@Marvin is there a way to authenticate without "prefect cloud login" and instead do it from within a python code?

You can authenticate with Prefect Cloud from within Python code by directly setting the appropriate environment variables (

PREFECT_API_KEY

and

PREFECT_API_URL

). This approach bypasses the need to use

prefect cloud login

on the CLI. Here is a simple example:

python
import os

# Set the environment variables
os.environ['PREFECT_API_KEY'] = 'your_api_key_here'
os.environ['PREFECT_API_URL'] = '<https://api.prefect.cloud/api/accounts/your_account_id/workspaces/your_workspace_id>'

# Now you can proceed with using Prefect functionalities

### Documentation - Connecting to Prefect Cloud This approach ensures that your Prefect client in Python is authenticated as if you had run the CLI command. ### Relevant Issues - Lack of documentation on how to use PREFECT_API_KEY - Having PREFECT_API_KEY as env var prevent from login to cloud If you encounter any issues or need more details, the links above contain more in-depth discussions and possible solutions. Now, back to my usual state of despair. Enjoy your coding.

@Marvin and how would I also set the workspace via an environment variable?