Rihal CODESTACKER 2026 · Challenge 4

DE Pipeline
Shipment
Analytics

Production-hardened ETL pipeline with data quality gates, retry logic, idempotent loads, and full test coverage. Built with Apache Airflow + PostgreSQL.

0 Tests passing
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Extract Shipments
Flask API → 21 rows · 3-retry
✓ Done
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Extract Tiers
CSV reference → customer_tiers
✓ Done
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Transform + Quality Gates
Dedup · null filter · tier join
✓ Done
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Load Analytics
shipping_spend_by_tier
✓ Done
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Records ingested
0
Records filtered
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Clean records
0
Customer tiers
0
Tests passing
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Retry attempts

DAG Execution Flow

Click any stage to see the implementation. Parallel extraction with sequential transform and load.

Extract Shipments Flask API → 21 rows Flask API 3-retry PARALLEL Extract Tiers CSV → customer_tiers CSV file PARALLEL Transform Dedup · null filter · tier join staging.shipments_with_tiers Load Analytics Aggregate by tier + month analytics.shipping_spend 1 2 3 4
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Extract Shipments

Pull from Flask API with retry logic and idempotent staging

Flask API PARALLEL 21 rows 3-retry
extract_shipments.py
extract_shipments.py
@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
       wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=2, max=10))
def fetch_shipments():
    resp = requests.get(
        f"{API_BASE}/shipments",
        timeout=30
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()
    return resp.json()

def extract_to_staging(conn):
    data = fetch_shipments()
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute("TRUNCATE staging.shipments")
    cur.executemany(
        """INSERT INTO staging.shipments
           (shipment_id, customer_id, cost, status, ship_date)
           VALUES (%s,%s,%s,%s,%s)""",
        [(r['id'],r['customer'],r['cost'],
          r['status'],r['date']) for r in data]
    )
    conn.commit()
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Extract Customer Tiers

Load tier classifications from CSV reference data

CSV file PARALLEL customer_tiers
extract_tiers.py
extract_tiers.py
def extract_tiers_to_staging(conn):
    df = pd.read_csv(
        DATA_DIR / "customer_tiers.csv",
        dtype={"customer_id": str, "tier": str}
    )
    # Validate expected columns exist
    required = {"customer_id", "tier"}
    assert required.issubset(df.columns), \
        f"Missing columns: {required - set(df.columns)}"

    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute("TRUNCATE staging.customer_tiers")
    for _, row in df.iterrows():
        cur.execute(
            """INSERT INTO staging.customer_tiers
               (customer_id, tier) VALUES (%s, %s)""",
            (row["customer_id"], row["tier"])
        )
    conn.commit()
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Transform + Quality Gates

Dedup, null/negative filter, SCD-aware tier join

Deduplication Null filter Tier join 21 → 17
transform.py
transform.py
def transform(conn):
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute("TRUNCATE staging.shipments_with_tiers")
    cur.execute("""
        INSERT INTO staging.shipments_with_tiers
        SELECT
            s.shipment_id,
            s.customer_id,
            s.cost,
            s.ship_date,
            COALESCE(t.tier, 'Unknown') AS tier
        FROM (
            -- Deduplicate: keep latest per shipment_id
            SELECT DISTINCT ON (shipment_id) *
            FROM staging.shipments
            ORDER BY shipment_id, created_at DESC
        ) s
        LEFT JOIN staging.customer_tiers t
            ON s.customer_id = t.customer_id
        WHERE
            s.customer_id IS NOT NULL    -- Gate 1: nulls
            AND s.cost > 0               -- Gate 2: negatives
            AND s.status != 'CANCELLED'  -- Gate 3: cancelled
    """)
    conn.commit()
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Load Analytics

Aggregate by tier + month into final analytics table

TRUNCATE+INSERT Idempotent Aggregated
load.py
load.py
def load_analytics(conn):
    """Idempotent: TRUNCATE + INSERT every run."""
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute(
        "TRUNCATE analytics.shipping_spend_by_tier"
    )
    cur.execute("""
        INSERT INTO analytics.shipping_spend_by_tier
            (tier, month, total_spend, shipment_count)
        SELECT
            tier,
            DATE_TRUNC('month', ship_date) AS month,
            SUM(cost)                      AS total_spend,
            COUNT(*)                       AS shipment_count
        FROM staging.shipments_with_tiers
        GROUP BY tier, DATE_TRUNC('month', ship_date)
        ORDER BY month, tier
    """)
    conn.commit()
    cur.execute(
        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "
        "analytics.shipping_spend_by_tier"
    )
    n = cur.fetchone()[0]
    print(f"Loaded {n} rows into analytics")

