Merge pull request #25 from IQSS/24-api-token-env-var

allow API token to be retrieved from environment variable #24

Author: kcondon

README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Copy `dvconfig.py.sample` to `dvconfig.py` (see the `cp` command below) and add
     cp dvconfig.py.sample dvconfig.py
     vi dvconfig.py
 
+Note that the environment variable `$API_TOKEN` will override `api_token` in `dvconfig.py`.
+
 ## Adding sample data
 
 Assuming you have already run the `source` and `cd` commands above, you should be able to run the following command to create sample data.

create_sample_data.py

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 from io import StringIO
 base_url = dvconfig.base_url
 api_token = dvconfig.api_token
+try:
+    api_token=os.environ['API_TOKEN']
+    print("Using API token from $API_TOKEN.")
+except:
+    print("Using API token from config file.")
 paths = dvconfig.sample_data
 api = Api(base_url, api_token)
 print(api.status)

destroy_all_dvobjects.py

@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 import json
 import dvconfig
 import requests
+import os
 base_url = dvconfig.base_url
 api_token = dvconfig.api_token
+try:
+    api_token=os.environ['API_TOKEN']
+    print("Using API token from $API_TOKEN.")
+except:
+    print("Using API token from config file.")
 api = Api(base_url, api_token)
 print('API status: ' +api.status)
 

export-api-token.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# source this file
+export API_TOKEN=`cat /tmp/setup-all.sh.out | grep apiToken | jq .data.apiToken | tr -d \"`