Add support for Bearer token strings for auth

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ This document describes changes between each past release.
 10.10.0 (unreleased)
 ====================
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+**New features**
+
+- Use Bearer token Auth object if specified string for ``auth`` contains ``Bearer``
+- Use Basic Auth if specified string for ``auth`` contains ``:``
 
 
 10.9.0 (2022-02-04)

README.rst

@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ Using a Bearer access token to authenticate (OpenID)
 
 The authorization header is prefixed with ``Bearer`` by default. If the ``header_type``
 is `customized on the server <https://kinto.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration/settings.html#openid-connect>`_,
-the client must specify the expected type: ``kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth("XYPJTNsFKV2" type="Bearer+OIDC")``
+the client must specify the expected type: ``kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth("XYPJTNsFKV2", type="Bearer+OIDC")``
+
+.. note::
+
+    Passing a string containing ``Bearer`` will be instantiate a ``kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth()`` object automatically.
+
+    In other words, ``kinto_http.Client(auth="Bearer+OIDC XYPJTNsFKV2")`` is equivalent to ``kinto_http.Client(auth=kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth("XYPJTNsFKV2", type="Bearer+OIDC"))``
 
 
 Custom headers

kinto_http/session.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import requests
 
+import kinto_http
 from kinto_http import utils
 from kinto_http.constants import USER_AGENT
 from kinto_http.exceptions import BackoffException, KintoException
@@ -31,6 +32,15 @@ def create_session(server_url=None, auth=None, session=None, **kwargs):
     if session is None and server_url is None and auth is None:
         msg = "You need to either set session or auth + server_url"
         raise AttributeError(msg)
+
+    if auth is not None and isinstance(auth, str):
+        if ":" in auth:
+            auth = tuple(auth.split(":", 1))
+        elif "bearer" in auth.lower():
+            # eg, "Bearer ghruhgrwyhg"
+            _type, token = auth.split(" ", 1)
+            auth = kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth(token, type=_type)
+
     if session is None:
         session = Session(server_url=server_url, auth=auth, **kwargs)
     return session

kinto_http/tests/test_session.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import pytest
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 
+import kinto_http
 from kinto_http.constants import USER_AGENT
 from kinto_http.exceptions import BackoffException, KintoException
 from kinto_http.session import Session, create_session
@@ -209,6 +210,28 @@ def test_use_given_session_if_provided(mocker: MockerFixture):
     assert session == mocker.sentinel.session
 
 
+def test_auth_can_be_passed_as_tuple(session_setup: Tuple[MagicMock, Session]):
+    session = create_session(auth=("admin", "pass"))
+    assert session.auth == ("admin", "pass")
+
+
+def test_auth_can_be_passed_as_colon_separate(session_setup: Tuple[MagicMock, Session]):
+    session = create_session(auth="admin:pass")
+    assert session.auth == ("admin", "pass")
+
+
+def test_auth_can_be_passed_as_basic_header(session_setup: Tuple[MagicMock, Session]):
+    session = create_session(auth="Bearer+OIDC abcdef")
+    assert isinstance(session.auth, kinto_http.BearerTokenAuth)
+    assert session.auth.type == "Bearer+OIDC"
+    assert session.auth.token == "abcdef"
+
+
+def test_auth_can_be_an_arbitrary_string(session_setup: Tuple[MagicMock, Session]):
+    session = create_session(auth="Some abcdef")
+    assert session.auth == "Some abcdef"
+
+
 def test_body_is_none_on_304(session_setup: Tuple[MagicMock, Session]):
     requests_mock, session = session_setup
     response = get_http_response(304)