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lancedb/python/lancedb/__init__.py
Bert 66eaa2a00e allow passing api key as env var (#841)
Allow passing API key as env var:
```shell
export LANCEDB_API_KEY=sh_123...
```

with this set, apiKey argument can omitted from `connect`
```js
    const db = await vectordb.connect({
        uri: "db://test-proj-01-ae8343",
        region: "us-east-1",
  })
```
```py
    db = lancedb.connect(
        uri="db://test-proj-01-ae8343",
        region="us-east-1",
    )
```
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# Copyright 2023 LanceDB Developers
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
import importlib.metadata
import os
from typing import Optional
__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("lancedb")
from .common import URI
from .db import DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
from .remote.db import RemoteDBConnection
from .schema import vector # noqa: F401
from .utils import sentry_log # noqa: F401
def connect(
uri: URI,
*,
api_key: Optional[str] = None,
region: str = "us-east-1",
host_override: Optional[str] = None,
) -> DBConnection:
"""Connect to a LanceDB database.
Parameters
----------
uri: str or Path
The uri of the database.
api_key: str, optional
If presented, connect to LanceDB cloud.
Otherwise, connect to a database on file system or cloud storage.
Can be set via environment variable `LANCEDB_API_KEY`.
region: str, default "us-east-1"
The region to use for LanceDB Cloud.
host_override: str, optional
The override url for LanceDB Cloud.
Examples
--------
For a local directory, provide a path for the database:
>>> import lancedb
>>> db = lancedb.connect("~/.lancedb")
For object storage, use a URI prefix:
>>> db = lancedb.connect("s3://my-bucket/lancedb")
Connect to LancdDB cloud:
>>> db = lancedb.connect("db://my_database", api_key="ldb_...")
Returns
-------
conn : DBConnection
A connection to a LanceDB database.
"""
if isinstance(uri, str) and uri.startswith("db://"):
if api_key is None:
api_key = os.environ.get("LANCEDB_API_KEY")
if api_key is None:
raise ValueError(f"api_key is required to connected LanceDB cloud: {uri}")
return RemoteDBConnection(uri, api_key, region, host_override)
return LanceDBConnection(uri)