docs/v3/api-ref/python/prefect-settings-context.mdx
prefect.settings.contextget_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>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>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
```