kedro.pipeline.Pipeline¶

class kedro.pipeline.Pipeline(nodes, *, tags=None)[source]¶

A Pipeline defined as a collection of Node objects. This class treats nodes as part of a graph representation and provides inputs, outputs and execution order.

Attributes

`grouped_nodes`	Return a list of the pipeline nodes in topologically ordered groups, i.e. if node A needs to be run before node B, it will appear in an earlier group.
`node_dependencies`	All dependencies of nodes where the first Node has a direct dependency on the second Node.
`nodes`	Return a list of the pipeline nodes in topological order, i.e. if node A needs to be run before node B, it will appear earlier in the list.

Methods

`all_inputs`()	All inputs for all nodes in the pipeline.
`all_outputs`()	All outputs of all nodes in the pipeline.
`data_sets`()	The names of all data sets used by the `Pipeline`, including inputs and outputs.
`describe`([names_only])	Obtain the order of execution and expected free input variables in a loggable pre-formatted string.
`filter`([tags, from_nodes, to_nodes, ...])	Creates a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes that meet all of the specified filtering conditions.
`from_inputs`(*inputs)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which depend directly or transitively on the provided inputs.
`from_nodes`(*node_names)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which depend directly or transitively on the provided nodes.
`inputs`()	The names of free inputs that must be provided at runtime so that the pipeline is runnable.
`only_nodes`(*node_names)	Create a new `Pipeline` which will contain only the specified nodes by name.
`only_nodes_with_inputs`(*inputs)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which depend directly on the provided inputs.
`only_nodes_with_namespace`(node_namespace)	Creates a new `Pipeline` containing only nodes with the specified namespace.
`only_nodes_with_outputs`(*outputs)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which are directly required to produce the provided outputs.
`only_nodes_with_tags`(*tags)	Creates a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which contain any of the provided tags.
`outputs`()	The names of outputs produced when the whole pipeline is run.
`tag`(tags)	Tags all the nodes in the pipeline.
`to_json`()	Return a json representation of the pipeline.
`to_nodes`(*node_names)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes required directly or transitively by the provided nodes.
`to_outputs`(*outputs)	Create a new `Pipeline` object with the nodes which are directly or transitively required to produce the provided outputs.

__init__(nodes, *, tags=None)[source]¶

Initialise Pipeline with a list of Node instances.

Parameters

nodes (Iterable[Node | Pipeline]) – The iterable of nodes the Pipeline will be made of. If you provide pipelines among the list of nodes, those pipelines will be expanded and all their nodes will become part of this new pipeline.
tags (str | Iterable[str] | None) – Optional set of tags to be applied to all the pipeline nodes.

Raises

ValueError – When an empty list of nodes is provided, or when not all nodes have unique names.
CircularDependencyError – When visiting all the nodes is not possible due to the existence of a circular dependency.
OutputNotUniqueError – When multiple Node instances produce the same output.
ConfirmNotUniqueError – When multiple Node instances attempt to confirm the same dataset.

Example:

from kedro.pipeline import Pipeline
from kedro.pipeline import node

# In the following scenario first_ds and second_ds
# are data sets provided by io. Pipeline will pass these
# data sets to first_node function and provides the result
# to the second_node as input.

def first_node(first_ds, second_ds):
    return dict(third_ds=first_ds+second_ds)

def second_node(third_ds):
    return third_ds

pipeline = Pipeline([
    node(first_node, ['first_ds', 'second_ds'], ['third_ds']),
    node(second_node, dict(third_ds='third_ds'), 'fourth_ds')])

pipeline.describe()

all_inputs()[source]¶

All inputs for all nodes in the pipeline.

Returns: All node input names as a Set.

all_outputs()[source]¶

All outputs of all nodes in the pipeline.

Returns: All node outputs.

data_sets()[source]¶

The names of all data sets used by the Pipeline, including inputs and outputs.

Returns: The set of all pipeline data sets.

describe(names_only=True)[source]¶

Obtain the order of execution and expected free input variables in a loggable pre-formatted string. The order of nodes matches the order of execution given by the topological sort.

Parameters: names_only (bool) – The flag to describe names_only pipeline with just node names.

Example:

pipeline = Pipeline([ ... ])

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

logger.info(pipeline.describe())

After invocation the following will be printed as an info level log statement:

#### Pipeline execution order ####
Inputs: C, D

func1([C]) -> [A]
func2([D]) -> [B]
func3([A, D]) -> [E]

Outputs: B, E
##################################

Return type: str
Returns: The pipeline description as a formatted string.

filter(tags=None, from_nodes=None, to_nodes=None, node_names=None, from_inputs=None, to_outputs=None, node_namespace=None)[source]¶

Creates a new Pipeline object with the nodes that meet all of the specified filtering conditions.

The new pipeline object is the intersection of pipelines that meet each filtering condition. This is distinct from chaining multiple filters together.

Parameters

tags (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of node tags which should be used to lookup the nodes of the new Pipeline.
from_nodes (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of node names which should be used as a starting point of the new Pipeline.
to_nodes (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of node names which should be used as an end point of the new Pipeline.
node_names (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of node names which should be selected for the new Pipeline.
from_inputs (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of inputs which should be used as a starting point of the new Pipeline
to_outputs (Optional[Iterable[str]]) – A list of outputs which should be the final outputs of the new Pipeline.
node_namespace (Optional[str]) – One node namespace which should be used to select nodes in the new Pipeline.

Return type

Pipeline

Returns

A new Pipeline object with nodes that meet all of the specified: filtering conditions.

Raises

ValueError – The filtered Pipeline has no nodes.

