feat: ✨ added use_http and use_https for easy switch

biothings_client/base.py

@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ def __init__(self, url=None):
         )
         self._cached = False
 
+    def use_http(self):
+        """Use http instead of https for API calls."""
+        if self.url:
+            self.url = self.url.replace("https://", "http://")
+
+    def use_https(self):
+        """Use https instead of http for API calls. This is the default."""
+        if self.url:
+            self.url = self.url.replace("http://", "https://")
+
     @staticmethod
     def _dataframe(obj, dataframe, df_index=True):
         """Converts object to DataFrame (pandas)"""

tests/gene.py

@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ def setUp(self):
             "1431_at",
         ]
 
+    def test_http(self):
+        # this is the default
+        self.mg.url.startswith("https://")
+        # switch to http
+        self.mg.use_http()
+        self.mg.url.startswith("http://")
+        # reset to default
+        self.mg.use_https()
+        self.mg.url.startswith("https://")
+
     def test_metadata(self):
         meta = self.mg.metadata()
         self.assertTrue("stats" in meta)