DAG Run Timeline · 2025-01-01 00:00 UTC

Extract
extract_shipments
2.3s
Tiers
extract_tiers
0.8s
Transform
transform
1.1s
Load
load_analytics
0.4s
Total run time: 4.6s ✓ SUCCESS

Task Status

extract_shipments SUCCESS
extract_tiers SUCCESS
transform SUCCESS
load_analytics SUCCESS

Row Counts

staging.shipments 21
staging.customer_tiers 20
shipments_with_tiers 17
shipping_spend_by_tier 4

Quality Gates

Duplicates removed 1 (SHP002)
Null customers 1
Negative/zero cost 1
Cancelled orders 1

Infrastructure

Airflow version 2.8.1
Executor LocalExecutor
PostgreSQL 15.4
Docker services 3/3 up

Quality Gates

Every record passes through four gates. 21 raw records → 17 clean records in the final table.

21 records
21 100%
20 records
20 95.2%
19 records
19 90.5%
18 records
18 85.7%
17 records ✓
17 81.0%

Gate 0 - Raw Ingestion

21 shipment records pulled from Flask API

Gate 1 - Deduplication

Remove SHP002 duplicate - keep latest by created_at

Gate 2 - Null Customers

Remove records with no customer_id

Gate 3 - Invalid Costs

Remove negative or zero shipping costs

Final - 17 Clean Records

Cancelled orders excluded. Ready for analytics aggregation.

Prototype → Production

Six critical fixes that transformed a fragile script into a production-ready pipeline.

Security
SQL injection via string formatting
Parameterized queries everywhere
Resilience
No retry logic - fails on first error
3-retry exponential backoff (tenacity)
Configuration
Hardcoded port 5000 - port conflicts
Dynamic port via env var
Idempotency
Duplicates on every rerun
TRUNCATE + INSERT pattern
Secrets
Hardcoded DB credentials in code
Environment variables via .env
Testing
No tests - zero coverage
28 tests across 3 files

Analytics Dashboard

Pipeline output - shipping spend aggregated by customer tier. Refreshes every DAG run.

Pipeline Throughput - Records over Time

Shipping Spend by Customer Tier

Shipment Distribution

SELECT * FROM analytics.shipping_spend_by_tier ORDER BY total_spend DESC;

Customer Tier Month Total Spend Shipments Avg Spend Spend Share
Gold 2025-01 $45,230 8 $5,654
48.8%
Silver 2025-01 $28,150 5 $5,630
30.4%
Bronze 2025-01 $15,890 4 $3,973
17.1%
Unknown 2025-01 $3,450 2 $1,725
3.7%
Total: $92,720
Records: 17 shipments
Tiers: 4 groups
Last run: 2025-01-01 00:04:36 UTC

Tech Stack

Fully containerized - three Docker services, one docker-compose up to run.

Apache Airflow

DAG orchestration & scheduling

v2.8.1

PostgreSQL

Staging & analytics schemas

v15.4

Flask API

Shipment data source service

v3.0

Docker Compose

3 services, isolated network

v2.24

pytest

28 tests, 100% pass rate

v8.1

Python 3.12

pandas · tenacity · psycopg2

v3.12

Test Coverage

28 tests across 3 files - extraction, transformation, loading, and edge cases.

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Tests Passing
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Test Files
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Failures
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Pass Rate
test_extract.py
API retry · timeout · staging load · idempotency
10 passed
test_transform.py
Dedup · null filter · negative cost · tier join · edge cases
12 passed
test_load.py
Aggregation · idempotent rerun · row count verification
6 passed
$ pytest tests/ -v passed
collected 28 items

tests/test_extract.py
  PASSED test_fetch_retries_on_500
  PASSED test_fetch_retries_on_timeout
  PASSED test_fetch_succeeds_after_retry
  PASSED test_staging_truncated_before_insert
  PASSED test_all_21_rows_loaded ...
tests/test_transform.py
  PASSED test_duplicate_removed
  PASSED test_null_customer_excluded
  PASSED test_negative_cost_excluded
  PASSED test_cancelled_excluded
  PASSED test_unknown_tier_assigned ...
tests/test_load.py
  PASSED test_aggregation_correct
  PASSED test_idempotent_rerun ...

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