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# Credentials

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# module `credentials`

Helper methods to handle creds retrieval for the OpenMetadata Python API

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## function `get_credentials`

```python theme={null}
get_credentials(
    key_id: str = None,
    secret_key: str = None,
    oauth: str = None
) → Tuple[str, str, str]
```

Get credentials

**Args:**
key\_id (str):  secret\_key (str):  oauth (oauth):

**Returns:**
Credentials

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## function `get_api_version`

```python theme={null}
get_api_version(api_version: str) → str
```

Get version API

**Args:**
api\_version (str):

**Returns:**
str

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## class `URL`

Handle URL for creds retrieval

**Args:**
value (tuple):

**Attributes:**
value (value):

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## class `DATE`

date string in the format YYYY-MM-DD

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## class `FLOAT`

api allows passing floats or float as strings. let's make sure that param passed is one of the two, so we don't pass invalid strings all the way to the servers.

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