request | POST | (response is single object) | Send ROI request to custodian (example shown in docs) |
| related_persons | account-management/related-persons | GET | (see OpenAPI for exact list key) | Get related persons for accounts the application has access to |
| aum_analytics | analytics/aum | GET | (see OpenAPI) | Returns AUM records for requested account(s) on a selected date |
| accounts | accounts | GET | (see OpenAPI) | List accounts (filtering and pagination supported) |
| securities_reference | securities/reference | GET | (see OpenAPI) | Securities reference data |
How do I authenticate with the BridgeFT WealthTech API API?
Obtain Machine‑to‑Machine credentials, exchange them for an API token, and include Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN} on each request (JSON bodies require Content-Type: application/json).
1. Get your credentials
- Request Machine‑to‑Machine credentials from BridgeFT (see Authentication Guide).
- Download the OpenAPI/Postman collection at http://docs.bridgeft.com/openapi.
- Use your M2M credentials to obtain an API token as described in the Machine‑to‑Machine Authentication guide.
- Include the token in the
Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN}header for all API calls.
2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml
[sources.bridgeft_wealthtech_api_source] api_key = "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.
How do I set up and run the pipeline?
Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"
1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:
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:
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 BridgeFT WealthTech API 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:
python bridgeft_wealthtech_api_pipeline.py
If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:
Pipeline bridgeft_wealthtech_api_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset bridgeft_wealthtech_api_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/bridgeft_wealthtech_api.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs
Inspect your pipeline and data:
dlt pipeline bridgeft_wealthtech_api_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.
Python pipeline example
This example loads related_persons and accounts from the BridgeFT WealthTech API 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 bridgeft_wealthtech_api_source(token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.bridgeft.com/v2", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": token, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "related_persons", "endpoint": {"path": "account-management/related-persons"}}, {"name": "accounts", "endpoint": {"path": "accounts"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="bridgeft_wealthtech_api_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="bridgeft_wealthtech_api_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(bridgeft_wealthtech_api_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("bridgeft_wealthtech_api_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.related_persons.df() print(sessions_df.head())
SQL (DuckDB example):
SELECT * FROM bridgeft_wealthtech_api_data.related_persons LIMIT 10;
In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:
import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("bridgeft_wealthtech_api_pipeline").dataset() data.related_persons.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 BridgeFT WealthTech API 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 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.
dlt ai toolkit data-exploration install dlt ai toolkit dlthub-runtime install
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