posit-dev / posit-dev/rsconnect-python

bootstrap should error if no API key is returned

Open
#716 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
37
Forks
28
Avg merge
1d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
7

Description

On versions older than 2022.10.0, the (experimental) bootstrap endpoint does not exist. The HTTP request returns 404, but produce_bootstrap_output() returns successfully but with an empty API key. That's because the case that checks for the 404 status just adds a "message": https://github.com/posit-dev/rsconnect-python/blob/main/rsconnect/json_web_token.py#L127-L131.

bootstrap should either return an API key and exit 0, or if no key is returned, for whatever reason, it should exit 1.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in rsconnect/json_web_token.py around produce_bootstrap_output(), especially the 404 handling at lines 127-131. Trace the bootstrap command's exit behavior and verify that it exits 0 only when an API key is returned; when the key is empty for any reason, it should exit 1.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
55/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.