Merge branch '13879-arvados-server' closes #13879

[arvados.git] / sdk / python / arvados / safeapi.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/safeapi.py b/sdk/python/arvados/safeapi.py
index b12c121bf8d3f1dbd42f9e7ed0219d1e83583697..c6e17cae0b71a4ca0b580bbb6f8c056da8cb8988 100644 (file)
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/safeapi.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/safeapi.py
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ class ThreadSafeApiCache(object):
         self.apiconfig = copy.copy(apiconfig)
         self.api_params = api_params
         self.local = threading.local()
+
+        # Initialize an API object for this thread before creating
+        # KeepClient, this will report if ARVADOS_API_HOST or
+        # ARVADOS_API_TOKEN are missing.
+        self.localapi()
+
         self.keep = keep.KeepClient(api_client=self, **keep_params)
 
     def localapi(self):