X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/1a03dd7a7d10a4843848ff60957c03110a09df43..c436da861845723ab18f56dba96052cf2569e539:/sdk/perl/lib/Arvados.pm

diff --git a/sdk/perl/lib/Arvados.pm b/sdk/perl/lib/Arvados.pm
index 97a44c86dd..31258f5172 100644
--- a/sdk/perl/lib/Arvados.pm
+++ b/sdk/perl/lib/Arvados.pm
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Set up a client and retrieve the schema from the server.
 
 =item apiHost
 
-Hostname of API discovery service. Default: C<arvados.local>
+Hostname of API discovery service. Default: C<ARVADOS_API_HOST>
+environment variable, or C<arvados>
 
 =item apiProtocolScheme
 
@@ -81,9 +82,18 @@ sub new
 sub build
 {
     my $self = shift;
-    $self->{'authToken'} ||= $ENV{'ARVADOS_API_TOKEN'};
-    $self->{'apiHost'} ||= $ENV{'ARVADOS_API_HOST'};
-    $self->{'apiProtocolScheme'} ||= $ENV{'ARVADOS_API_PROTOCOL_SCHEME'};
+
+    $config = load_config_file("$ENV{HOME}/.config/arvados/settings.conf");
+
+    $self->{'authToken'} ||= 
+	$ENV{ARVADOS_API_TOKEN} || $config->{ARVADOS_API_TOKEN};
+
+    $self->{'apiHost'} ||=
+	$ENV{ARVADOS_API_HOST} || $config->{ARVADOS_API_HOST};
+
+    $self->{'apiProtocolScheme'} ||=
+	$ENV{ARVADOS_API_PROTOCOL_SCHEME} ||
+	$config->{ARVADOS_API_PROTOCOL_SCHEME};
 
     $self->{'ua'} = new Arvados::Request;
 
@@ -123,4 +133,21 @@ sub new_request
     Arvados::Request->new();
 }
 
+sub load_config_file ($)
+{
+    my $config_file = shift;
+    my %config;
+
+    if (open (CONF, $config_file)) {
+	while (<CONF>) {
+	    next if /^\s*#/ || /^\s*$/;  # skip comments and blank lines
+	    chomp;
+	    my ($key, $val) = split /\s*=\s*/, $_, 2;
+	    $config{$key} = $val;
+	}
+    }
+    close CONF;
+    return \%config;
+}
+
 1;