The tap-stackexchange extractor pulls data from StackExchange that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
-
Add the tap-stackexchange extractor to your
project using
:meltano add -
Configure the tap-stackexchange
settings using
:meltano config -
Test that extractor settings are valid using
:meltano config
meltano add tap-stackexchangemeltano config tap-stackexchange set --interactivemeltano config tap-stackexchange testNext steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities for
tap-stackexchange
may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the
capabilities when using this extractor. If you find they are out of date, please
consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the
capabilities for this extractor.
This plugin has the following capabilities:
- about
- batch
- catalog
- discover
- schema-flattening
- state
- stream-maps
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the capabilities key.
Settings
The
tap-stackexchange settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
You can also list these settings using
with the meltano configlist
subcommand:
meltano config tap-stackexchange list
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
Filter (filter)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_FILTER -
Default Value:
!6VvPDzOeLJfUL
Custom API filter to apply to all requests
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set filter [value]Key (key)
-
Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY
Pass this to receive a higher request quota
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set key [value]Site (site)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_SITE -
Default Value:
stackoverflow.com
StackExchange site
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set site [value]Start Date (start_date)
-
Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_START_DATE
The earliest record date to sync
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set start_date [value]-
Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_TAGS -
Default Value:
[]
Question tags
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set tags [value]Expand To Show SDK Settings
Batch Compression Format (batch_config.encoding.compression)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_BATCH_CONFIG_ENCODING_COMPRESSION
Compression format to use for batch files.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set batch_config encoding.compression [value]Batch Encoding Format (batch_config.encoding.format)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_BATCH_CONFIG_ENCODING_FORMAT
Format to use for batch files.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set batch_config encoding.format [value]Batch Storage Prefix (batch_config.storage.prefix)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_BATCH_CONFIG_STORAGE_PREFIX
Prefix to use when writing batch files.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set batch_config storage.prefix [value]Batch Storage Root (batch_config.storage.root)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_BATCH_CONFIG_STORAGE_ROOT
Root path to use when writing batch files.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set batch_config storage.root [value]Faker Locale (faker_config.locale)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_FAKER_CONFIG_LOCALE
One or more LCID locale strings to produce localized output for: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/#localization
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set faker_config locale [value]Faker Seed (faker_config.seed)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_FAKER_CONFIG_SEED
Value to seed the Faker generator for deterministic output: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/#seeding-the-generator
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set faker_config seed [value]Enable Schema Flattening (flattening_enabled)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_FLATTENING_ENABLED
'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set flattening_enabled [value]Max Flattening Depth (flattening_max_depth)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_FLATTENING_MAX_DEPTH
The max depth to flatten schemas.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set flattening_max_depth [value]User Stream Map Configuration (stream_map_config)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_STREAM_MAP_CONFIG
User-defined config values to be used within map expressions.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set stream_map_config [value]Stream Maps (stream_maps)
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Environment variable:
TAP_STACKEXCHANGE_STREAM_MAPS
Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out Stream Maps.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-stackexchange set stream_maps [value]Something missing?
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