Run a template

This sample demonstrates basic execution of a Dataflow template by job name and template path.

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Python

To authenticate to Dataflow, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from googleapiclient.discovery import build

# project = 'your-gcp-project'
# job = 'unique-job-name'
# template = 'gs://dataflow-templates/latest/Word_Count'
# parameters = {
#     'inputFile': 'gs://dataflow-samples/shakespeare/kinglear.txt',
#     'output': 'gs://<your-gcs-bucket>/wordcount/outputs',
# }

dataflow = build("dataflow", "v1b3")
request = (
    dataflow.projects()
    .templates()
    .launch(
        projectId=project,
        gcsPath=template,
        body={
            "jobName": job,
            "parameters": parameters,
        },
    )
)

response = request.execute()

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