pynipap/pynipap/__init__.py

@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@
 # If set, the value assigned to the variable below will be used as a bearer
 # token.
 bearer_token = None
+
+# Caching of objects is enabled per default but can be disabled for certain
+# scenarios. Since we don't have any cache expiration time it can be useful to
+# disable for long running applications.
+CACHE = True

pynipap/pynipap/pynipap.py

@@ -211,16 +211,9 @@
 
 from .tracing import create_span
 
-
-# This variable holds the URI to the nipap XML-RPC service which will be used.
-# It must be set before the Pynipap can be used!
-xmlrpc_uri = None
-bearer_token = None
-
-# Caching of objects is enabled per default but can be disabled for certain
-# scenarios. Since we don't have any cache expiration time it can be useful to
-# disable for long running applications.
-CACHE = True
+# Will be overwritten by import from . when setting up XML-RPC-connection, but
+# needs to be defined here if it's read before the connections is set up.
+CACHE = False
 
 class AuthOptions:
     """ A global-ish authentication option container.
@@ -266,8 +259,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         """
 
         # This is not a pretty solution, but needed to maintain backwards
-        # compatibility.
-        from . import xmlrpc_uri, bearer_token
+        # compatibility and avoiding circular imports.
+        from . import xmlrpc_uri, bearer_token, CACHE as cache_enabled
+        CACHE = cache_enabled
+
         if xmlrpc_uri is None:
             raise NipapError('XML-RPC URI not specified')