`prefect.deployments.steps.utility`

Utility project steps that are useful for managing a project’s deployment lifecycle. Steps within this module can be used within a build, push, or pull deployment action. Example: Use the run_shell_script setp to retrieve the short Git commit hash of the current repository and use it as a Docker image tag:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        id: get-commit-hash
        script: git rev-parse --short HEAD
        stream_output: false
    - prefect_docker.deployments.steps.build_docker_image:
        requires: prefect-docker
        image_name: my-image
        tag: "{{ get-commit-hash.stdout }}"
        dockerfile: auto

Functions

`run_shell_script`

run_shell_script(script: str, directory: Optional[str] = None, env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None, stream_output: bool = True, expand_env_vars: bool = False, shell: bool = False) -> RunShellScriptResult

Runs one or more shell commands in a subprocess. Returns the standard output and standard error of the script. Args:

script: The script to run
directory: The directory to run the script in. Defaults to the current working directory.
env: A dictionary of environment variables to set for the script
stream_output: Whether to stream the output of the script to stdout/stderr
expand_env_vars: Whether to expand environment variables in the script before running it
shell: Whether to run the command through the system shell. When True, shell operators like pipes (|), redirects (>), and logical operators (&&, ||) are supported. Only set this to True when you need shell features, as it has security implications similar to subprocess.run(shell=True).

Returns:

A dictionary with the keys stdout and stderr containing the output of the script

Examples: Retrieve the short Git commit hash of the current repository to use as a Docker image tag:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        id: get-commit-hash
        script: git rev-parse --short HEAD
        stream_output: false
    - prefect_docker.deployments.steps.build_docker_image:
        requires: prefect-docker
        image_name: my-image
        tag: "{{ get-commit-hash.stdout }}"
        dockerfile: auto

Run a multi-line shell script:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: |
            echo "Hello"
            echo "World"

Run a shell script with environment variables:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: echo "Hello $NAME"
        env:
            NAME: World

Run a shell script with environment variables expanded from the current environment:

pull:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: |
            echo "User: $USER"
            echo "Home Directory: $HOME"
        stream_output: true
        expand_env_vars: true

Run a shell script in a specific directory:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: echo "Hello"
        directory: /path/to/directory

Run a script stored in a file:

build:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: "bash path/to/script.sh"

Run a command that uses shell operators like pipes:

push:
    - prefect.deployments.steps.run_shell_script:
        script: echo "hello world" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'
        shell: true

`pip_install_requirements`

pip_install_requirements(directory: Optional[str] = None, requirements_file: str = 'requirements.txt', stream_output: bool = True) -> dict[str, Any]

Installs dependencies from a requirements.txt file. Args:

requirements_file: The requirements.txt to use for installation.
directory: The directory the requirements.txt file is in. Defaults to the current working directory.
stream_output: Whether to stream the output from pip install should be streamed to the console

Returns:

A dictionary with the keys stdout and stderr containing the output the pip install command

Raises:

subprocess.CalledProcessError: if the pip install command fails for any reason

Classes

`RunShellScriptResult`

The result of a run_shell_script step. Attributes:

stdout: The captured standard output of the script.
stderr: The captured standard error of the script.

​prefect.deployments.steps.utility

​Functions

​run_shell_script

​pip_install_requirements

​Classes

​RunShellScriptResult