Hi, I am trying to execute flow run though graphql query from google cloud functions, how can I set up client so that the cloud functions know what is my client. How can I reach my prefect cloud externally from anywhere?

from prefect.client.client import Client
client = Client()
client.graphql(query)

You could create a flow run directly using requests and pass the API key into Bearer token:

import requests

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

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

Hi @Tao Bian, if you did

prefect auth login --key API_KEY

, then the Client will pull that API key. You can also pass it into the

Client()

. You can use

client.create_flow_run()

instead of the

client.graphql()

. You can also use

create_flow_run

in our task library which is much more flexible. Just invoke it by calling

.run()

create_flow_run.run(flow_name="name", project_name="project")

Thank you, that works!