The tap-surveymonkey Meltano extractor pulls data from SurveyMonkey that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.

Alternative variants #

Multiple variants of tap-surveymonkey are available. This document describes the danladd variant.

Alternative variants are:

Getting Started #

Prerequisites #

If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Install Meltano
  2. Create your Meltano project

Installation and configuration #

Using the Command Line Interface #

  1. Add the tap-surveymonkey extractor to your project using meltano add : 

    meltano add extractor tap-surveymonkey --variant danladd
  2. Configure the settings below using meltano config .

Next steps #

Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Select entities and attributes to extract
  2. Add a loader to send data to a destination
  3. Run a data integration (EL) pipeline

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities #

Settings #

These and other supported settings are documented below. To quickly find the setting you're looking for, use the Table of Contents at the top of the page.

Access Token (access_token) #

Your Access Token for SurveyMonkey

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-surveymonkey set access_token <access_token>

export TAP_SURVEYMONKEY_ACCESS_TOKEN=<access_token>

Start Date (start_date) #

Determines how much historical data will be extracted. Please be aware that the larger the time period and amount of data, the longer the initial extraction can be expected to take.

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-surveymonkey set start_date YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

export TAP_SURVEYMONKEY_START_DATE=YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

Results Per Page (per_page) #

Number of results for paginated endpoints (Default = 100)

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-surveymonkey set per_page 1234

export TAP_SURVEYMONKEY_PER_PAGE=1234

Drop Free Text Answers (drop_open_ended_text) #

If true, drop free text answers from survey responses (Deafult = False)

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-surveymonkey set drop_open_ended_text true

export TAP_SURVEYMONKEY_DROP_OPEN_ENDED_TEXT=true

Looking for help? #

If you're having trouble getting the tap-surveymonkey extractor to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the #plugins-general channel.

Found an issue on this page? #

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