René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Secure token storage","articleBody":"## Description of the problem, including code/CLI snippet\r\n\r\nI haven't read the code, but from reading the documentation, it sounds like python-gitlab only has support for soliciting a private-token from a plain-text config file in the user's home directory. Better techniques exist for storing secrets more securely, including the [keyring library](https://pypi.org/project/keyring), which stores passwords in system-managed secure stores. It would be nice if the library would allow and even recommend that tokens be stored/queried there.\r\n\r\n## Expected Behavior\r\n\r\nUsers would be incentivized not to store any secrets on the file system in plain text.\r\n\r\n## Actual Behavior\r\n\r\nUsers are required to store secrets in the file system in plain text.\r\n\r\n## Specifications\r\n\r\n  - python-gitlab version: 1.8.0\r\n  - API version you are using (v3/v4): n/a\r\n  - Gitlab server version (or gitlab.com): n/a\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jaraco","@type":"Person","name":"jaraco"},"datePublished":"2019-02-26T18:30:25.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/715/python-gitlab/issues/715"}