what s the best way to call a task within a prefect flow for

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what s the best way to call a task within a prefect flow for integration tests ```flow lt method name gt lt method arguments gt ``` doesn t work so i assume we d need to grab the task from `flow tasks` and then run the task object so my follow up question would be what is the best way to retrieve a task by name from a `Flow` object

Kevin Kho · Answer

Let me try it out

Kevin Kho · Answer

Have you seen <https docs prefect io core idioms testing flows html testing flow composition|this> page though

Kevin Kho · Answer

Like this maybe ```from prefect import Flow task task def abc x return x task def bcd x return x with Flow as flow a = abc 1 b = bcd 1 print flow tasks print list flow tasks 0 name ``` And then find the one with the name you want But I think you can just test the task directly

Lana Dann · Answer

hmm i know the name of the task i want to test but i don t know how to test running that task specifically i guess i can just import the task directly and run it if you have ``` task def abc x return x``` and you import `from myflow import abc` then is that a task object or just a method

Kevin Kho · Answer

That is a task so you can do `abc run `