Census Management API

aid: census-co:census-management-api
name: Census Management API
description: REST API for managing reverse ETL syncs, sources, destinations, datasets, models, and segments
  programmatically. Used to provision, update, and monitor Census workspaces, schedule syncs, and integrate
  Census into CI/CD or data platform tooling. Following the Fivetran acquisition, the API is documented
  under Fivetran Activations.
humanURL: https://developers.getcensus.com/
baseURL: https://app.getcensus.com/api
tags:
- Management
- Syncs
- Sources
- Destinations
- Models
- Datasets
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.getcensus.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://fivetran.com/docs/activations/rest-api
- type: Activations
  url: https://www.getcensus.com/reverse-etl
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.getcensus.com/
features:
- name: Sync Management
  description: Create and configure reverse ETL syncs from warehouse models to SaaS destinations.
- name: Source and Destination Management
  description: Provision data sources like Snowflake and BigQuery and SaaS destinations like Salesforce
    and HubSpot.
- name: Dataset and Model Management
  description: Manage SQL models and datasets as the basis for syncs and audiences.
- name: Observability
  description: Programmatic access to sync logs, run history, and alerts.
- name: Terraform Provider
  description: Manage Census configuration as code using the official Terraform provider.
useCases:
- name: Reverse ETL Provisioning
  description: Provision and manage reverse ETL syncs across many destinations and environments.
- name: GitOps for Data Activation
  description: Define Census configuration in Terraform and ship via pull requests.
- name: Operational Analytics
  description: Push warehouse-derived metrics into CRM and marketing tools where ops teams act.
integrations:
- name: Snowflake
- name: BigQuery
- name: Databricks
- name: Redshift
- name: Postgres
- name: Salesforce
- name: HubSpot
- name: Marketo
- name: Iterable
- name: Braze
- name: Segment
- name: Slack
- name: Google Ads
- name: Facebook Ads
authentication:
- type: API Key
  description: Workspace-scoped API key issued from the Census or Fivetran Activations dashboard.