To add a dataset to the Spice app, navigate to the [**Code**](https://docs.spice.ai/docs/portal/app-spicepod) tab.

Use the **Components sidebar** on the right to select from available **Data Connectors**, **Model Providers**, and ready-to-use **Datasets**.

### Adding a ready-to-use Dataset

1. Navigate to **Code** tab.
2. In **Components** sidebar, click the **Datasets** tab.
3. Select and add the **NYC Taxi Trips** dataset.
4. Note the configuration has been added to the editor.
5. Click **Save** in the code toolbar and then **Deploy** on popup card that appears in the bottom right.
6. Navigate to the [**Playground**](https://docs.spice.ai/docs/portal/playground) tab, open the dataset reference, and click on the `spice.samples.taxi_trips` dataset to insert a sample query into the SQL editor. Then, click **Run Selection**.

### [Optional] Execute a SQL query using cURL

1. Go app **Settings** and copy one of the app API Keys.
2. Replace `[API-KEY]` in the sample below with your API Key and execute from a terminal.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://data.spiceai.io/v1/sql' \
  --header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: [API-KEY]' \
  --data 'select * from spice.samples.taxi_trips limit 3'
```

🎉 Congratulations, you've now added a dataset and queried it.

Continue to [Step 4 to add an AI Model and chat with the dataset](https://docs.spice.ai/docs/getting-started/get-started/step-3-add-ai-model-and-chat-with-your-app).  
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