feat: config option to allow basic auth

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 1. [#237](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/237): Use kwargs to pass query parameters into API list call - useful for the ability to use pagination.
 1. [#241](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/241): Add detail error message for not supported type of `Point.field`
 1. [#238](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/238): Add possibility to specify default `timezone` for datetimes without `tzinfo`
+1. [#262](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/263): Add option `auth_basic` to allow proxied access to InfluxDB 1.8.x compatibility API
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 1. [#254](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/254): Serialize `numpy` floats into LineProtocol

README.rst

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ The following options are supported:
 - ``verify_ssl`` - set this to false to skip verifying SSL certificate when calling API from https server
 - ``ssl_ca_cert`` - set this to customize the certificate file to verify the peer
 - ``connection_pool_maxsize`` - set the number of connections to save that can be reused by urllib3
+- ``auth_basic`` - enable http basic authentication when talking to a InfluxDB 1.8.x without authentication but is accessed via reverse proxy with basic authentication (defaults to false)
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ Supported properties are:
 - ``INFLUXDB_V2_VERIFY_SSL`` - set this to false to skip verifying SSL certificate when calling API from https server
 - ``INFLUXDB_V2_SSL_CA_CERT`` - set this to customize the certificate file to verify the peer
 - ``INFLUXDB_V2_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXSIZE`` - set the number of connections to save that can be reused by urllib3
+- ``INFLUXDB_V2_AUTH_BASIC`` - enable http basic authentication when talking to a InfluxDB 1.8.x without authentication but is accessed via reverse proxy with basic authentication (defaults to false)
 
 .. code-block:: python
 

influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import configparser
 import os
+import base64
 
 from influxdb_client import Configuration, ApiClient, HealthCheck, HealthService, Ready, ReadyService
 from influxdb_client.client.authorizations_api import AuthorizationsApi
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ def __init__(self, url, token, debug=None, timeout=10_000, enable_gzip=False, or
                                           Defaults to "multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 5".
         :key urllib3.util.retry.Retry retries: Set the default retry strategy that is used for all HTTP requests
                                                except batching writes. As a default there is no one retry strategy.
-
+        :key bool auth_basic: Set this to true to enable basic authentication when talking to a InfluxDB 1.8.x that
+                              does not use auth-enabled but is protected by a reverse proxy with basic authentication.
+                              (defaults to false, don't set to true when talking to InfluxDB 2)
         """
         self.url = url
         self.token = token
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ def __init__(self, url, token, debug=None, timeout=10_000, enable_gzip=False, or
         auth_header_name = "Authorization"
         auth_header_value = "Token " + auth_token
 
+        auth_basic = kwargs.get('auth_basic', False)
+        if auth_basic:
+            auth_header_value = "Basic " + base64.b64encode(token.encode()).decode()
+
         retries = kwargs.get('retries', False)
 
         self.api_client = ApiClient(configuration=conf, header_name=auth_header_name,
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
             - verify_ssl
             - ssl_ca_cert
             - connection_pool_maxsize
+            - auth_basic
 
         config.ini example::
 
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
             token=my-token
             timeout=6000
             connection_pool_maxsize=25
+            auth_basic=false
 
             [tags]
             id = 132-987-655
@@ -126,6 +135,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
                 org = "my-org"
                 timeout = 6000
                 connection_pool_maxsize = 25
+                auth_basic = false
 
             [tags]
                 id = "132-987-655"
@@ -143,12 +153,10 @@ def config_value(key: str):
         token = config_value('token')
 
         timeout = None
-
         if config.has_option('influx2', 'timeout'):
             timeout = config_value('timeout')
 
         org = None
-
         if config.has_option('influx2', 'org'):
             org = config_value('org')
 
@@ -164,15 +172,18 @@ def config_value(key: str):
         if config.has_option('influx2', 'connection_pool_maxsize'):
             connection_pool_maxsize = config_value('connection_pool_maxsize')
 
-        default_tags = None
+        auth_basic = False
+        if config.has_option('influx2', 'auth_basic'):
+            auth_basic = config_value('auth_basic')
 
+        default_tags = None
         if config.has_section('tags'):
             tags = {k: v.strip('"') for k, v in config.items('tags')}
             default_tags = dict(tags)
 
         return cls(url, token, debug=debug, timeout=_to_int(timeout), org=org, default_tags=default_tags,
                    enable_gzip=enable_gzip, verify_ssl=_to_bool(verify_ssl), ssl_ca_cert=ssl_ca_cert,
-                   connection_pool_maxsize=_to_int(connection_pool_maxsize))
+                   connection_pool_maxsize=_to_int(connection_pool_maxsize), auth_basic=_to_bool(auth_basic))
 
     @classmethod
     def from_env_properties(cls, debug=None, enable_gzip=False):
@@ -187,6 +198,7 @@ def from_env_properties(cls, debug=None, enable_gzip=False):
             - INFLUXDB_V2_VERIFY_SSL
             - INFLUXDB_V2_SSL_CA_CERT
             - INFLUXDB_V2_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXSIZE
+            - INFLUXDB_V2_AUTH_BASIC
         """
         url = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_URL', "http://localhost:8086")
         token = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_TOKEN', "my-token")
@@ -195,6 +207,7 @@ def from_env_properties(cls, debug=None, enable_gzip=False):
         verify_ssl = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_VERIFY_SSL', "True")
         ssl_ca_cert = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_SSL_CA_CERT', None)
         connection_pool_maxsize = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXSIZE', None)
+        auth_basic = os.getenv('INFLUXDB_V2_AUTH_BASIC', "False")
 
         default_tags = dict()
 
@@ -204,7 +217,7 @@ def from_env_properties(cls, debug=None, enable_gzip=False):
 
         return cls(url, token, debug=debug, timeout=_to_int(timeout), org=org, default_tags=default_tags,
                    enable_gzip=enable_gzip, verify_ssl=_to_bool(verify_ssl), ssl_ca_cert=ssl_ca_cert,
-                   connection_pool_maxsize=_to_int(connection_pool_maxsize))
+                   connection_pool_maxsize=_to_int(connection_pool_maxsize), auth_basic=_to_bool(auth_basic))
 
     def write_api(self, write_options=WriteOptions(), point_settings=PointSettings()) -> WriteApi:
         """

influxdb_client/configuration.py

@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # It can also be a pair (tuple) of (connection, read) timeouts.
         self.timeout = None
 
+        # Set to True/False to enable basic authentication when using proxied InfluxDB 1.8.x with no auth-enabled
+        self.auth_basic = False
+
         # Proxy URL
         self.proxy = None
         # Safe chars for path_param

tests/config.ini

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ org=my-org
 token=my-token
 timeout=6000
 connection_pool_maxsize=55
+auth_basic=false
 
 [tags]
 id = 132-987-655

tests/config.toml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   active = true
   timeout = 6000
   connection_pool_maxsize = 55
+  auth_basic = False
 
 [tags]
   id = "132-987-655"

tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def assertConfig(self):
         self.assertEqual("California Miner", self.client.default_tags["customer"])
         self.assertEqual("${env.data_center}", self.client.default_tags["data_center"])
         self.assertEqual(55, self.client.api_client.configuration.connection_pool_maxsize)
+        self.assertEqual(False, self.client.api_client.configuration.auth_basic)
 
     def test_init_from_file_ssl_default(self):
         self.client = InfluxDBClient.from_config_file(f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/config.ini')