Add option to skip password when serializing filesystem (#1625)

Author: DarkLight1337

fsspec/json.py

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import json
 from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import PurePath
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from .registry import _import_class, get_filesystem_class
 from .spec import AbstractFileSystem
 
 
 class FilesystemJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    include_password: ClassVar[bool] = True
+
     def default(self, o: Any) -> Any:
         if isinstance(o, AbstractFileSystem):
-            return o.to_dict()
+            return o.to_dict(include_password=self.include_password)
         if isinstance(o, PurePath):
             cls = type(o)
             return {"cls": f"{cls.__module__}.{cls.__name__}", "str": str(o)}

fsspec/spec.py

@@ -1386,20 +1386,38 @@ def read_block(self, fn, offset, length, delimiter=None):
                 length = size - offset
             return read_block(f, offset, length, delimiter)
 
-    def to_json(self) -> str:
+    def to_json(self, *, include_password: bool = True) -> str:
         """
         JSON representation of this filesystem instance.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        include_password: bool, default True
+            Whether to include the password (if any) in the output.
+
         Returns
         -------
         JSON string with keys ``cls`` (the python location of this class),
         protocol (text name of this class's protocol, first one in case of
         multiple), ``args`` (positional args, usually empty), and all other
         keyword arguments as their own keys.
+
+        Warnings
+        --------
+        Serialized filesystems may contain sensitive information which have been
+        passed to the constructor, such as passwords and tokens. Make sure you
+        store and send them in a secure environment!
         """
         from .json import FilesystemJSONEncoder
 
-        return json.dumps(self, cls=FilesystemJSONEncoder)
+        return json.dumps(
+            self,
+            cls=type(
+                "_FilesystemJSONEncoder",
+                (FilesystemJSONEncoder,),
+                {"include_password": include_password},
+            ),
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_json(blob: str) -> AbstractFileSystem:
@@ -1426,25 +1444,40 @@ def from_json(blob: str) -> AbstractFileSystem:
 
         return json.loads(blob, cls=FilesystemJSONDecoder)
 
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def to_dict(self, *, include_password: bool = True) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         JSON-serializable dictionary representation of this filesystem instance.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        include_password: bool, default True
+            Whether to include the password (if any) in the output.
+
         Returns
         -------
         Dictionary with keys ``cls`` (the python location of this class),
         protocol (text name of this class's protocol, first one in case of
         multiple), ``args`` (positional args, usually empty), and all other
         keyword arguments as their own keys.
+
+        Warnings
+        --------
+        Serialized filesystems may contain sensitive information which have been
+        passed to the constructor, such as passwords and tokens. Make sure you
+        store and send them in a secure environment!
         """
         cls = type(self)
         proto = self.protocol
 
+        storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if not include_password:
+            storage_options.pop("password", None)
+
         return dict(
             cls=f"{cls.__module__}:{cls.__name__}",
             protocol=proto[0] if isinstance(proto, (tuple, list)) else proto,
             args=self.storage_args,
-            **self.storage_options,
+            **storage_options,
         )
 
     @staticmethod

fsspec/tests/test_spec.py

@@ -912,6 +912,20 @@ def test_dict_idempotent():
     assert DummyTestFS.from_dict(outa) is a
 
 
+def test_serialize_no_password():
+    fs = DummyTestFS(1, password="admin")
+
+    assert "password" not in fs.to_json(include_password=False)
+    assert "password" not in fs.to_dict(include_password=False)
+
+
+def test_serialize_with_password():
+    fs = DummyTestFS(1, password="admin")
+
+    assert "password" in fs.to_json(include_password=True)
+    assert "password" in fs.to_dict(include_password=True)
+
+
 def test_from_dict_valid():
     fs = DummyTestFS.from_dict({"cls": "fsspec.tests.test_spec.DummyTestFS"})
     assert isinstance(fs, DummyTestFS)