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# Parameters

A Parameter is a special type of Task representing an input that can vary per flow run. For example:

x = Parameter("x", default=1)

Parameters have a name ("x" in this case), and may optionally include a default value. Parameters lacking a default value require an explicit value be configured for each flow run. Parameters with a default value may use the default, or optionally provide a different value at runtime. Parameters can be specified through the UI or CLI when running with Prefect Cloud/Server (see here) or through the parameters kwarg when running locally with flow.run.

For more information, see the Parameter docs.

Registering with Prefect Cloud/Server

This example can be registered in Prefect Cloud or Server by running:

prefect register --json https://docs.prefect.io/examples.json \
    --name 'Example: Parameters' \
    --project 'Prefect Examples'

(to register in a different project, replace 'Prefect Examples' with your project name).

from prefect import Flow, Parameter, task


@task(log_stdout=True)
def print_total(x, y, total):
    print(f"{x} + {y} = {total}")


with Flow("Example: Parameters") as flow:
    x = Parameter("x", default=1)
    y = Parameter("y", default=2)

    print_total(x, y, x + y)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # When running a flow where all parameters have default values
    # no parameters need to be specified at runtime.
    print("Running with default values")
    flow.run()

    # One or more parameters can be specified at runtime through the use of the
    # `parameters` argument. Here we set `x` to 8 and `y` to 9.
    print("\nRunning with `x = 8` and `y = 9`")
    flow.run(parameters={"x": 8, "y": 9})
Output 
$ python examples/parameters.py
Running with default values
INFO | Beginning Flow run for 'Example: Parameters'
INFO | Task 'x': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'x': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'y': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'y': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'Add': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'Add': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'print_total': Starting task run...
INFO | 1 + 2 = 3
INFO | Task 'print_total': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Flow run SUCCESS: all reference tasks succeeded

Running with `x = 8` and `y = 9`
INFO | Beginning Flow run for 'Example: Parameters'
INFO | Task 'x': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'x': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'y': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'y': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'Add': Starting task run...
INFO | Task 'Add': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Task 'print_total': Starting task run...
INFO | 8 + 9 = 17
INFO | Task 'print_total': Finished task run for task with final state: 'Success'
INFO | Flow run SUCCESS: all reference tasks succeeded

The flow source is available on GitHub here.

This documentation was auto-generated from commit ffa9a6c
on February 1, 2023 at 18:44 UTC

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