feat: add possibility to initialize client by json file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## 1.31.0 [unreleased]
 
+### Features
+1. [#467](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/467): Add possibility to initialize client by json file
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 1. [#462](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/462): Redact the `Authorization` HTTP header from log
 

README.rst

@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ In a `init <https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html>`_ configuration
     customer = California Miner
     data_center = ${env.data_center}
 
-You can also use a `TOML <https://toml.io/en/>`_ format for the configuration file.
+You can also use a `TOML <https://toml.io/en/>`_  or a`JSON <https://www.json.org/json-en.html>`_ format for the configuration file.
 
 Via Environment Properties
 __________________________

influxdb_client/client/_base.py

@@ -105,50 +105,67 @@ def _version(self, response) -> str:
     @classmethod
     def _from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gzip=False):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read(config_file)
+        is_json = False
+        try:
+            config.read(config_file)
+        except configparser.ParsingError:
+            with open(config_file) as json_file:
+                import json
+                config = json.load(json_file)
+                is_json = True
 
-        def config_value(key: str):
-            return config['influx2'][key].strip('"')
+        def _config_value(key: str):
+            value = str(config[key]) if is_json else config['influx2'][key]
+            return value.strip('"')
 
-        url = config_value('url')
-        token = config_value('token')
+        def _has_option(key: str):
+            return key in config if is_json else config.has_option('influx2', key)
+
+        def _has_section(key: str):
+            return key in config if is_json else config.has_section(key)
+
+        url = _config_value('url')
+        token = _config_value('token')
 
         timeout = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'timeout'):
-            timeout = config_value('timeout')
+        if _has_option('timeout'):
+            timeout = _config_value('timeout')
 
         org = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'org'):
-            org = config_value('org')
+        if _has_option('org'):
+            org = _config_value('org')
 
         verify_ssl = True
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'verify_ssl'):
-            verify_ssl = config_value('verify_ssl')
+        if _has_option('verify_ssl'):
+            verify_ssl = _config_value('verify_ssl')
 
         ssl_ca_cert = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'ssl_ca_cert'):
-            ssl_ca_cert = config_value('ssl_ca_cert')
+        if _has_option('ssl_ca_cert'):
+            ssl_ca_cert = _config_value('ssl_ca_cert')
 
         connection_pool_maxsize = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'connection_pool_maxsize'):
-            connection_pool_maxsize = config_value('connection_pool_maxsize')
+        if _has_option('connection_pool_maxsize'):
+            connection_pool_maxsize = _config_value('connection_pool_maxsize')
 
         auth_basic = False
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'auth_basic'):
-            auth_basic = config_value('auth_basic')
+        if _has_option('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)
+        if _has_section('tags'):
+            if is_json:
+                default_tags = config['tags']
+            else:
+                tags = {k: v.strip('"') for k, v in config.items('tags')}
+                default_tags = dict(tags)
 
         profilers = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'profilers'):
-            profilers = [x.strip() for x in config_value('profilers').split(',')]
+        if _has_option('profilers'):
+            profilers = [x.strip() for x in _config_value('profilers').split(',')]
 
         proxy = None
-        if config.has_option('influx2', 'proxy'):
-            proxy = config_value('proxy')
+        if _has_option('proxy'):
+            proxy = _config_value('proxy')
 
         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,

influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
         The supported formats:
             - https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html
             - https://toml.io/en/
+            - https://www.json.org/json-en.html
 
         Configuration options:
             - url
@@ -132,6 +133,24 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
                 customer = "California Miner"
                 data_center = "${env.data_center}"
 
+        config.json example::
+
+            {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8086",
+                "token": "my-token",
+                "org": "my-org",
+                "active": true,
+                "timeout": 6000,
+                "connection_pool_maxsize": 55,
+                "auth_basic": false,
+                "profilers": "query, operator",
+                "tags": {
+                    "id": "132-987-655",
+                    "customer": "California Miner",
+                    "data_center": "${env.data_center}"
+                }
+            }
+
         """
         return super(InfluxDBClient, cls)._from_config_file(config_file=config_file, debug=debug,
                                                             enable_gzip=enable_gzip)

influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client_async.py

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
         The supported formats:
             - https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html
             - https://toml.io/en/
+            - https://www.json.org/json-en.html
 
         Configuration options:
             - url
@@ -148,6 +149,24 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
                 customer = "California Miner"
                 data_center = "${env.data_center}"
 
+        config.json example::
+
+            {
+                "url": "http://localhost:8086",
+                "token": "my-token",
+                "org": "my-org",
+                "active": true,
+                "timeout": 6000,
+                "connection_pool_maxsize": 55,
+                "auth_basic": false,
+                "profilers": "query, operator",
+                "tags": {
+                    "id": "132-987-655",
+                    "customer": "California Miner",
+                    "data_center": "${env.data_center}"
+                }
+            }
+
         """
         return super(InfluxDBClientAsync, cls)._from_config_file(config_file=config_file, debug=debug,
                                                                  enable_gzip=enable_gzip)

tests/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "url": "http://localhost:8086",
+  "token": "my-token",
+  "org": "my-org",
+  "active": true,
+  "timeout": 6000,
+  "connection_pool_maxsize": 55,
+  "auth_basic": false,
+  "profilers": "query, operator",
+  "tags": {
+    "id": "132-987-655",
+    "customer": "California Miner",
+    "data_center": "${env.data_center}"
+  }
+}

tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ def test_init_from_toml_file(self):
 
         self.assertConfig()
 
+    def test_init_from_json_file(self):
+        self.client = InfluxDBClient.from_config_file(f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/config.json')
+
+        self.assertConfig()
+
     def assertConfig(self):
         self.assertEqual("http://localhost:8086", self.client.url)
         self.assertEqual("my-org", self.client.org)