#5 investigate methods for passing data into tasks
Closed: Invalid None Opened 10 years ago by tflink.

One part of running tasks is getting input data and args into the code that actually does work. In AutoQA, we did this mostly over stdin and that ended up giving us plenty of grief (and still does) so that's not an option.

We've talked about two methods for doing this so far:

  • Using a file-based approach. This would involve putting all the input data into a file whose name and path are either passed in as a single arg to the task or to simply use a statically defined filename and path.
  • Storing task metadata in a central service which acts as the authoritative uuid and is queried during initial task setup.

Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages but we need to pick one, at least for now.


I don't think this is very relevant anymore, closing ticket

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