Function New

pkg/client/client.go:165–207

New returns a new Perkeep Client. By default, with no options, it uses the client as configured in the environment or default configuration files.

(opts ...ClientOption)

// By default, with no options, it uses the client as configured in
// the environment or default configuration files.
func New(opts ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
	c := &Client{
		haveCache: noHaveCache{},
		Logger:    log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.Ldate|log.Ltime),
		authMode:  auth.None{},
	}
	for _, v := range opts {
		v.modifyClient(c)
	}
	if c.sto != nil && len(opts) > 1 {
		return nil, errors.New("use of OptionUseStorageClient precludes use of any other options")
	}

	if c.noExtConfig {
		c.setDefaultHTTPClient()
		return c, nil
	}

	if c.server != "" {
		if !isURLOrHostPort(c.server) {
			configOnce.Do(parseConfig)
			serverConf, ok := config.Servers[c.server]
			if !ok {
				log.Fatalf("%q looks like a server alias, but no such alias found in config at %v", c.server, osutil.UserClientConfigPath())
			}
			c.server = serverConf.Server
		}
		c.setDefaultHTTPClient()
		return c, nil
	}

	var err error
	c.server, err = getServer()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	err = c.SetupAuth()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	c.setDefaultHTTPClient()
	return c, nil
}

func (c *Client) setDefaultHTTPClient() {
	if c.httpClient == nil {