Last year I stumbled upon dlt, a data loading tool that attempts to simplify the process of getting data without having to write too much code or spin up complex infrastructure.

I used it to fetch data from some sources at work, mostly from SOAP APIs and it is working quite well. I struggled to make sense of the docs at first and when I managed to get something working I was already so invested that I decided to write this short tutorial to help others get started.

I presented this at the PyCon Chile 2025 conference as well, and you can find the code and the tutorial contents in my GitHub repo at https://github.com/diegoquintanav/dlt-tutorial. I don't claim this to be the ultimate guide, but I hope it helps you get started.