In Workflow, FlyteFile and FlyteDirectory are special types representing files and directory that can be passed between tasks in a workflow. It helps manage and track files and directories, ensuring that they can be accessed and moved across different execution environments.

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Passing files across tasks

from truefoundry.workflow import (
    PythonTaskConfig,
    TaskPythonBuild,
    task,
    workflow,
    FlyteFile
)
from truefoundry.deploy import Resources

task_config = PythonTaskConfig(
    image=TaskPythonBuild(
        python_version="3.9",
        pip_packages=["truefoundry[workflow]==0.4.7rc0"],
    ),
    resources=Resources(cpu_request=0.45),
    service_account="default",
)

@task(task_config=task_config)
def create_file() -> FlyteFile:
    file_path = "/tmp/sample.txt"
    with open(file_path, "w") as f:
        f.write("Hello World!")
    return FlyteFile(file_path)


@task(task_config=task_config)
def read_and_print_file(flyte_file: FlyteFile):
    with open(flyte_file, "r") as f:
        content = f.read()
        print("File content:", content)
        

@workflow
def simple_file_workflow():
    file = create_file()
    read_and_print_file(flyte_file=file)

if __name__ == "__main__": 
    simple_file_workflow()
  • In the above example we are creating a sample.txt file in a create_file task and then returning that file as FlyteFile and then in read_and_print_file task we are taking the flyteFile as input and then printing the content of the file.

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Passing directory across tasks

from truefoundry.workflow import (
    PythonTaskConfig,
    TaskPythonBuild,
    task,
    workflow,
    FlyteDirectory
)
from truefoundry.deploy import Resources

task_config = PythonTaskConfig(
    image=TaskPythonBuild(
        python_version="3.9",
        pip_packages=["truefoundry[workflow]==0.4.7rc0"],
    ),
    resources=Resources(cpu_request=0.45),
    service_account="default",
)

@task(task_config=task_config)
def create_directory() -> FlyteDirectory:
    import os

    dir_path = "/tmp/sample_directory"
    os.makedirs(dir_path, exist_ok=True)
    
    # Create multiple text files in the directory
    for i in range(3):
        with open(os.path.join(dir_path, f"file_{i}.txt"), "w") as f:
            f.write(f"Content of file {i}\n")

    return FlyteDirectory(dir_path)


@task(task_config=task_config)
def read_and_print_directory(directory: FlyteDirectory) -> str:
    import os

    # List all files in the directory
    for filename in os.listdir(directory):
        file_path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
        with open(file_path, "r") as f:
            content = f.read()
            print(f"Contents of {filename}:")
            print(content)
    return "Done reading and printing the directory."

@workflow
def simple_directory_workflow():
    directory = create_directory()
    read_and_print_directory(directory=directory)
  • In the above example, we are creating multiple files in /tmp/sample_directory directory in create_directory task and then we are passing this directory in read_and_print_directory task to print the files in that directory and the content of these files.