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Hello, is there a way in python to get flow id by its name and project?

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Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:26 PM

Hello, is there a way in python to get flow id by its name and project?

Kevin Kho

01/13/2022, 11:28 PM

What are you trying to do? Because the

create_flow_run()

can start a flow by name and project already so if that is the use case, no need to work with the flow id

Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:33 PM

I'm trying to start a flow run and want to show the link to the flow run in a separate UI.

Kevin Kho

01/13/2022, 11:36 PM

You can do

create_flow_run(flow_name=…,project_name=…)

and that will find the id are start it for you. It returns the

flow_run_id

of the new run

Kevin Kho

01/13/2022, 11:38 PM

Like this task

Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:42 PM

Gotcha! Thank you!

Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:43 PM

Wait. But that is the

flow_run_id

. Is it possible to get the

flow_id

Kevin Kho

01/13/2022, 11:48 PM

Ah ok you’d need to use the graphql API for that with

client.graphql()

Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:51 PM

Gotcha! Thanks!

Kevin Kho

01/13/2022, 11:52 PM

This is a good example

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Ling Chen

01/13/2022, 11:54 PM

Super helpful! Thanks

Zanie

01/13/2022, 11:58 PM

You can also use

FlowRunView

FlowView

Zanie

01/13/2022, 11:58 PM

FlowView.from_flow_name

takes a name and project

Zanie

01/13/2022, 11:59 PM

You can also get the

flow_id

from a

FlowRunView

(https://docs.prefect.io/orchestration/flow-runs/inspection.html#creating-a-flowrunview)

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Zanie

01/13/2022, 11:59 PM

https://docs.prefect.io/api/latest/backend/flow.html#flowview

Ling Chen

01/14/2022, 12:02 AM

Thanks!!!

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