refactor(core): Improve task module extraction logic

flytekit/core/tracker.py

@@ -330,8 +330,11 @@
     if mod_name == "__main__":
         if hasattr(f, "task_function"):
             f = f.task_function
+        # If the module is __main__, we need to find the actual module name based on the file path
         inspect_file = inspect.getfile(f)  # type: ignore
-        return name, "", name, os.path.abspath(inspect_file)
+        file_name, _ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(inspect_file))
+        mod_name = get_full_module_path(f, file_name)  # type: ignore
+        return name, mod_name, name, os.path.abspath(inspect_file)
 
     mod_name = get_full_module_path(mod, mod_name)
     return f"{mod_name}.{name}", mod_name, name, os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(mod))

flytekit/remote/remote.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from flytekit.core.python_auto_container import PythonAutoContainerTask
 from flytekit.core.reference_entity import ReferenceSpec
 from flytekit.core.task import ReferenceTask
+from flytekit.core.tracker import extract_task_module
 from flytekit.core.type_engine import LiteralsResolver, TypeEngine
 from flytekit.core.workflow import ReferenceWorkflow, WorkflowBase, WorkflowFailurePolicy
 from flytekit.exceptions import user as user_exceptions
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
 from flytekit.remote.remote_fs import get_flyte_fs
 from flytekit.tools.fast_registration import fast_package
 from flytekit.tools.interactive import ipython_check
-from flytekit.tools.script_mode import compress_scripts, hash_file
+from flytekit.tools.script_mode import _find_project_root, compress_scripts, hash_file
 from flytekit.tools.translator import (
     FlyteControlPlaneEntity,
     FlyteLocalEntity,
@@ -778,7 +779,10 @@
         return ident
 
     def register_task(
-        self, entity: PythonTask, serialization_settings: SerializationSettings, version: typing.Optional[str] = None
+        self,
+        entity: PythonTask,
+        serialization_settings: typing.Optional[SerializationSettings] = None,
+        version: typing.Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> FlyteTask:
         """
         Register a qualified task (PythonTask) with Remote
@@ -789,6 +793,16 @@
         :param version: version that will be used to register. If not specified will default to using the serialization settings default
         :return:
         """
+        # Create a default serialization settings object if not provided
+        # It makes registration easier for the user
+        if serialization_settings is None:
+            _, _, _, module_file = extract_task_module(entity)
+            project_root = _find_project_root(module_file)
+            serialization_settings = SerializationSettings(
+                image_config=ImageConfig.auto_default_image(),
+                source_root=project_root,
+            )
+
         ident = self._serialize_and_register(entity=entity, settings=serialization_settings, version=version)
         ft = self.fetch_task(
             ident.project,

plugins/flytekit-spark/tests/test_remote_register.py

@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ def my_python_task(a: str) -> int:
 
     # Check if the serialized python task has no mainApplicaitonFile field set by default.
     assert serialized_spec.template.custom is None
+
+    remote.register_task(my_python_task, version="v1")
+    serialized_spec = mock_client.create_task.call_args.kwargs["task_spec"]
+    assert serialized_spec.template.custom is None