Example:

pipeline = Pipeline(
    [
        node(func, "A", "B", name="node1"),
        node(func, "B", "C", name="node2"),
        node(func, "C", "D", name="node3"),
    ]
)
pipeline.filter(node_names=["node1", "node3"], from_inputs=["A"])
# Gives a new pipeline object containing node1 and node3.

from_inputs(*inputs)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes which depend directly or transitively on the provided inputs. If provided a name, but no format, for a transcoded input, it includes all the nodes that use inputs with that name, otherwise it matches to the fully-qualified name only (i.e. name@format).

Parameters

*inputs (str) – A list of inputs which should be used as a starting point of the new Pipeline

Raises

ValueError – Raised when any of the given inputs do not exist in the Pipeline object.

Return type

Pipeline

Returns

A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the: nodes of the current one such that only nodes depending directly or transitively on the provided inputs are being copied.

from_nodes(*node_names)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes which depend directly or transitively on the provided nodes.

Parameters

*node_names (str) – A list of node_names which should be used as a starting point of the new Pipeline.

Raises

ValueError – Raised when any of the given names do not exist in the Pipeline object.

Return type

Pipeline

Returns

A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the nodes of: the current one such that only nodes depending directly or transitively on the provided nodes are being copied.

property grouped_nodes: list[list[Node]]¶

Return a list of the pipeline nodes in topologically ordered groups, i.e. if node A needs to be run before node B, it will appear in an earlier group.

Returns: The pipeline nodes in topologically ordered groups.

inputs()[source]¶

The names of free inputs that must be provided at runtime so that the pipeline is runnable. Does not include intermediate inputs which are produced and consumed by the inner pipeline nodes. Resolves transcoded names where necessary.

Returns: The set of free input names needed by the pipeline.

property node_dependencies: dict[Node, set[Node]]¶

All dependencies of nodes where the first Node has a direct dependency on the second Node.

Returns: Dictionary where keys are nodes and values are sets made up of their parent nodes. Independent nodes have this as empty sets.

property nodes: list[Node]¶

Return a list of the pipeline nodes in topological order, i.e. if node A needs to be run before node B, it will appear earlier in the list.

Returns: The list of all pipeline nodes in topological order.

only_nodes(*node_names)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline which will contain only the specified nodes by name.

Parameters: *node_names (str) – One or more node names. The returned Pipeline will only contain these nodes.
Raises: ValueError – When some invalid node name is given.
Return type: Pipeline
Returns: A new Pipeline, containing only nodes.

only_nodes_with_inputs(*inputs)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes which depend directly on the provided inputs. If provided a name, but no format, for a transcoded input, it includes all the nodes that use inputs with that name, otherwise it matches to the fully-qualified name only (i.e. name@format).

Parameters

*inputs (str) – A list of inputs which should be used as a starting point of the new Pipeline.

Raises

ValueError – Raised when any of the given inputs do not exist in the Pipeline object.

Return type

Pipeline

Returns

A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the: nodes of the current one such that only nodes depending directly on the provided inputs are being copied.

only_nodes_with_namespace(node_namespace)[source]¶

Creates a new Pipeline containing only nodes with the specified namespace.

Parameters: node_namespace (str) – One node namespace.
Raises: ValueError – When pipeline contains no nodes with the specified namespace.
Return type: Pipeline
Returns: A new Pipeline containing nodes with the specified namespace.

only_nodes_with_outputs(*outputs)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes which are directly required to produce the provided outputs. If provided a name, but no format, for a transcoded dataset, it includes all the nodes that output to that name, otherwise it matches to the fully-qualified name only (i.e. name@format).

Parameters: *outputs (str) – A list of outputs which should be the final outputs of the new Pipeline.
Raises: ValueError – Raised when any of the given outputs do not exist in the Pipeline object.
Return type: Pipeline
Returns: A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the nodes of the current one such that only nodes which are directly required to produce the provided outputs are being copied.

only_nodes_with_tags(*tags)[source]¶

Creates a new Pipeline object with the nodes which contain any of the provided tags. The resulting Pipeline is empty if no tags are provided.

Parameters

*tags (str) – A list of node tags which should be used to lookup the nodes of the new Pipeline.

Returns

A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the: nodes of the current one such that only nodes containing any of the tags provided are being copied.

Return type

Pipeline

outputs()[source]¶

The names of outputs produced when the whole pipeline is run. Does not include intermediate outputs that are consumed by other pipeline nodes. Resolves transcoded names where necessary.

Returns: The set of final pipeline outputs.

tag(tags)[source]¶

Tags all the nodes in the pipeline.

Parameters: tags (str | Iterable[str]) – The tags to be added to the nodes.
Return type: Pipeline
Returns: New Pipeline object with nodes tagged.

to_json()[source]¶: Return a json representation of the pipeline.

to_nodes(*node_names)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes required directly or transitively by the provided nodes.

Parameters

*node_names (str) – A list of node_names which should be used as an end point of the new Pipeline.

Raises

ValueError – Raised when any of the given names do not exist in the Pipeline object.

Return type

Pipeline

Returns

A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the nodes of the: current one such that only nodes required directly or transitively by the provided nodes are being copied.

to_outputs(*outputs)[source]¶

Create a new Pipeline object with the nodes which are directly or transitively required to produce the provided outputs. If provided a name, but no format, for a transcoded dataset, it includes all the nodes that output to that name, otherwise it matches to the fully-qualified name only (i.e. name@format).

Parameters: *outputs (str) – A list of outputs which should be the final outputs of the new Pipeline.
Raises: ValueError – Raised when any of the given outputs do not exist in the Pipeline object.
Return type: Pipeline
Returns: A new Pipeline object, containing a subset of the nodes of the current one such that only nodes which are directly or transitively required to produce the provided outputs are being copied.