Step Snap 1 [Kestra Type Name]:

You may be unfamiliar with Kestra’s type where that we could basically define hundres of tools by setting the right plugin name and their corresponding function name after. So how could we know first about what is the right type.

Of course, their official website could help us on this ‘task’:

https://kestra.io/plugins/tasks/io.kestra.plugin.scripts.python.script

Is there any common type you could have a glimpse on? Let’s dive in!

A. Flow Control Tasks

• Sequential:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Sequential – Executes a list of nested tasks one after another.
• Parallel:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Parallel – Executes nested tasks concurrently.
• Switch:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Switch – Branches the flow based on the value of an expression.
• If:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.If – Executes tasks conditionally based on a boolean condition.
• ForEach:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.ForEach – Iterates over a list, executing tasks for each item.
• DAG:io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Dag – Defines task dependencies as a directed acyclic graph.

B. Data Processing & Utility Tasks

• HTTP Request:io.kestra.plugin.core.http.Request – Makes an HTTP request and captures the response.
• Log:io.kestra.plugin.core.log.Log – Logs a specified message to the execution log.
• Shell Commands:io.kestra.plugin.scripts.shell.Commands – Executes one or more shell commands.
• Python Script:io.kestra.plugin.scripts.python.Script – Runs inline Python code.
• PostgreSQL Query:io.kestra.plugin.jdbc.postgresql.Queries – Executes SQL queries on a PostgreSQL database.