Arguments:
* version: A string naming the version of the Arvados API to use (for
example, 'v1').
- * cache: Use (if available and recent) or create/update a cached copy
- of the discovery document.
+ * cache: Use a cache (~/.cache/arvados/discovery) for the discovery
+ document.
* host: The Arvados API server host (and optional :port) to connect to.
* token: The authentication token to send with each API call.
* insecure: If True, ignore SSL certificate validation errors.
elif host and token:
pass
elif not host and not token:
- # Load from user configuration or environment
- for x in ['ARVADOS_API_HOST', 'ARVADOS_API_TOKEN']:
- if x not in config.settings():
- raise ValueError("%s is not set. Aborting." % x)
- host = config.get('ARVADOS_API_HOST')
- token = config.get('ARVADOS_API_TOKEN')
- insecure = config.flag_is_true('ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE')
+ return api_from_config(version=version, cache=cache, **kwargs)
else:
# Caller provided one but not the other
if not host:
svc.api_token = token
kwargs['http'].cache = None
return svc
+
+def api_from_config(version=None, apiconfig=None, **kwargs):
+ """Return an apiclient Resources object enabling access to an Arvados server
+ instance.
+
+ :version:
+ A string naming the version of the Arvados REST API to use (for
+ example, 'v1').
+
+ :cache:
+ Use a cache (~/.cache/arvados/discovery) for the discovery
+ document.
+
+ :apiconfig:
+ If provided, this should be a dict-like object (must support the get()
+ method) with entries for ARVADOS_API_HOST, ARVADOS_API_TOKEN, and
+ optionally ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE. If not provided, use
+ arvados.config (which gets these parameters from the environment by
+ default.)
+
+ """
+ # Load from user configuration or environment
+ if apiconfig is None:
+ apiconfig = config.settings()
+
+ for x in ['ARVADOS_API_HOST', 'ARVADOS_API_TOKEN']:
+ if x not in apiconfig:
+ raise ValueError("%s is not set. Aborting." % x)
+ host = apiconfig.get('ARVADOS_API_HOST')
+ token = apiconfig.get('ARVADOS_API_TOKEN')
+ insecure = config.flag_is_true('ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE', apiconfig)
+
+ return api(version=version, host=host, token=token, insecure=insecure, **kwargs)