Run with Python SDK

Use the official fetch-hive-sdk package when you want to start a Hive Agent run from Python. The SDK wraps the public POST /v1/hive-agent/invoke endpoint with an idiomatic helper and handles authentication. Hive Agent invocation does not stream and does not wait for the final answer in the HTTP response. The SDK returns identifiers immediately, then Fetch Hive sends a signed callback when the run completes, fails, or is cancelled.

Installation

pip install fetch-hive-sdk

The SDK requires Python 3.9+ and uses httpx under the hood.

Authentication

Set the FETCH_HIVE_API_KEY environment variable to your workspace API key (the SDK reads it automatically):

export FETCH_HIVE_API_KEY=fhk_...

from fetch_hive_sdk import FetchHive

client = FetchHive()

Or pass the key explicitly:

client = FetchHive(api_key="fhk_...")

See API Keys for how to create and rotate keys.

Basic example

Start a Hive Agent run and read the accepted response:

from fetch_hive_sdk import FetchHive

client = FetchHive()

result = client.invoke_hive_agent(
    hive_agent="YOUR_HIVE_AGENT_ID",
    objective="Research competitors and summarize verified findings",
    callback_url="https://example.com/hive-agent-callback",
    sources={"website_urls": ["https://example.com"]},
    metadata={"customer_id": "cus_123"},
)

print(result["run_id"])
print(result["request_id"])
print(result["webhook_secret"])

invoke_hive_agent is synchronous and returns the parsed JSON body as soon as the run is queued. See the accepted response shape.

Method reference

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`hive_agent`	`str`	Yes	The Hive Agent ID from the dashboard
`objective`	`str`	Yes	Specific objective for the planner to create work nodes from
`callback_url`	`str`	Yes	HTTPS URL that receives the signed terminal callback
`sources`	`dict`	No	Grounded context from websites, assets, or knowledge bases in the workspace
`metadata`	`dict[str, str \| int \| float \| bool \| None]`	No	Flat caller-defined metadata for audit and log filtering. See Invoke metadata

The SDK always sends async.enabled: true with your callback_url. Hive Agent invocation is async-only.

Handling the response

Fetch Hive returns 202 Accepted when the run is queued. Store webhook_secret so your callback receiver can verify X-Fetch-Hive-Signature.

result = client.invoke_hive_agent(
    hive_agent="YOUR_HIVE_AGENT_ID",
    objective="Research competitors and summarize verified findings",
    callback_url="https://example.com/hive-agent-callback",
)

print(result["run_id"])          # queued run identifier
print(result["request_id"])      # use this to look up the run in Logs
print(result["status"])          # usually "pending"
print(result["webhook_secret"])  # verify the signed callback

Open Logs to inspect status, trace, costs, node output, callback attempts, and the final response.

Configuration

Option	Default	Description
`api_key`	`FETCH_HIVE_API_KEY` env var	Bearer token from the dashboard
`base_url`	`https://api.fetchhive.com/v1`	Override the API base URL
`timeout`	`120`	Request timeout in seconds

client = FetchHive(
    api_key="fhk_...",
    base_url="https://api.fetchhive.com/v1",
    timeout=60,
)

Errors

Missing callback_url raises ValueError before a request is sent. Non-2xx responses raise an httpx.HTTPStatusError with the status code and response body:

import httpx

try:
    result = client.invoke_hive_agent(
        hive_agent="YOUR_HIVE_AGENT_ID",
        objective="Research competitors and summarize verified findings",
        callback_url="https://example.com/hive-agent-callback",
    )
except httpx.HTTPStatusError as exc:
    print("Fetch Hive returned", exc.response.status_code, exc.response.text)

See Errors and Rate Limits for status code meanings.

Next steps

Invoke from Code - Overview of starting runs from your app
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Getting Started

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Monitoring

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Installation

Authentication

Basic example

Method reference

Handling the response

Configuration

Errors

Links

Next steps

​Installation

​Authentication

​Basic example

​Method reference

​Handling the response

​Configuration

​Errors

​Links

​Next steps

Installation

Authentication

Basic example

Method reference

Handling the response

Configuration

Errors

Links

Next steps