Feedple Python SDK

The official Python SDK for the Feedple AI platform. Connect your database to Feedple with a single class — the SDK handles authentication, schema sync, and query execution automatically.

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Table of Contents

• How It Works
• Requirements
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Configuration
• Identity & Access Control
• Schema Sync
• IR Query Execution
• Connection Management
• Utilities
• API Reference
• License

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How It Works

Your App                      Feedple SDK                     Feedple API
    │                              │                               │
    │  FeedpleSDK(api_key, db, …)  │                               │
    │─────────────────────────────>│                               │
    │                              │── connect() ─────────────────>│
    │                              │<─ auth.ack (session_id) ──────│
    │                              │                               │
    │                              │── schema.started ────────────>│
    │                              │── schema.data (chunks) ──────>│
    │                              │── schema.completed ──────────>│
    │                              │                               │
    │                              │<─ ir.request (IR payload) ────│
    │                              │── ir.ack ────────────────────>│
    │                              │  [executes SQL against DB]    │
    │                              │── ir.result ─────────────────>│
    │                              │                               │

1. Connect & Authenticate — Opens a persistent WebSocket connection and sends your API key. The server responds with a session_id used to resume after disconnects.
2. Sync Schema — Inspects your database (tables, columns, PKs, FKs, indexes) and sends the schema to Feedple in chunks. Re-syncs on a configurable interval; skips if nothing changed.
3. Execute Queries — Receives incoming IR query requests from Feedple, enforces RBAC, executes them safely against your database, and returns the results.

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Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.8
• A database supported by SQLAlchemy (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and others)

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Installation

pip install feedple-sdk

Install with a specific database driver:

# PostgreSQL
pip install feedple-sdk psycopg2-binary

# MySQL
pip install feedple-sdk pymysql

# SQLite (built into Python — no extra driver needed)
pip install feedple-sdk

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Quick Start

from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from feedple_sdk import FeedpleSDK, Identity

# 1. Create your database engine (SQLAlchemy)
db = create_engine("postgresql+psycopg2://user:pass@localhost/mydb")

# 2. Define which tables Feedple can access
identity = Identity(
    name="production",
    all_tables=True,          # expose every table, or…
    # allowed_tables=["users", "orders", "products"],  # …restrict to specific tables
)

# 3. Initialise the SDK — it starts immediately in the background
sdk = FeedpleSDK(
    api_key="sk_live_...",
    db=db,
    identity=identity,
)

# Your application keeps running normally.
# The SDK manages the WebSocket connection on a background thread.

Note: FeedpleSDK.__init__ starts a background daemon thread and returns immediately. Your application does not block.

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Configuration

All parameters are keyword-only.

sdk = FeedpleSDK(
    # Required
    api_key="sk_live_...",        # Your Feedple API key
    db=engine,                    # SQLAlchemy Engine
    identity=identity,            # Identity (see below)

    # Schema sync
    auto_sync=True,               # Sync schema on startup and periodically (default: True)
    sync_interval=60,             # Seconds between sync cycles (default: 60)

    # Connection
    reconnect_enabled=True,       # Reconnect on disconnect (default: True)
    max_retries=None,             # Max reconnect attempts; None = unlimited (default: None)
    probe_before_connect=False,   # HTTP probe before WS handshake for clearer errors (default: False)
)

Parameter Reference

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
api_key	str	required	Your Feedple API key. Raises ValueError if empty.
db	Engine	required	SQLAlchemy database engine.
identity	Identity	required	Controls which tables are accessible.
auto_sync	bool	True	Periodically re-inspect and send the schema.
sync_interval	int	60	Seconds between schema re-sync cycles.
reconnect_enabled	bool	True	Automatically reconnect on connection loss.
max_retries	int | None	None	Cap on reconnect attempts. None means unlimited.
probe_before_connect	bool	False	Perform an HTTP GET before the WS handshake to surface clearer server error messages (e.g. 403 bodies).

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Identity & Access Control

Identity controls which database tables Feedple can see and query.

from feedple_sdk import Identity

# Grant access to all tables
admin_identity = Identity(
    name="admin",
    all_tables=True,
)

# Restrict to specific tables only
restricted_identity = Identity(
    name="analytics-service",
    allowed_tables=["users", "orders", "products", "events"],
    all_tables=False,   # default
)

Identity Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
name	str | None	—	Human-readable label for this identity.
allowed_tables	list[str]	[]	Tables this identity may access. Ignored when all_tables=True.
all_tables	bool	False	When True, all current and future tables are accessible.

Security: The SDK enforces RBAC on every IR query request. If the IR references a table not in allowed_tables, a PermissionError is raised and an ir.error is returned to the server — the query never reaches the database.

