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Authenticates with FileCloud service using guest login credentials and returns an active session object for subsequent API calls.

Purpose

This function establishes an authenticated session with a FileCloud server by sending login credentials to the guest login endpoint. It handles the authentication flow, provides console feedback about login status, and returns a requests.Session object that maintains authentication state for making subsequent authenticated API calls to FileCloud services.

Source Code

def login_filecloud():
    """Login to FileCloud and return session"""
    headers = {'Accept': 'application/json'}
    creds = {'userid': FILECLOUD_USER, 'password': FILECLOUD_PASSWORD}
    
    session = requests.session()
    login_endpoint = 'core/loginguest'
    
    print(f"Logging into FileCloud as {FILECLOUD_USER}...")
    response = session.post(FILECLOUD_URL + login_endpoint, params=creds, headers=headers)
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("✓ Login successful")
        return session
    else:
        print(f"✗ Login failed: {response.status_code}")
        return None

Return Value

Returns a requests.Session object with active authentication cookies if login succeeds (HTTP 200), or None if login fails. The session object can be used to make authenticated requests to FileCloud API endpoints without re-authenticating.

Dependencies

• requests

Required Imports

import requests

Usage Example

# Setup required configuration
FILECLOUD_USER = 'guest_user@example.com'
FILECLOUD_PASSWORD = 'secure_password'
FILECLOUD_URL = 'https://filecloud.example.com/'

# Login to FileCloud
session = login_filecloud()

if session:
    # Use the session for authenticated requests
    response = session.get(FILECLOUD_URL + 'core/getfiles')
    if response.status_code == 200:
        files = response.json()
        print(f'Retrieved {len(files)} files')
else:
    print('Failed to authenticate with FileCloud')

Best Practices

• Store credentials securely using environment variables or secure credential management systems rather than hardcoding them
• Always check if the returned session is not None before using it for subsequent API calls
• Consider implementing retry logic for transient network failures
• The session object should be reused for multiple API calls to maintain authentication state
• Close the session when done using session.close() to free up resources
• Handle potential exceptions from network requests using try-except blocks
• Consider adding timeout parameters to the POST request to prevent hanging connections

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