Captain Data

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How to set up Captain Data

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Authentication

Captain Data requires API credentials:

1. Log in to your Captain Data account
2. Navigate to Settings → API
3. Obtain your credentials:
   • API Key
   • Project UID
4. Enter both in Cargo when connecting

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Captain Data actions

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Create job

Launch a Captain Data workflow with custom inputs. Required fields:

• Workflow: Select the workflow to run

Configuration:

• Inputs: Map values to workflow input fields
• Steps: Configure accounts and parameters for each workflow step

Use cases:

• Trigger scraping jobs from Cargo workflows
• Run data extraction pipelines
• Execute multi-step automation workflows

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Cancel job

Stop a running Captain Data job. Required fields:

• UID: The job UID to cancel

Use case: Cancel jobs that are no longer needed or taking too long.

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Retry job

Retry a failed Captain Data job. Required fields:

• UID: The job UID to retry

Use case: Recover from transient failures without recreating the job.

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Find job

Get the status and results of a Captain Data job. Required fields:

• UID: The job UID to retrieve

Use case: Check job completion status and retrieve results.

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Captain Data data models

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Fetch workflow results

Pull completed workflow results into Cargo. Required fields:

• Workflow: Select the workflow to fetch results from
• ID Column: Define the unique identifier column

Optional:

• Load jobs with warning: Include results with warnings (default: no)

Features:

• Incremental sync
• 30-minute minimum sync interval
• Automatic retry on failures

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Best practices

• Use workflow presets for consistent configurations
• Monitor job status for large batch operations
• Configure appropriate accounts for each workflow step
• Use incremental fetch for workflow results
• Handle job failures with retry logic