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prefect.deployments.base

Core primitives for managing Prefect deployments via prefect deploy, providing a minimally opinionated build system for managing flows and deployments.

To get started, follow along with the deloyments tutorial.

configure_project_by_recipe

Given a recipe name, returns a dictionary representing base configuration options.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
recipe str

the name of the recipe to use

required
formatting_kwargs dict

additional keyword arguments to format the recipe

{}

Raises:

Type Description
ValueError

if provided recipe name does not exist.

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def configure_project_by_recipe(recipe: str, **formatting_kwargs) -> dict:
    """
    Given a recipe name, returns a dictionary representing base configuration options.

    Args:
        recipe (str): the name of the recipe to use
        formatting_kwargs (dict, optional): additional keyword arguments to format the recipe

    Raises:
        ValueError: if provided recipe name does not exist.
    """
    # load the recipe
    recipe_path = Path(__file__).parent / "recipes" / recipe / "prefect.yaml"

    if not recipe_path.exists():
        raise ValueError(f"Unknown recipe {recipe!r} provided.")

    with recipe_path.open(mode="r") as f:
        config = yaml.safe_load(f)

    config = apply_values(
        template=config, values=formatting_kwargs, remove_notset=False
    )

    return config

create_default_prefect_yaml

Creates default prefect.yaml file in the provided path if one does not already exist; returns boolean specifying whether a file was created.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
name str

the name of the project; if not provided, the current directory name will be used

None
contents dict

a dictionary of contents to write to the file; if not provided, defaults will be used

None
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def create_default_prefect_yaml(
    path: str, name: str = None, contents: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
) -> bool:
    """
    Creates default `prefect.yaml` file in the provided path if one does not already exist;
    returns boolean specifying whether a file was created.

    Args:
        name (str, optional): the name of the project; if not provided, the current directory name
            will be used
        contents (dict, optional): a dictionary of contents to write to the file; if not provided,
            defaults will be used
    """
    path = Path(path)
    prefect_file = path / "prefect.yaml"
    if prefect_file.exists():
        return False
    default_file = Path(__file__).parent / "templates" / "prefect.yaml"

    with default_file.open(mode="r") as df:
        default_contents = yaml.safe_load(df)

    import prefect

    contents["prefect-version"] = prefect.__version__
    contents["name"] = name

    with prefect_file.open(mode="w") as f:
        # write header
        f.write(
            "# Welcome to your prefect.yaml file! You can use this file for storing and"
            " managing\n# configuration for deploying your flows. We recommend"
            " committing this file to source\n# control along with your flow code.\n\n"
        )

        f.write("# Generic metadata about this project\n")
        yaml.dump({"name": contents["name"]}, f, sort_keys=False)
        yaml.dump({"prefect-version": contents["prefect-version"]}, f, sort_keys=False)
        f.write("\n")

        # build
        f.write("# build section allows you to manage and build docker images\n")
        yaml.dump(
            {"build": contents.get("build", default_contents.get("build"))},
            f,
            sort_keys=False,
        )
        f.write("\n")

        # push
        f.write(
            "# push section allows you to manage if and how this project is uploaded to"
            " remote locations\n"
        )
        yaml.dump(
            {"push": contents.get("push", default_contents.get("push"))},
            f,
            sort_keys=False,
        )
        f.write("\n")

        # pull
        f.write(
            "# pull section allows you to provide instructions for cloning this project"
            " in remote locations\n"
        )
        yaml.dump(
            {"pull": contents.get("pull", default_contents.get("pull"))},
            f,
            sort_keys=False,
        )
        f.write("\n")

        # deployments
        f.write(
            "# the deployments section allows you to provide configuration for"
            " deploying flows\n"
        )
        yaml.dump(
            {
                "deployments": contents.get(
                    "deployments", default_contents.get("deployments")
                )
            },
            f,
            sort_keys=False,
        )
    return True

initialize_project

Initializes a basic project structure with base files. If no name is provided, the name of the current directory is used. If no recipe is provided, one is inferred.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
name str

the name of the project; if not provided, the current directory name

None
recipe str

the name of the recipe to use; if not provided, one is inferred

None
inputs dict

a dictionary of inputs to use when formatting the recipe

None

Returns:

Type Description
List[str]

List[str]: a list of files / directories that were created

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def initialize_project(
    name: str = None, recipe: str = None, inputs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
) -> List[str]:
    """
    Initializes a basic project structure with base files.  If no name is provided, the name
    of the current directory is used.  If no recipe is provided, one is inferred.

    Args:
        name (str, optional): the name of the project; if not provided, the current directory name
        recipe (str, optional): the name of the recipe to use; if not provided, one is inferred
        inputs (dict, optional): a dictionary of inputs to use when formatting the recipe

    Returns:
        List[str]: a list of files / directories that were created
    """
    # determine if in git repo or use directory name as a default
    is_git_based = False
    formatting_kwargs = {"directory": str(Path(".").absolute().resolve())}
    dir_name = os.path.basename(os.getcwd())

    remote_url = _get_git_remote_origin_url()
    if remote_url:
        formatting_kwargs["repository"] = remote_url
        is_git_based = True
        branch = _get_git_branch()
        formatting_kwargs["branch"] = branch or "main"

    formatting_kwargs["name"] = dir_name

    has_dockerfile = Path("Dockerfile").exists()

    if has_dockerfile:
        formatting_kwargs["dockerfile"] = "Dockerfile"
    elif recipe is not None and "docker" in recipe:
        formatting_kwargs["dockerfile"] = "auto"

    # hand craft a pull step
    if is_git_based and recipe is None:
        if has_dockerfile:
            recipe = "docker-git"
        else:
            recipe = "git"
    elif recipe is None and has_dockerfile:
        recipe = "docker"
    elif recipe is None:
        recipe = "local"

    formatting_kwargs.update(inputs or {})
    configuration = configure_project_by_recipe(recipe=recipe, **formatting_kwargs)

    project_name = name or dir_name

    files = []
    if create_default_ignore_file("."):
        files.append(".prefectignore")
    if create_default_prefect_yaml(".", name=project_name, contents=configuration):
        files.append("prefect.yaml")

    return files