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Build a Januar-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Januar API allows for automated customer workflow integration, with endpoints for initiating payouts and managing transactions. The API includes error handling for insufficient crypto wallet balances. January also offers webhooks for real-time account updates. The REST API base URL is https://api.januar.com and All requests require a custom HMAC‑signed Authorization header (JanuarAPI) with apikey, nonce and signature..

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 Januar data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Januar?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Januar:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
accounts/accountsGETdataList accounts (paged)
account/accounts/{accountId}GETdataRetrieve a single account
transactions/accounts/{accountId}/transactionsGETdataList transactions for an account (paged)
transaction/accounts/{accountId}/transactions/{transactionId}GETdataRetrieve a single transaction
wallets/walletsGETdataList wallets (paged)
wallet/wallets/{walletId}GETdataRetrieve a single wallet
notifications/notificationsGETdataList notifications
counterparty_verification/counterparties/{counterpartyId}/verificationGETdataGet verification status
ping/pingGETHealth‑check endpoint

How do I authenticate with the Januar API?

Each request must include an Authorization header of the form: Authorization: JanuarAPI apikey="<API_KEY>", nonce="", signature="<base64_hmac_sha256_signature>". The signature is generated using the API secret as the HMAC key.

1. Get your credentials

Contact your Januar sales representative or the support team and request an API key/secret pair for the desired environment (UAT or Production). The team will provision the credentials and provide them securely.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.januar_source] api_key = "your_api_key_here" api_secret = "your_api_secret_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 Januar 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 januar_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline januar_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 accounts and transactions from the Januar 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 januar_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.januar.com", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "accounts", "endpoint": {"path": "accounts", "data_selector": "data"}}, {"name": "transactions", "endpoint": {"path": "accounts/{accountId}/transactions", "data_selector": "data"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="januar_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="januar_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(januar_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("januar_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.accounts.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM januar_data.accounts LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("januar_pipeline").dataset() data.accounts.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 Januar data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample 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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