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# templating
# `prefect.utilities.templating`
## Functions
### `determine_placeholder_type`
```python theme={null}
determine_placeholder_type(name: str) -> PlaceholderType
```
Determines the type of a placeholder based on its name.
**Args:**
* `name`: The name of the placeholder
**Returns:**
* The type of the placeholder
### `find_placeholders`
```python theme={null}
find_placeholders(template: T) -> set[Placeholder]
```
Finds all placeholders in a template.
**Args:**
* `template`: template to discover placeholders in
**Returns:**
* A set of all placeholders in the template
### `apply_values`
```python theme={null}
apply_values(template: T, values: dict[str, Any], remove_notset: bool = True, warn_on_notset: bool = False, skip_prefixes: Optional[list[str]] = None) -> Union[T, type[NotSet]]
```
Replaces placeholders in a template with values from a supplied dictionary.
Will recursively replace placeholders in dictionaries and lists.
If a value has no placeholders, it will be returned unchanged.
If a template contains only a single placeholder, the placeholder will be
fully replaced with the value.
If a template contains text before or after a placeholder or there are
multiple placeholders, the placeholders will be replaced with the
corresponding variable values.
If a template contains a placeholder that is not in `values`, NotSet will
be returned to signify that no placeholder replacement occurred. If
`template` is a dictionary that contains a key with a value of NotSet,
the key will be removed in the return value unless `remove_notset` is set to False.
**Args:**
* `template`: template to discover and replace values in
* `values`: The values to apply to placeholders in the template
* `remove_notset`: If True, remove keys with an unset value
* `warn_on_notset`: If True, warn when a placeholder is not found in `values`
* `skip_prefixes`: If provided, placeholders whose names start with any of
these prefixes will be left untouched in the template.
**Returns:**
* The template with the values applied
### `resolve_block_document_references`
```python theme={null}
resolve_block_document_references(template: T, client: Optional['PrefectClient'] = None, value_transformer: Optional[Callable[[str, Any], Any]] = None) -> Union[T, dict[str, Any]]
```
Resolve block document references in a template by replacing each reference with
its value or the return value of the transformer function if provided.
Recursively searches for block document references in dictionaries and lists.
Identifies block document references by the as dictionary with the following
structure:
```
{
"$ref": {
"block_document_id":
}
}
```
where `` is the ID of the block document to resolve.
Once the block document is retrieved from the API, the data of the block document
is used to replace the reference.
## Accessing Values:
To access different values in a block document, use dot notation combined with the block document's prefix, slug, and block name.
For a block document with the structure:
```json theme={null}
{
"value": {
"key": {
"nested-key": "nested-value"
},
"list": [
{"list-key": "list-value"},
1,
2
]
}
}
```
examples of value resolution are as follows:
1. Accessing a nested dictionary:
Format: `prefect.blocks...value.key`
Example: Returns `{"nested-key": "nested-value"}`
2. Accessing a specific nested value:
Format: `prefect.blocks...value.key.nested-key`
Example: Returns `"nested-value"`
3. Accessing a list element's key-value:
Format: `prefect.blocks...value.list[0].list-key`
Example: Returns `"list-value"`
## Default Resolution for System Blocks:
For system blocks, which only contain a `value` attribute, this attribute is resolved by default.
**Args:**
* `template`: The template to resolve block documents in
* `value_transformer`: A function that takes the block placeholder and the block value and returns replacement text for the template
**Returns:**
* The template with block documents resolved
### `resolve_variables`
```python theme={null}
resolve_variables(template: T, client: Optional['PrefectClient'] = None) -> T
```
Resolve variables in a template by replacing each variable placeholder with the
value of the variable.
Recursively searches for variable placeholders in dictionaries and lists.
Strips variable placeholders if the variable is not found.
**Args:**
* `template`: The template to resolve variables in
**Returns:**
* The template with variables resolved
## Classes
### `PlaceholderType`
### `Placeholder`
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