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Schema Sync

The SDK automatically syncs your schema on startup and then every sync_interval seconds. You can also trigger a sync manually:

import asyncio

# Manually trigger a schema sync (async — must be called from an async context)
asyncio.run(sdk.sync_schema())

What gets synced

For each table the identity can access, the SDK sends:

• Columns — name, type string, nullable flag, default value
• Primary key — constrained column names
• Foreign keys — local columns, referenced table, referenced columns
• Indexes — name, column names, unique flag
• Unique constraints — name, column names

Sensitive column filtering

The following column names are never sent to Feedple, regardless of the identity setting:

password, token, secret, hash, salt, ssn, credit_card

You can call filter_sensitive_columns manually:

from feedple_sdk.core.schema_services import filter_sensitive_columns

safe_schema = filter_sensitive_columns(raw_schema)

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IR Query Execution

The SDK receives IR (Intermediate Representation) query objects from the Feedple server and executes them against your database. You do not call this yourself — it is invoked automatically via the WebSocket.

IR Schema

ir = {
    "operation": "query",            # always "query"
    "table": "orders",               # primary FROM table
    "fields": [                      # columns to SELECT
        {"column": "orders.id",     "expression": None,    "alias": None},
        {"column": "orders.amount", "expression": "sum",   "alias": "total"},
        {"column": "orders.user_id","expression": "count(distinct)", "alias": "unique_users"},
    ],
    "joins": [                       # JOIN clauses
        {
            "table":     "users",
            "on_left":   "orders.user_id",
            "on_right":  "users.id",
            "join_type": "INNER",    # "INNER" or "LEFT"
        }
    ],
    "filters": [                     # WHERE conditions (ANDed together)
        {"column": "orders.status", "operator": "eq",  "value": "active"},
        {"column": "orders.amount", "operator": "gte", "value": 100},
    ],
    "group_by":  ["orders.status"],
    "having":    [{"column": "orders.id", "operator": "gt", "value": 5}],
    "order_by":  ["orders.created_at DESC"],
    "limit":     100,
    "offset":    0,
}

Supported filter operators

Operator	Aliases	SQL
eq	=	col = ?
neq	!=	col != ?
gt	>	col > ?
gte	>=	col >= ?
lt	<	col < ?
lte	<=	col <= ?
in	in_	col IN (?, ?, …)
like	—	col LIKE ?
ilike	—	col ILIKE ?

Supported aggregate expressions

count, count(distinct), sum, avg, min, max

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Connection Management

Reconnect behaviour

The SDK reconnects automatically with exponential back-off:

Attempt	Delay
1	5 s
2	10 s
3	20 s
4+	40 s → capped at 60 s

Authentication failures (auth.error) are not retried — the SDK stops immediately and logs the error.

Session resume

The session_id received in auth.ack is stored and re-sent on every reconnect attempt. The server resumes the session if it is still within TTL, or issues a new session ID if it has expired.

Stopping the SDK

sdk.stop()

Signals the background thread to stop, closes the WebSocket, and halts the event loop. Idempotent — safe to call multiple times.

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Utilities

SQLCompiler

Validate and RBAC-check raw SQL strings before executing them yourself:

compiler = sdk._build_compiler()

# Raises PermissionError if the SQL references a denied table
safe_sql = compiler.compile("SELECT id, name FROM users WHERE active = 1")

Schema utilities

from feedple_sdk.core.schema_services import (
    get_schema,
    generate_schema_hash,
    should_sync_schema,
    filter_sensitive_columns,
)

schema = get_schema(db=engine, identity=identity)
hash_  = generate_schema_hash(schema)
changed = should_sync_schema(old_schema, new_schema)

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API Reference

FeedpleSDK

class FeedpleSDK:
    def __init__(
        self,
        *,
        api_key: str,
        db: Engine,
        identity: Identity,
        auto_sync: bool = True,
        sync_interval: int = 60,
        reconnect_enabled: bool = True,
        max_retries: Optional[int] = None,
        probe_before_connect: bool = False,
    ) -> None: ...

    async def sync_schema(self) -> None: ...
    def stop(self) -> None: ...

Identity

@dataclass
class Identity:
    name: Optional[str]
    allowed_tables: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
    all_tables: bool = False

PolicyEngine

class PolicyEngine:
    def __init__(self, identity: Identity): ...
    def can_access_table(self, table: str) -> bool: ...
    def validate_ir_access(self, ir: dict) -> None: ...

SQLCompiler

class SQLCompiler:
    def __init__(self, policy: PolicyEngine, dialect: str = "postgres"): ...
    def parse(self, sql: str) -> exp.Expression: ...
    def extract_tables(self, ast: exp.Expression) -> List[str]: ...
    def validate_access(self, tables: List[str]) -> None: ...
    def compile(self, sql: str) -> str: ...

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Environment URLs

By default the SDK targets the development server (localhost:8000). To target production, set DEV_ENV = False in src/feedple_sdk/core/request.py:

DEV_ENV = False  # uses wss://feedple-ai.onrender.com/api/v1/tenants/ws

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License

feedple-sdk is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.