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tap-stackexchange (meltanolabs variant)🥇

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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
```
:

meltano add extractor tap-stackexchange

Configure the tap-stackexchange settings using

meltano config

:

meltano config tap-stackexchange set --interactive

Test that extractor settings are valid using

meltano config

:

meltano config tap-stackexchange test

Next 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 If you find they are out of date, please consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the capabilities for this extractor.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:

filter
key
site
start_date
tags

Expand To Show SDK Settings

batch_config.encoding.compression
batch_config.encoding.format
batch_config.storage.prefix
batch_config.storage.root
faker_config.locale
faker_config.seed
flattening_enabled
flattening_max_depth
stream_map_config
stream_maps

You can also list these settings using

meltano config

with the list 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)

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)

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]

Tags (tags)

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]

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Batch Config Encoding Compression (batch_config.encoding.compression)

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 Config Encoding Format (batch_config.encoding.format)

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 Config Storage Prefix (batch_config.storage.prefix)

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 Config Storage Root (batch_config.storage.root)

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 Config Locale (faker_config.locale)

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 Config Seed (faker_config.seed)

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]

Flattening Enabled (flattening_enabled)

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]

Flattening Max Depth (flattening_max_depth)

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]

Stream Map Config (stream_map_config)

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)

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?

This page is generated from a YAML file that you can contribute changes to.

Edit it on GitHub!

Looking for help?

If you're having trouble getting the tap-stackexchange extractor to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the

#plugins-general

channel.

Install

meltano add extractor tap-stackexchange

Maintenance Status

Repo

https://github.com/MeltanoLabs/tap-stackexchange

Maintainer

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