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title: Service Mixin
slug: /sdk/python/api-reference/service-mixin
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# module `service_mixin`
Helper mixin to handle services 



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## class `OMetaServiceMixin`
OpenMetadata API methods related to service. 

To be inherited by OpenMetadata 




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### method `create_service_from_source`

```python
create_service_from_source(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~T
```

Create a service of type T. 

We need to extract from the WorkflowSource: 
- name: serviceName 
- serviceType: Type Enum 
- connection: (DatabaseConnection, DashboardConnection...) 

:param entity: Service Type :param config: WorkflowSource :return: Created Service 

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### method `get_create_service_from_source`

```python
get_create_service_from_source(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~C
```

Prepare a CreateService request from source config :param entity: Service Type :param config: WorkflowSource :return: CreateService request 

If the OpenMetadata Connection has storeServiceConnection set to false, we won't pass the connection details when creating the service. 

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### method `get_service_or_create`

```python
get_service_or_create(entity: Type[~T], config: Source) → ~T
```

Fetches a service by name, or creates it using the WorkflowSource config :param entity: Entity Type to get or create :param config: WorkflowSource :return: Entity Service of T 




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