when using prefect deployment build in the cli

--params='{"question": "ultimate", "answer": 42}'

Returns

+- Error ---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Got unexpected extra arguments (ultimate, answer: 42}')                     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The --param is working, but I've tried many different combinations of --params without success. Is it possible to provide a working example or see if anything has changed since it's not working?

That looks correct. Was it working earlier, Nic? What does

prefect version

show?

I haven't tried it before, but currently, it's not working

I just tested with 2.6.5 and it works okay for me. Maybe it’s an issue with how the windows command line program deals with quotes: https://superuser.com/questions/324278/how-to-make-windows-command-prompt-treat-single-quote-as-though-it-is-a-double-q

I've tried a few different quoting 'situations' and am left with errors always, I'll continue testing tomorrow and dot down everything that doesn't work and report back

I don’t - but I think it’s a matter of escaping the quotes - here’s a guide for PowerShell. You mentioned earlier that the

param

flag works. Does that work for you to input your params? Alternatively, the Python deployment method might be an option.

I've set up a CI/CD pipeline that's integrated with a fair bit of systems at this point so changing to the python deploy would be an option, but one I'd like to avoid. We could use the param flag, but was hoping to have params working so inputting multiple parameters would be easier for our data science team that is going to use the pipeline. It might be the option - that or storing the deployment in .py files and running those instead of the cli script throught azure devops

I found this section of the power-shell docs which goes more in depth with single and double quotes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules?view=powershell-7