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hey guys would anyone have a simple example of using a GQL query to trigger a flow run I can look at?

It will be easier to use `Client.create_flow_run` , do you really want to use the GraphQL API?

You can use the native requests library like this:
```import requests

query = """
 mutation {
  create_flow_run(input: { version_group_id: "fb919cc4-7f74-4ed7-9f3c-71bdd9be69e8" }) {
    id
  }
}
"""

url = "&lt;<https://api.prefect.io>&gt;"
response = <http://requests.post|requests.post>(
    url, json={"query": query}, headers={"authorization": "Bearer XXX"}
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)```

Also can be seen <https://discourse.prefect.io/t/can-i-use-python-requests-library-to-trigger-a-flow-run-through-the-graphql-api/127|here> but pretty much the same

ah cool I was asking primarily out of curiosity. I was imagining making requests direct to prefect via some external application

thanks for the quick response :slightly_smiling_face: