Method: Numerous.numerousKey

Defined in:

lib/numerousapp.rb

.numerousKey(s: nil, credsAPIKey: 'NumerousAPIKey') ⇒ String

find an apikey from various default places

Parameters:

• s (String) (defaults to: nil) —

  See documentation for details; a file name or a key or a “readable” object.

• credsAPIKey (String) (defaults to: 'NumerousAPIKey') —

  Key to use in accessing json dict if one is found.

Returns:

• (String) —

  the API key.

# File 'lib/numerousapp.rb', line 1061

def self.numerousKey(s:nil, credsAPIKey:'NumerousAPIKey')

	if not s
	    # try to get from environment
	    s = ENV['NUMEROUSAPIKEY']
	    if not s
	        return nil
        end
    end

	closeThis = nil

	if s == "@-"             # creds coming from stdin
	    s = STDIN

	# see if they are in a file
	else
	    begin
	        if s.length() > 0         # is it a string or a file object?
	            # it's stringy - if it looks like a file open it or fail
	            begin
	        	if s.length() > 1 and s[0] == '@'
	        	    s = open(s[1..-1])
	        	    closeThis = s
	        	elsif s[0] == '/' or s[0] == '.'
	        	    s = open(s)
	        	    closeThis = s
                    end
	            rescue
	        	return nil
                end
            end
	    rescue NoMethodError     # it wasn't stringy, presumably it's a "readable"
	    end
    end

	# well, see if whatever it is, is readable, and go with that if it is
	begin
	    v = s.read()
	    if closeThis
	        closeThis.close()
        end
	    s = v
	rescue NoMethodError
	end

	# at this point s is either a JSON or a naked cred (or bogus)
	begin
	    j = JSON.parse(s)
	rescue TypeError, JSON::ParserError
	    j = {}
    end


	#
	# This is kind of a hack and might hide some errors on your part
	#
	if not j.include? credsAPIKey  # this is how the naked case happens
	    # replace() bcs there might be a trailing newline on naked creds
	    # (usually happens with a file or stdin)
	    j[credsAPIKey] = s.sub("\n",'')
    end

	return j[credsAPIKey]
end