Hi all :slightly_smiling_face: I was wondering - is it possible to trigger Prefect workflow external...

Atalya

03/29/2021, 3:09 PM

Hi all 🙂 I was wondering - is it possible to trigger Prefect workflow externally (using Prefect Core deployed on my machine - not Prefect Cloud)? Thanks for your help!

Dylan

03/29/2021, 3:40 PM

Hi @Atalya! At the end of the day, Prefect Flows are just python files that can be executed wherever and however python can 😄

Dylan

03/29/2021, 3:41 PM

Prefect Cloud is certainly our recommendation, and includes monitoring, alerting, and orchestration out-of-the-box

Dylan

03/29/2021, 3:41 PM

But you can run a flow anywhere you can call

flow.run()

Atalya

03/29/2021, 8:03 PM

Thanks! Can I trigger a flow from another software using an API? Let's say the trigger is not known ahead, and happens in an external system, what are the best practices here?

Dylan

03/29/2021, 8:09 PM

Best practice is to use Prefect Cloud or Prefect Server, which have full GraphQL APIs that you can use to kick off Flow Runs in that case

Dylan

03/29/2021, 8:09 PM

The only piece of infrastructure you need on your machine is an Agent, thanks to our Hybrid Model

Dylan

03/29/2021, 8:10 PM

I recommend checking out our orchestration docs to get started https://docs.prefect.io/orchestration/tutorial/overview.html

Atalya

03/29/2021, 8:30 PM

Thanks!

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