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write_disposition=replace
Involves completely refreshing your destination data. All existing records are deleted and replaced with the latest data from the source during the current run. Refer here

Request Payload

json
{
  "identity": "string",
  "source_uri": "string",
  "destination_uri": "string",
  "dataset_name": "string",
  "resources": [
    {
      "source_table_name": "string",
      "destination_table_name": "string",
      "write_disposition_config": { 
          "type": "replace", 
          "strategy": "insert-from-staging"
      } 
    }
  ]
}

Parameters Descriptions

Write Disposition (write_disposition_config) (Optional) (default type: replace)

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
typestring✅ YesStrategy for writing data (replace, append, merge).
strategystring✅ YesDefines how replacement is handled (e.g., truncate-and-insert,insert-from-staging,staging-optimized).

Move data between S3 and Snowflake.

(strategy staging-optimized)

sh
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/ingest \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "identity": "fgXOw4zY"
    "source_uri": "s3://your-bucket?access_key_id=user_access_key_id&access_key_secret=user_access_key_secret&region=bucket_region",
    "destination_uri": "snowflake://user_name:password@account/dataset",
    "resources": [
      {
      "source_table_name": "/users/data/dump.csv",
      "destination_table_name": "dw_users",
      "write_disposition_config": {
        "type": "replace",
        "strategy": "staging-optimized"
      }
    ]
  }'

Move data between Postgres and Motherduck.

(strategy insert-from-staging)

sh
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/ingest \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "identity": "fgXOw4zY"
    "source_uri": "postgresql://postgres:password@localhost:5432/db_name",
    "destination_uri": "md://db_name?token=your-md-token",
    "resources": [
      {
      "source_table_name": "public.users",
      "destination_table_name": "dw_users",
      "write_disposition_config": {
        "type": "replace",
        "strategy": "staging-optimized"
      }
    ]
  }'

Released under the MIT License.