skip_dag

Example DAG demonstrating the DummyOperator and a custom DummySkipOperator which skips by default.

Airflow Fundamentals


Providers:

Modules:

Last Updated: Apr. 13, 2022

Run this DAG

1. Install the Astronomer CLI:Skip if you already have the CLI

2. Initate the project in a local directory:

3. Copy and paste the code below into a file in the

dags
directory.

4. Run the DAG from the local directory where the project was initiated:

#
# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
"""Example DAG demonstrating the EmptyOperator and a custom EmptySkipOperator which skips by default."""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
import pendulum
from airflow.exceptions import AirflowSkipException
from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
from airflow.models.dag import DAG
from airflow.operators.empty import EmptyOperator
from airflow.utils.trigger_rule import TriggerRule
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from airflow.utils.context import Context
# Create some placeholder operators
class EmptySkipOperator(BaseOperator):
"""Empty operator which always skips the task."""
ui_color = "#e8b7e4"
def execute(self, context: Context):
raise AirflowSkipException
def create_test_pipeline(suffix, trigger_rule):
"""
Instantiate a number of operators for the given DAG.
:param str suffix: Suffix to append to the operator task_ids
:param str trigger_rule: TriggerRule for the join task
:param DAG dag_: The DAG to run the operators on
"""
skip_operator = EmptySkipOperator(task_id=f"skip_operator_{suffix}")
always_true = EmptyOperator(task_id=f"always_true_{suffix}")
join = EmptyOperator(task_id=trigger_rule, trigger_rule=trigger_rule)
final = EmptyOperator(task_id=f"final_{suffix}")
skip_operator >> join
always_true >> join
join >> final
with DAG(
dag_id="example_skip_dag",
start_date=pendulum.datetime(2021, 1, 1, tz="UTC"),
catchup=False,
tags=["example"],
) as dag:
create_test_pipeline("1", TriggerRule.ALL_SUCCESS)
create_test_pipeline("2", TriggerRule.ONE_SUCCESS)