Frequently Asked Questions

What if I select the wrong option in the cookiecutter prompt?

Most likely you should delete the project and start over.

What are all of the Property options?

The property types are documented in the JSON Schema builder docs. However, if you’re using an IDE such as VSCode, you should be able to set up the environment to give you autocompletion prompts or hints. Ensure your interpreter is set to poetry if you’ve followed the Dev Guide. Checkout this gif for how to change your interpreter.

Handling credentials and other secrets in config

As of SDK version 0.13.0, developers can use the secret=True indication in the Property class constructor to flag secrets such as API tokens and passwords. We recommend all developers use this option where applicable so that orchestrators may consider this designation when determining how to store the user’s provided config.

I’m having trouble getting the base class to init.

Ensure you’re using the super() method to inherit methods from the base class.

class MyStream(Stream):
    """Mystream stream class."""
    def __init__(self, tap: Tap):
        super().__init__(tap)
        self.conn...