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Before getting started make sure to set your Polytomic API key as an environment variable:

```bash
export POLYTOMIC_API_KEY=YOUR-API-TOKEN
```

This example tutorial will cover three steps:

1. Connecting to HubSpot.
2. Connecting to PostgreSQL.
3. Loading data from HubSpot to PostgreSQL.

## 1. Create a HubSpot connection

The following request will create a Hubspot connection. The configuration for each type of connection can be found at the connection configuration docs page.

```bash
curl --request POST  \
     --url https://app.polytomic.com/api/connections \
     --header "accept: application/json"  \
     --header "content-type: application/json"  \
     --header "X-Polytomic-Version: 2022-12-12"  \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POLYTOMIC_API_KEY}"  \
     -d '{"name": "Hubspot Connection","type": "hubspot", "configuration": {}}
```

Since Hubspot connections uses OAuth to authenticate, we'll need to follow the link returned in the `auth_url` parameter in the response

#### Redirection

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> **Note**
>
> By default, the API expects the `auth_url` to be open in a new browser window. If you'd like to modify the redirect behavior, there is an optional `redirect_url` parameter that can be added to the request body.

## 2. Create a PostgreSQL connection

The PostgreSQL server must be network-accessible from Polytomic.

```bash
     curl --request POST \
     --url https://app.polytomic.com/api/connections \
     --header "accept: application/json" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     --header "X-Polytomic-Version: 2022-12-12" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POLYTOMIC_API_KEY}" \
     -d '{
     "name": "Postgres Connection",
     "type": "postgresql",
     "configuration": {
        "hostname": "localhost",
        "port": 5432,
        "database": "postgres",
        "username": "user",
        "password": "secret"
        }
    }'
```

#### Bulk sync schemas

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> **Note**
>
> Polytomic may take a few moments to cache source schemas after creating new connections.

## 3. Create a bulk sync

This will create a bulk sync of all Hubspot objects into Postgres:

```bash
curl --request POST \
     --url https://app.polytomic.com/api/bulk/syncs \
     --header "accept: application/json" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     --header "X-Polytomic-Version: 2022-12-12" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POLYTOMIC_API_KEY}" \
     -d '{
          "name": "Hubspot Bulk Sync",
          "source_connection_id": "YOUR-HUBSPOT-CONNECTION-ID",
          "destination_connection_id": "YOUR-POSTGRES-CONNECTION-ID",
          "mode": "replicate",
          "schedule": {
              "frequency": "manual"
          },
          "dest_configuration": {
              "schema": "hubspot"
          }
    	}'
```