Updated get_release_api_client() for password only

README.md

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ShowVersion(ApiBaseTask):
 
 ## Changelog
 
-### Version 26.3.0
+### Version 26.3.1
 
 #### 🚀 Features
 

digitalai/release/integration/base_task.py

@@ -178,46 +178,38 @@ def get_release_api_client(self,
 
         :param server_address: Optional Release server URL. Defaults to the task's server URL.
         :param username: Optional username. Defaults to the task user's username.
-        :param password: Optional password. Defaults to the task user's password.
+        :param password: Optional password. Defaults to the task user's password. When a
+            password is available but no username is, it is treated as a personal access token.
         :param personal_access_token: Optional personal access token for authentication.
         :param timeout: Optional default timeout (in seconds) applied to every request.
             Accepts a single float or a (connect, read) tuple. Can be overridden per call.
         :param kwargs: Additional session parameters (e.g., headers).
         """
         task_user = self.get_task_user()
         server_address = server_address or self.get_release_server_url()
+        username = username or (task_user and task_user.username)
+        password = password or (task_user and task_user.password)
+
+        # A password without a username is treated as a personal access token.
+        token = personal_access_token or (None if username else password)
 
-        if personal_access_token:
+        if token:
             if not server_address:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "Cannot connect to Release API without server URL. "
                     "Make sure that the release server URL is available."
                 )
             return ReleaseAPIClient(server_address,
-                                    personal_access_token=personal_access_token,
+                                    personal_access_token=token,
                                     timeout=timeout,
                                     **kwargs)
 
-        username = username or (task_user and task_user.username)
-        password = password or (task_user and task_user.password)
-        self._validate_api_credentials(server_address, username, password)
-        return ReleaseAPIClient(server_address, username, password, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
-
-    def _validate_api_credentials(self, server_address: str = None,
-                                  username: str = None, password: str = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Validates that the necessary credentials are available for connecting to the Release API.
-        """
-        task_user = self.get_task_user()
-        if not all([
-            server_address or self.get_release_server_url(),
-            username or (task_user and task_user.username),
-            password or (task_user and task_user.password)
-        ]):
+        if not all([server_address, username, password]):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Cannot connect to Release API without server URL, username, or password. "
                 "Make sure that the 'Run as user' property is set on the release."
             )
+        return ReleaseAPIClient(server_address, username, password, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
 
 
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "digitalai_release_sdk"
-version = "26.3.0"
+version = "26.3.1"
 description = "Digital.ai Release SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent"
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "digitalai-release-api-client==26.3.0",
+    "digitalai-release-api-client==26.3.1",
     "dataclasses-json>=0.6.7, <1.0.0",
     "pycryptodomex>=3.23.0, <4.0.0",
     "python-dateutil>=2.9.0, <3.0.0",

tests/release/integration/test_base_task.py

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_get_task_user_returns_none_without_release_context(self):
         task = self._task()
         self.assertIsNone(task.get_task_user())
 
-    def test_validate_api_credentials_raises_without_user(self):
+    def test_get_release_api_client_raises_without_task_user(self):
         task = self._task()
         task.release_server_url = "http://localhost:5516"
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
@@ -158,10 +158,13 @@ def test_get_release_api_client_raises_when_password_missing(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             task.get_release_api_client()
 
-    def test_get_release_api_client_raises_when_username_missing(self):
+    def test_get_release_api_client_uses_password_as_token_when_username_missing(self):
         task = self._task(None, "secret")
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-            task.get_release_api_client()
+        with mock.patch("digitalai.release.integration.base_task.ReleaseAPIClient") as fake_client:
+            client = task.get_release_api_client()
+        fake_client.assert_called_once_with(
+            self.SERVER_URL, personal_access_token="secret", timeout=None)
+        self.assertIs(client, fake_client.return_value)
 
     def test_get_release_api_client_raises_when_credentials_blank(self):
         task = self._task("", "")