DAGs
A DAG describes tasks and their dependencies.
What you will be able to do
- Define with dag context.
- Tasks are operators.
- Dependencies use >>.
In plain English
A DAG describes tasks and their dependencies.
- Define with dag context.
- Tasks are operators.
- Dependencies use >>.
from airflow import DAG
from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator
from datetime import datetime
with DAG('lessons', start_date=datetime(2026, 1, 1), schedule='@daily') as dag:
extract = BashOperator(task_id='extract', bash_command='echo extract')Your turn
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