Hi Can someone explain me how from we read configuration in

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Hi Can someone explain me how from we read configuration in prefect 2 from config toml file earlier we were using `from prefect import config` what do we use in prefect 2

Mark NS · Answer

Hi Hamza I m not sure if this is exactly what you re looking for but I ve found it useful to look at the cli code in some cases For example in `prefect cli config py` you ll see ``` context = prefect context get settings context Get settings at each level converted to a flat dictionary for easy comparison default settings = prefect settings get default settings env settings = prefect settings get settings from env current profile settings = context settings```

Hamza Kazmi · Answer

< Mark NS> i am specifically looking how i can read configuration from toml file in prefect 2 not sure if this allow us to do that but i can check and see if it works for me

Mark NS · Answer

Well if you really only want to read the toml file there is the direct approach <https docs python org 3 library tomllib html>

Zanie · Answer

Hi What are you trying to do more specifically

Zanie · Answer

Prefect 2 has profiles so the config is a little more complex

Zanie · Answer

<https docs prefect io api ref prefect settings prefect settings> has a description explaining the implementation of settings

Hamza Kazmi · Answer

< Zanie> this means that toml files are depreciated in prefect2

Hamza Kazmi · Answer

My prefect toml file looks like this ``` myprofile remote path = some path host = my host port = 89 earliest date = 2015 06 01 ``` Now i am upgrading to prefect2 how can i use this configuration in prefect2 This how I am reading them currently ```from prefect import config read config print config myprofile host ```

Zanie · Answer

The Prefect config cannot be used for storing arbitrary data it s for Prefect settings only You can read a toml file as described by Mark above