Login to the Snap Store using Ubuntu One

At the end of this tutorial you will have successfully written a script that can log you into the Snap Store using Ubuntu One (https://login.ubuntu.com) and have those credentials stored for the combination of the Snapcraft Dashboard and application name (ubuntu1-dashboard).

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or 3.9

• a clean virtual environment setup

• a text editor

• a developer account on https://snapcraft.io

Setup

Enable the virtual environment and then install Craft Store by running:

$ pip install craft-store click

Code

Write following into a a text editor and save it as snap_store_login_ubuntu_one.py:

import click

from craft_store import *

c = UbuntuOneStoreClient(
    base_url="https://dashboard.snapcraft.io",
    storage_base_url="https://upload.apps.staging.ubuntu.com",
    auth_url="https://login.ubuntu.com",
    endpoints=endpoints.U1_SNAP_STORE,
    application_name="ubuntu1-dashboard",
    user_agent="test",
)

email = click.prompt("Email")
password = click.prompt("Password", hide_input=True)

try:
    c.login(
        permissions=[
            "package_access",
            "package_manage",
            "package_metrics",
            "package_push",
            "package_register",
            "package_release",
            "package_update",
        ],
        description="foo",
        ttl=1800,
        email=email,
        password=password,
    )
except errors.StoreServerError as server_error:
    if "twofactor-required" in server_error.error_list:
        otp = click.prompt("OTP")
        c.login(
            permissions=[
                "package_access",
                "package_manage",
                "package_metrics",
                "package_push",
                "package_register",
                "package_release",
                "package_update",
            ],
            description="foo",
            ttl=1800,
            email=email,
            password=password,
            otp=otp,
        )

Run

Run the saved python module to login:

$ python snap_store_login_ubuntu_one.py