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# confluent flink artifact create

## Description

Create a Flink UDF artifact.

```none
confluent flink artifact create <unique-name> [flags]
```

## Flags

```none
    --artifact-file string        REQUIRED: Flink artifact JAR file or ZIP file.
    --cloud string                REQUIRED: Specify the cloud provider as "aws", "azure", or "gcp".
    --region string               REQUIRED: Cloud region for Flink (use "confluent flink region list" to see all).
    --environment string          Environment ID.
    --runtime-language string     Specify the Flink artifact runtime language as "python" or "java". (default "java")
    --description string          Specify the Flink artifact description.
    --documentation-link string   Specify the Flink artifact documentation link.
    --context string              CLI context name.
-o, --output string               Specify the output format as "human", "json", or "yaml". (default "human")
```

## Global Flags

```none
-h, --help            Show help for this command.
    --unsafe-trace    Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets.
-v, --verbose count   Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).
```

## Examples

Create Flink artifact “my-flink-artifact”.

```none
confluent flink artifact create my-flink-artifact --artifact-file artifact.jar --cloud aws --region us-west-2 --environment env-123456
```

Create Flink artifact “flink-java-artifact”.

```none
confluent flink artifact create my-flink-artifact --artifact-file artifact.jar --cloud aws --region us-west-2 --environment env-123456 --description flinkJavaScalar
```

## See Also

* [confluent flink artifact](index.md#confluent-flink-artifact) - Manage Flink UDF artifacts.