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# Service Mixin

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# module `service_mixin`

Helper mixin to handle services

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## class `OMetaServiceMixin`

OpenMetadata API methods related to service.

To be inherited by OpenMetadata

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### method `create_service_from_source`

```python theme={null}
create_service_from_source(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~T
```

Create a service of type T.

We need to extract from the WorkflowSource:

* name: serviceName
* serviceType: Type Enum
* connection: (DatabaseConnection, DashboardConnection...)

**Args:**

`entity`: Service Type

`config`: WorkflowSource

**Returns:**

Created Service

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### method `get_create_service_from_source`

```python theme={null}
get_create_service_from_source(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~C
```

Prepare a CreateService request from source config

**Args:**

`entity`: Service Type

`config`: WorkflowSource

**Returns:**

CreateService request

If the OpenMetadata Connection has storeServiceConnection set to false, we won't pass the connection details when creating the service.

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### method `get_service_or_create`

```python theme={null}
get_service_or_create(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~T
```

Fetches a service by name, or creates it using the WorkflowSource config

**Args:**

`entity`: Entity Type to get or create

`config`: WorkflowSource

**Returns:**
Entity Service of T

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