Hello everyone, I'm trying to define my custom block as a PoC, however, i am not able to access it using the snippet given in Prefect UI after registering the Block. I tried importing it using

from prefect.blocks.core import Block 
cube = Block.load('Cube/cube-test')

where Cube is the name of the registered block and cube-test is an instance of it. i would always get

ValueError: Unable to find block document named cube-test for block type Cube

I ran this code to find all the registered blocks

from prefect.utilities.dispatch import lookup_type, get_registry_for_type
from prefect.blocks.core import Block
registry = get_registry_for_type(Block)
print(registry)

And it results in all the default prefect block without my custom blocks Am I missing something? Thanks in advance

Hi Mohamed. To make sure I understand: You see the block type (cube) you created in the GUI and created a block in the GUI from that block type. But then you aren’t able to use the block in your code. is that correct? Assuming that’s correct: If you run

prefect block ls

does the block you created appear? If not, check that the profile that you using in your terminal matches where you created your block.

Hello Jeff, thanks for your speedy answer. When i run the

prefect block ls

command i do see the blocks i created. The question is how do i access them in my code?

Hi @Mohamed Alaa, we will make how to access blocks of a custom block type more clear. At the moment, the following should work (I just tested it): Put this code in a Python file and run it to create a custom block type and block:

# create custom block example
from prefect.blocks.core import Block


class Cube3(Block):
    edge_length_inches: float

    def get_volume(self):
        return self.edge_length_inches**3

    def get_surface_area(self):
        return 6 * self.edge_length_inches**2


if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_cube_object = Cube3(edge_length_inches=3)
    my_cube_object.save(name="cubeit3")

Use the custom block in another file at the same directory level:

from prefect import flow
from customblock import Cube3


@flow
def testing():
    cube_block = Cube3.load("cubeit3")
    print(cube_block)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    testing()

Note that here you are importing the class from the other file, so that file needs to be accessible.

it worked! thanks a lot jeff