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Can I retrieve a distributed.client instance if I know its id?

With dask there is an id associated with each instance of distributed.client. Calling .id on a client will show its id. Can I retrieve a client instance if I know its id?

Solution

  • This is not generally recommended, using internal implementation.

    For global clients (as opposed to temporary ones), you can look in the variable distributed.client._global_clients. The values of this dictionary-like are the clients, and you can check each one to see if its ID matches the one you are after

    client = [c for c in distributed.client._global_clients.values()
          if c.id == id_i_am_seeking][0]