Is it possible to pass a file to a prefect flow vi...
# ask-communityc
Choenden Kyirong
05/02/2023, 6:17 PMIs it possible to pass a file to a prefect flow via a parameter? The file is small but would contain data that is required for the flow to execute some tasks. This would be run ad-hoc.
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redsquare
05/02/2023, 6:25 PMbetter to pass a reference to the file really and let the flow download it, as a param it gets stored in the db
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Choenden Kyirong
05/02/2023, 6:28 PMhmm interesting. So something like: upload to S3 -> pass S3 link to prefect -> …
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Choenden Kyirong
05/02/2023, 6:29 PMIs there be a way to have a “sensor” or some sort of way to notice a new file in S3 to then trigger? @redsquare
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redsquare
05/02/2023, 6:31 PMI suspect that will be coming soon from what I have heard here
redsquare
05/02/2023, 6:32 PMneed to use a lambda from an s3 trigger currently to trigger a flow
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Choenden Kyirong
05/02/2023, 6:32 PM@redsquare ahh gotchya- okay. Thats good to know.
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