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The Hive AI is a platform providing AI‑powered text moderation and classification services via a REST API. The REST API base URL is https://api.thehive.ai/api/v2 and All requests require an API key passed in the Authorization header as 'Token <API_KEY>'..

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 The Hive AI data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from The Hive AI?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from The Hive AI:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
task_sync/task/syncPOSTresponseSubmit text for synchronous moderation/classification and receive immediate results.
task_async/task/asyncPOSTtask_idSubmit text for asynchronous processing; returns a task identifier.
task_summary/task/{task_id}GETresponseRetrieve the result of an asynchronous task.
projects/projectsGETprojectsList all projects accessible to the API key.
models/modelsGETmodelsList available AI models for moderation/classification.

How do I authenticate with the The Hive AI API?

Include an HTTP header Authorization: Token <API_KEY> on every request.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Log in to https://docs.thehive.ai (or the Hive dashboard).
  2. Navigate to Projects.
  3. Open the project you wish to use.
  4. Click Integration & API Keys.
  5. Copy the displayed API key.
  6. Store the key securely for use in the Authorization header.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.the_hive_ai_source] api_key = "your_api_key_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 The Hive AI 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 the_hive_ai_pipeline.py

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

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

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline the_hive_ai_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 task_sync and task_summary from the The Hive AI 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 the_hive_ai_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.thehive.ai/api/v2", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "task_sync", "endpoint": {"path": "task/sync", "data_selector": "response"}}, {"name": "task_summary", "endpoint": {"path": "task/{task_id}", "data_selector": "response"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="the_hive_ai_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="the_hive_ai_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(the_hive_ai_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("the_hive_ai_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.task_sync.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM the_hive_ai_data.task_sync LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("the_hive_ai_pipeline").dataset() data.task_sync.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 The Hive AI 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.


Troubleshooting

Authentication errors

  • 401 Unauthorized – Returned when the Authorization header is missing or the API key is invalid. Ensure the header follows the format Authorization: Token <API_KEY>.

Rate limiting

  • 429 Too Many Requests – The API may throttle excessive calls. If received, back‑off and retry after a short delay. (Not explicitly documented; inferred from standard REST practices.)

Invalid request payload

  • 400 Bad Request – Occurs when required parameters (e.g., text_data) are missing or malformed. Review the request body against the API examples.

Pagination

  • The current documentation does not describe pagination for list endpoints. If introduced, expect typical page and page_size query parameters.

Ensure that the API key is valid to avoid 401 Unauthorized errors. Also, verify endpoint paths and parameters to avoid 404 Not Found errors.


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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