Quote Input

Your pipeline will receive live API requests in production. During development, you need realistic data to build and test against. The Quote Input node handles both - it's the entry point for live pricing, and it reads a preview file so you can work with sample data on your machine.

Spreadsheet equivalent

Like the input tab in an Excel workbook - the place where raw data enters your calculation chain.

When to use

Use this as the entry point for live pricing. During development, it reads a preview file so you can build and test your pipeline. In production, it receives live API requests instead. Use Data Source for loading historical data or reference tables.

Config	Description
path	Required. Path to a .json or .jsonl (JSON Lines - one JSON object per line, where each line is a quote) preview file, relative to your project folder (e.g. data/quotes.json)
row_id_column	Column that uniquely identifies each quote or record, e.g. quote_id or policy_number. Optional. If set, this column is used to identify individual records in execution traces and debugging. If not set, Haute uses the row index.

Example

A preview file might look like this:

[
  { "quote_id": "Q001", "driver_age": 22, "area": "London", "vehicle_value": 15000 },
  { "quote_id": "Q002", "driver_age": 45, "area": "Rural", "vehicle_value": 8000 }
]

The node reads this file and produces a table:

| quote_id | driver_age | area   | vehicle_value |
|----------|------------|--------|---------------|
| Q001     | 22         | London | 15000         |
| Q002     | 45         | Rural  | 8000          |

The preview file should match the shape of the requests your deployed pipeline will receive. Nested JSON fields are automatically flattened into dot-notation columns like proposer.date_of_birth - see Preparing Your Data for how to clean these up.

Production behaviour

When deployed, the preview file is ignored - the node receives live JSON requests from your API instead. The schema should match your preview file so your pipeline works identically in both modes.

One per pipeline

You can only have one Quote Input node in a pipeline.