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title: collections
sidebarTitle: collections
---

# `prefect.client.collections`

## Functions

### `get_collections_metadata_client` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/client/collections.py#L17" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
get_collections_metadata_client(httpx_settings: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> 'CollectionsMetadataClient'
```


Creates a client that can be used to fetch metadata for
Prefect collections.

Will return a `CloudClient` if profile is set to connect
to Prefect Cloud, otherwise will return an `OrchestrationClient`.


## Classes

### `CollectionsMetadataClient` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/client/collections.py#L9" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

**Methods:**

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

```python
read_worker_metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Any]
```
