# OpenRefine access using python API

**URL:** <https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-access-using-python-api/447>\
**Category:** Support and Helpdesk\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-access-using-python-api/447 "2023-02-15T06:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aravind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Aravind](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/Aravind)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-access-using-python-api/447/1 "2023-02-15T06:21:05Z")

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Thank you for maintaining this wonderful library and this forum.  
I am new to OpenRefine and trying to use the transformations in my workflow. I am trying to build a Data Pipeline where data is streaming fin json format and would like to use OpenRefine’s transformations on my data (eg : Type inferencing, datetime formatting, etc). I am trying to use the [python API’s from this page](https://openrefine.org/docs/technical-reference/openrefine-api#python), but the libraries look outdated/unavailable in python3. Does such functionality exist in OpenRefine.  
I have already created a running instance of OPenRefine in a vm, which will be used to call the API’s. How to use OpenRefine in data pepelines for transformations?

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**Author:** ![Martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/martin/32/7_2.png) [@Martin](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/Martin)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-access-using-python-api/447/2 "2023-02-16T21:27:20Z")

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Please look at this [OpenRefine Python Client](https://github.com/opencultureconsulting/openrefine-client) - the second list on the page.