Hi all! I have a problem with flow again :)
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bral
08/18/2020, 4:10 PMHi all! I have a problem with flow again :)
bral
08/18/2020, 4:10 PMfrom prefect import task, Flow, case
from random import randint
from prefect.schedules import IntervalSchedule
from datetime import timedelta
@task
def is_running():
return False
def get_files():
return [i for i in range(0,randint(0,15))]
@task
def _print(lst):
print(lst)
print(len(lst))
@task
def read_file(file):
return True
@task
def preprocess_file(file):
return True
@task
def save_file(file):
return True
schedule = IntervalSchedule(interval=timedelta(minutes=1))
with Flow("process", schedule=schedule) as flow:
condition = is_running()
with case(condition, False) as cond:
files = get_files()
_print(files)
for file in files[03]
r = read_file(file)
p = preprocess_file(file)
s = save_file(file)
r.set_downstream(p)
p.set_downstream(s)
flow.run()
bral
08/18/2020, 4:13 PMEvery time variable 'files' is same. Why?
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Alex Cano
08/18/2020, 4:15 PMIf you’re running the script and waiting until the schedule kicks it off, my guess is because the:
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files = get_files()upvote 2
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Jim Crist-Harif
08/18/2020, 4:15 PMYou're calling
get_files@taskget_filesfilesb
bral
08/18/2020, 4:26 PMThanks! I added decorator and : how iterate over 'files '?
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Jim Crist-Harif
08/18/2020, 4:27 PMYou'll want to look at prefect's mapping concept: https://docs.prefect.io/core/concepts/mapping.html#prefect-approach
The loop over files needs to be encoded as a mapped task (or a series of mapped tasks) rather than an explicit for loop.
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Jim Crist-Harif
08/18/2020, 4:28 PMb
bral
08/18/2020, 8:59 PM@Jim Crist-Harif thanks!
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