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title: context
sidebarTitle: context
---

# `prefect.settings.context`

## Functions

### `get_current_settings` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/settings/context.py#L10" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
get_current_settings() -> Settings
```


Returns a settings object populated with values from the current settings context
or, if no settings context is active, the environment.


### `temporary_settings` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/settings/context.py#L25" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
temporary_settings(updates: Optional[Mapping['Setting', Any]] = None, set_defaults: Optional[Mapping['Setting', Any]] = None, restore_defaults: Optional[Iterable['Setting']] = None) -> Generator[Settings, None, None]
```


Temporarily override the current settings by entering a new profile.

See `Settings.copy_with_update` for details on different argument behavior.

Examples:

    ```python
    from prefect.settings import PREFECT_API_URL

    with temporary_settings(updates={PREFECT_API_URL: "foo"}):
       assert PREFECT_API_URL.value() == "foo"

       with temporary_settings(set_defaults={PREFECT_API_URL: "bar"}):
            assert PREFECT_API_URL.value() == "foo"

       with temporary_settings(restore_defaults={PREFECT_API_URL}):
            assert PREFECT_API_URL.value() is None

            with temporary_settings(set_defaults={PREFECT_API_URL: "bar"})
                assert PREFECT_API_URL.value() == "bar"
    assert PREFECT_API_URL.value() is None
    ```

