Hello All I am currently trying to create a deployment that

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Hello All I am currently trying to create a deployment that takes a parameter as a dictionary and not just a string Is this possible within Prefect or is the only data you re able to provide as a parameter to a deployment a string Best Wright

Zanie · Answer

Hi We support any JSONable data type for parameters and you can do more complex types by annotating flow parameters as Pydantic models

Zanie · Answer

If you share a more specific example we can probably give some concrete guidance slightly smiling face

Wright Hilsman · Answer

Yeahhhh I think I am figuring it out now Let me build it real quick and follow up Thanks Michael

Wright Hilsman · Answer

Classic case of me shooting myself in the foot here

Wright Hilsman · Answer

It was a type hint issue Seems like I had accidentally put string in my flow code

Wright Hilsman · Answer

`run snfw to pg flow transfer dict str transfer name str ` needed to be `run snfw to pg flow transfer dict Dict transfer name str `

Zanie · Answer

+1 yep we ll coerce the input to the type annotation

Wright Hilsman · Answer

Thanks homie for the explanation

Wright Hilsman · Answer

Will research more into Pydantic while bored today