From dbc6c2474b374d55872615926f3418d026a4d69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefaan Lippens <stefaan.lippens@vito.be>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:58:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #187/196 `openeo.connect` support auto-authentication
 from config

---
 openeo/rest/connection.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openeo/rest/connection.py b/openeo/rest/connection.py
index f24ec0492..3f5b813bf 100644
--- a/openeo/rest/connection.py
+++ b/openeo/rest/connection.py
@@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@ def connect(
         if not url:
             raise OpenEoClientException("No back-end URL given or known to connect to.")
     connection = Connection(url, session=session, default_timeout=default_timeout)
+
+    auth_type = auth_type or get_config().get("connection.auto_authenticate.type")
     auth_type = auth_type.lower() if isinstance(auth_type, str) else auth_type
     if auth_type in {None, 'null', 'none'}:
         pass