Getting Started

Sign up

Create your free account in the DataShell portal, using your GitHub credentials to authenticate.

Once you get access to the portal, follow the prompts to create a new project. The New Project dialog will ask for a GitHub repository to associate to your new project, as well as credentials for the data warehouse you will be connecting to.

In order to associate a project to a given repository, you need to install the DataShell GitHub App on that repository, or globally within your GitHub account. You can install the DataShell GitHub App either from the New Project dialog, of from your User Settings page. We advise you to start with an empty repository, purposely created to develop your data project.

Now that you are all set on the portal, it's time to setup your local enviroment.

Download and Install the DataShell CLI

You'll be using the DataShell CLI to manage and perform operations on your source code. If you haven't done, please install the DataShell CLI by using the command below:

$ pip install datashell

You'll need to connect your local environment with your account, by using your DataShell API key. Your API key can be found in your User Settings page, on the portal.

The DataShell CLI will look for a variable named DATASHELL_API_KEY on the current environment. You can define the variable and export its value by using the command below:

$ export DATASHELL_API_KEY="<your API key here>"

Clone and Initialize Repository

Get a working copy of your repository in your local environment.

$ git clone <your-repo>

For more options about how to clone your GitHub repository, check the GitHub documentation.

Now, let's initialize your repository by executing the command init and following the prompts:

$ datashell init

That's it! Now you are ready to leverage DataShell to build data solutions, like a software engineer would.