Feature request: Read magic values from file

paulovn / sparql-kernel

A Jupyter kernel to launch queries against SPARQL endpoints

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Feature request: Read magic values from file #41

Open alexisdimi opened 5 years ago

alexisdimi commented 5 years ago

Authenticated endpoints make it necessary to put authentication credentials in cleartext in the notebook, which is not great (especially for demos). Idea: A new magic %config path/file.ini that reads magic settings from a file, and somehow avoids outputting sensitive information. (Maybe a second keyword on the command, or a variation %qconfig for "quiet".)

paulovn commented 5 years ago

ok, I see the problem. I'll take a look at it

paulovn commented 5 years ago

I have added a couple of changes to the 1.3.0 branch that should help on this:

the %auth magic can now take its parameters from environment variables, which decouples the authentication credentials from the notebook
the password is no longer printed out as magic results

Nevertheless, the "magics from file" approach is a good idea anyway, so I have added it too