Load HARPA AI data in Python using dltHub

Build a HARPA AI-to-database or-dataframe pipeline in Python using dlt with automatic Cursor support.

In this guide, we'll set up a complete HARPA AI data pipeline from API credentials to your first data load in just 10 minutes. You'll end up with a fully declarative Python pipeline based on dlt's REST API connector, like in the partial example code below:

Example code
@dlt.source
def harpa_ai_source(access_token=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://harpa.ai/",
            {
    "type": "bearer",
    "token": access_token,
},
        },
        "resources": [
            "grid",
"tldr",
"gpts"
        ],
    }
    [...]
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    # Connect to destination
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name='harpa_ai_pipeline',
        destination='duckdb',
        dataset_name='harpa_ai_data', 
    )
    # Load the data
    load_info = pipeline.run(harpa_ai_source())
    print(load_info)

Why use dltHub Workspace with LLM Context to generate Python pipelines?

Accelerate pipeline development with AI-native context
Debug pipelines, validate schemas and data with the integrated Pipeline Dashboard
Build Python notebooks for end users of your data
Low maintenance thanks to Schema evolution with type inference, resilience and self documenting REST API connectors. A shallow learning curve makes the pipeline easy to extend by any team member
dlt is the tool of choice for Pythonic Iceberg Lakehouses, bringing mature data loading to pythonic Iceberg with or without catalogs

What you’ll do

We’ll show you how to generate a readable and easily maintainable Python script that fetches data from harpa_ai’s API and loads it into Iceberg, DataFrames, files, or a database of your choice. Here are some of the endpoints you can load:

Grid Operations: Manage and orchestrate browser automation nodes for web scraping and data extraction
Content Processing: Summarize, rewrite, compose, and explain web content using AI models
Search and Analysis: Perform web searches, SEO audits, and page analysis with AI assistance
Account Management: Handle user accounts, authentication, and subscription services
Communication Tools: Reply generation, grammar checking, and email composition assistance

You will then debug the HARPA AI pipeline using our Pipeline Dashboard tool to ensure it is copying the data correctly, before building a Notebook to explore your data and build reports.

Setup & steps to follow

💡
Before getting started, let's make sure Cursor is set up correctly:

We suggest using a model like Claude 3.7 Sonnet or better
Index the REST API Source tutorial: https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/verified-sources/rest_api/ and add it to context as @dlt rest api
Read our full steps on setting up Cursor

Now you're ready to get started!

⚙️ Set up dlt Workspace

Install dlt with duckdb support:
```
pip install dlt[workspace]
```
Initialize a dlt pipeline with HARPA AI support.
```
dlt init dlthub:harpa_ai duckdb
```
The init command will setup the necessary files and folders for the next step.

🤠 Start LLM-assisted coding

Here’s a prompt to get you started:

Prompt
Please generate a REST API Source for HARPA AI API, as specified in @harpa_ai-docs.yaml 
Start with endpoints "grid" and "tldr" and skip incremental loading for now. 
Place the code in harpa_ai_pipeline.py and name the pipeline harpa_ai_pipeline. 
If the file exists, use it as a starting point. 
Do not add or modify any other files. 
Use @dlt rest api as a tutorial. 
After adding the endpoints, allow the user to run the pipeline with python harpa_ai_pipeline.py and await further instructions.

🔒 Set up credentials

HARPA AI uses API key authentication for server connections. The service supports multiple authentication methods including OpenAI API keys, browser sessions with ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini accounts, and CloudGPT connections for premium users. API keys are displayed only once upon generation and should be stored securely.

To get the appropriate API keys, please visit the original source at https://harpa.ai/. If you want to protect your environment secrets in a production environment, look into setting up credentials with dlt.

🏃‍♀️ Run the pipeline in the Python terminal in Cursor


python harpa_ai_pipeline.py

If your pipeline runs correctly, you’ll see something like the following:


Pipeline harpa_ai load step completed in 0.26 seconds
1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset harpa_ai_data
The duckdb destination used duckdb:/harpa_ai.duckdb location to store data
Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

📈 Debug your pipeline and data with the Pipeline Dashboard

Now that you have a running pipeline, you need to make sure it’s correct, so you do not introduce silent failures like misconfigured pagination or incremental loading errors. By launching the dlt Workspace Pipeline Dashboard, you can see various information about the pipeline to enable you to test it. Here you can see:
- Pipeline overview: State, load metrics
- Data’s schema: tables, columns, types, hints
- You can query the data itself
```
dlt pipeline harpa_ai_pipeline show --dashboard
```
🐍 Build a Notebook with data explorations and reports

With the pipeline and data partially validated, you can continue with custom data explorations and reports. To get started, paste the snippet below into a new marimo Notebook and ask your LLM to go from there. Jupyter Notebooks and regular Python scripts are supported as well.
```
import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("harpa_ai_pipeline").dataset()
# get grid table as Pandas frame
data.grid.df().head()
```

Running into errors?

HARPA AI is primarily a Chrome browser extension rather than a traditional API service, requiring browser installation and specific permissions. Web session connections may be rate-limited by AI providers, and some features require premium subscriptions. The service processes data locally in the browser for privacy, but this means automation tasks consume local system resources. LinkedIn scraping has daily connection limits, and some regions may require VPN access for certain AI model connections.

Extra resources:

Learn more with our 1h LLM-assisted coding course!

Next steps

How to deploy a pipeline
How to explore your data in marimo Notebooks
How to query your data in Python with dataset
[How to create REST API Sources with Cursor](https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/llm-tooling/cursor-restapi "resources": [ "grid", "tldr", "gpts" ], } [...] yield from rest_api_resources(config)

def get_data() -> None: # Connect to destination pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name='harpa_ai_pipeline', destination='duckdb', dataset_name='harpa_ai_data', ) # Load the data load_info = pipeline.run(harpa_ai_source()) print(load_info)


### Why use dltHub Workspace with LLM Context to generate Python pipelines?

- Accelerate pipeline development with AI-native context
- Debug pipelines, validate schemas and data with the integrated **Pipeline Dashboard**
- Build Python notebooks for end users of your data
- **Low maintenance** thanks to Schema evolution with type inference, resilience and self documenting REST API connectors. A shallow learning curve makes the pipeline easy to extend by any team member
- dlt is the tool of choice for Pythonic Iceberg Lakehouses, bringing mature data loading to pythonic Iceberg with or without catalogs

## What you’ll do

We’ll show you how to generate a readable and easily maintainable Python script that fetches data from harpa_ai’s API and loads it into Iceberg, DataFrames, files, or a database of your choice. Here are some of the endpoints you can load:

- Grid Operations: Manage and orchestrate browser automation nodes for web scraping and data extraction
- Content Processing: Summarize, rewrite, compose, and explain web content using AI models
- Search and Analysis: Perform web searches, SEO audits, and page analysis with AI assistance
- Account Management: Handle user accounts, authentication, and subscription services
- Communication Tools: Reply generation, grammar checking, and email composition assistance

You will then debug the HARPA AI pipeline using our Pipeline Dashboard tool to ensure it is copying the data correctly, before building a Notebook to explore your data and build reports.

## Setup & steps to follow

```default
Before getting started, let's make sure Cursor is set up correctly:
   - We suggest using a model like Claude 3.7 Sonnet or better
   - Index the REST API Source tutorial: https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/verified-sources/rest_api/ and add it to context as **@dlt rest api**
   - [Read our full steps on setting up Cursor](https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/llm-tooling/cursor-restapi#23-configuring-cursor-with-documentation)