Developer toolchain

The Palantir platform comes with a set of developer tools that enable you to build on top of the Ontology and unlock value with new workflows, applications, and functionality. With Palantir's developer toolchain, you can access the full power of the Ontology directly from your development environment.

In addition to the data connection and application building tools described elsewhere, the Palantir developer toolchain provides:

• Core APIs and SDKs that open up the Ontology to your applications.
• Development environments and developer-centric functionality to accelerate your workflows.
• Compute modules to containerize your code and scale your deployments.

Core APIs and SDKs

Central to Palantir's developer offerings are the APIs and SDKs that open up the platform and allow you to build applications that integrate directly with the Palantir platform and your Ontology data.

Ontology SDK (OSDK)

The Ontology SDK (OSDK) enables developers to generate SDKs from their ontologies in Python, Java, and TypeScript. OSDK lets you access object types, apply actions to update data in the Ontology, call functions, and run AIP Logic functions for AIP-enabled enrollments. The in-platform Developer Console includes Ontology-specific documentation for the entities chosen for your application. Applications use the OAuth flow as a public or confidential client to access the data.

APIs

Palantir's APIs support users building on the Palantir platform by enabling programmatic management of platform access and the data backing your Ontology. Information on Palantir APIs can be found in the API documentation, as well as in-platform in the Developer Console.

Available Palantir APIs include:

• Datasets
• Users
• Groups
• Builds [Beta]
• Schedules [Beta]

Beta platform SDKs are also available for Python ↗️ and Typescript ↗️. These are usable alongside Ontology SDKs with the same Palantir platform clients, but require a Developer Console application that is not bound to an Ontology. Documentation for these beta SDKs is forthcoming; for now, early adopters can use the READMEs in each repository to get started.

Platform SDKs

Palantir's Python SDK ↗ is publicly available and will be expanded to include new APIs as they become available; the TypeScript SDK is in development.

Developer environments and functionality

In addition to development tools focused on data connection such as Pipeline Builder and Code Repositories, Code Workspaces allows you to use familiar IDEs like VS Code while building on top of the Palantir platform. VS Code workspaces are integrated with Developer Console, allowing you to rapidly build React applications. You can create a VS Code workspace from the in-platform Developer Console.

Palantir's developer-focused functionality aims to accelerate the process of building on the platform. Features like Foundry Branching help create a safe, streamlined environment for development of end-to-end workflows.

Compute Modules

The Compute Modules feature enables you to deploy interactive containers on the Palantir platform, allowing you to bring in your existing code base (regardless of language) and run it inside the platform. With Compute Modules, for example, you could bring a third-party machine learning model into the platform and integrate it into your workflow.

For more information about Compute Modules, you can watch this official Build with AIP: Compute Modules video and reference the documentation.