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# utilities

# `prefect.client.utilities`

Utilities for working with clients.

## Functions

### `get_or_create_client` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/client/utilities.py#L31" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python  theme={null}
get_or_create_client(client: Optional['PrefectClient'] = None) -> tuple['PrefectClient', bool]
```

Returns provided client, infers a client from context if available, or creates a new client.

**Args:**

* `- client`: an optional client to use

**Returns:**

* * tuple: a tuple of the client and a boolean indicating if the client was inferred from context

### `client_injector` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/client/utilities.py#L63" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python  theme={null}
client_injector(func: Callable[Concatenate['PrefectClient', P], Coroutine[Any, Any, R]]) -> Callable[P, Coroutine[Any, Any, R]]
```

### `inject_client` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/client/utilities.py#L74" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python  theme={null}
inject_client(fn: Callable[P, Coroutine[Any, Any, R]]) -> Callable[P, Coroutine[Any, Any, R]]
```

Simple helper to provide a context managed client to an asynchronous function.

The decorated function *must* take a `client` kwarg and if a client is passed when
called it will be used instead of creating a new one, but it will not be context
managed as it is assumed that the caller is managing the context.


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