prefect.cli.profile

Command line interface for working with profiles.

create

Create a new profile.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
def create(
    name: str,
    from_name: str = typer.Option(None, "--from", help="Copy an existing profile."),
):
    """
    Create a new profile.
    """

    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    if name in profiles:
        app.console.print(
            textwrap.dedent(
                f"""
                [red]Profile {name!r} already exists.[/red]
                To create a new profile, remove the existing profile first:

                    prefect profile delete {name!r}
                """
            ).strip()
        )
        raise typer.Exit(1)

    if from_name:
        if from_name not in profiles:
            exit_with_error(f"Profile {from_name!r} not found.")

        # Create a copy of the profile with a new name and add to the collection
        profiles.add_profile(profiles[from_name].copy(update={"name": name}))
    else:
        profiles.add_profile(prefect.settings.Profile(name=name, settings={}))

    prefect.settings.save_profiles(profiles)

    app.console.print(
        textwrap.dedent(
            f"""
            Created profile with properties:
                name - {name!r}
                from name - {from_name or None}

            Use created profile for future, subsequent commands:
                prefect profile use {name!r}

            Use created profile temporarily for a single command:
                prefect -p {name!r} config view
            """
        )
    )

delete

Delete the given profile.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
def delete(name: str):
    """
    Delete the given profile.
    """
    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    if name not in profiles:
        exit_with_error(f"Profile {name!r} not found.")

    current_profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context().profile
    if current_profile.name == name:
        exit_with_error(
            f"Profile {name!r} is the active profile. You must switch profiles before it can be deleted."
        )

    profiles.remove_profile(name)

    verb = "Removed"
    if name == "default":
        verb = "Reset"

    prefect.settings.save_profiles(profiles)
    exit_with_success(f"{verb} profile {name!r}.")

inspect

Display settings from a given profile; defaults to active.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
def inspect(
    name: Optional[str] = typer.Argument(
        None, help="Name of profile to inspect; defaults to active profile."
    )
):
    """
    Display settings from a given profile; defaults to active.
    """
    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    if name is None:
        current_profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context().profile
        if not current_profile:
            exit_with_error("No active profile set - please provide a name to inspect.")
        name = current_profile.name
        print(f"No name provided, defaulting to {name!r}")
    if name not in profiles:
        exit_with_error(f"Profile {name!r} not found.")

    if not profiles[name].settings:
        # TODO: Consider instructing on how to add settings.
        print(f"Profile {name!r} is empty.")

    for setting, value in profiles[name].settings.items():
        app.console.print(f"{setting.name}='{value}'")

ls

List profile names.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
def ls():
    """
    List profile names.
    """
    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    current_profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context().profile
    current_name = current_profile.name if current_profile is not None else None

    table = Table(caption="* active profile")
    table.add_column(
        "[#024dfd]Available Profiles:", justify="right", style="#8ea0ae", no_wrap=True
    )

    for name in profiles:
        if name == current_name:
            table.add_row(f"[green]  * {name}[/green]")
        else:
            table.add_row(f"  {name}")
    app.console.print(table)

rename

Change the name of a profile.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
def rename(name: str, new_name: str):
    """
    Change the name of a profile.
    """
    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    if name not in profiles:
        exit_with_error(f"Profile {name!r} not found.")

    if new_name in profiles:
        exit_with_error(f"Profile {new_name!r} already exists.")

    profiles.add_profile(profiles[name].copy(update={"name": new_name}))
    profiles.remove_profile(name)

    # If the active profile was renamed switch the active profile to the new name.
    context_profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context().profile
    if profiles.active_name == name:
        profiles.set_active(new_name)
    if os.environ.get("PREFECT_PROFILE") == name:
        app.console.print(
            f"You have set your current profile to {name!r} with the "
            "PREFECT_PROFILE environment variable. You must update this variable to "
            f"{new_name!r} to continue using the profile."
        )

    prefect.settings.save_profiles(profiles)
    exit_with_success(f"Renamed profile {name!r} to {new_name!r}.")

use async

Set the given profile to active.

Source code in prefect/cli/profile.py

@profile_app.command()
async def use(name: str):
    """
    Set the given profile to active.
    """
    status_messages = {
        ConnectionStatus.CLOUD_CONNECTED: (
            exit_with_success,
            f"Connected to Prefect Cloud using profile {name!r}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.CLOUD_ERROR: (
            exit_with_error,
            f"Error connecting to Prefect Cloud using profile {name!r}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.CLOUD_UNAUTHORIZED: (
            exit_with_error,
            f"Error authenticating with Prefect Cloud using profile {name!r}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.ORION_CONNECTED: (
            exit_with_success,
            f"Connected to Prefect Orion using profile {name!r}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.ORION_ERROR: (
            exit_with_error,
            f"Error connecting to Prefect Orion using profile {name!r}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.EPHEMERAL: (
            exit_with_success,
            f"No Prefect Orion instance specified using profile {name!r}. Flow run metadata will be stored at the locally configured database: {prefect.settings.PREFECT_ORION_DATABASE_CONNECTION_URL.value()}",
        ),
        ConnectionStatus.INVALID_API: (
            exit_with_error,
            f"Error connecting to Prefect API URL",
        ),
    }

    profiles = prefect.settings.load_profiles()
    if name not in profiles.names:
        exit_with_error(f"Profile {name!r} not found.")

    profiles.set_active(name)
    prefect.settings.save_profiles(profiles)

    with Progress(
        SpinnerColumn(),
        TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
        transient=False,
    ) as progress:

        progress.add_task(
            description="Connecting...",
            total=None,
        )

        with use_profile(name, include_current_context=False):
            connection_status = await check_orion_connection()

        exit_method, msg = status_messages[connection_status]

    exit_method(msg)