lamindb_setup 1.9.1__py3-none-any.whl → 1.10.0__py3-none-any.whl

lamindb_setup/_connect_instance.py

@@ -1,328 +1,415 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import importlib
-import os
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-from uuid import UUID
-
-from lamin_utils import logger
-
-from ._check_setup import _check_instance_setup, _get_current_instance_settings
-from ._disconnect import disconnect
-from ._init_instance import (
-    MESSAGE_CANNOT_SWITCH_DEFAULT_INSTANCE,
-    load_from_isettings,
-)
-from ._silence_loggers import silence_loggers
-from .core._hub_core import connect_instance_hub
-from .core._hub_utils import LaminDsnModel
-from .core._settings import settings
-from .core._settings_instance import InstanceSettings
-from .core._settings_load import load_instance_settings
-from .core._settings_storage import StorageSettings
-from .core._settings_store import instance_settings_file, settings_dir
-from .core.cloud_sqlite_locker import unlock_cloud_sqlite_upon_exception
-from .errors import CannotSwitchDefaultInstance
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-    from .core._settings_user import UserSettings
-    from .types import UPathStr
-
-# this is for testing purposes only
-# set to True only to test failed load
-_TEST_FAILED_LOAD = False
-
-
-INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE = (
-    "'{owner}/{name}' not found:"
-    " '{hub_result}'\nCheck your permissions:"
-    " https://lamin.ai/{owner}/{name}"
-)
-
-
-class InstanceNotFoundError(SystemExit):
-    pass
-
-
-def check_db_dsn_equal_up_to_credentials(db_dsn_hub, db_dsn_local):
-    return (
-        db_dsn_hub.scheme == db_dsn_local.scheme
-        and db_dsn_hub.host == db_dsn_local.host
-        and db_dsn_hub.database == db_dsn_local.database
-        and db_dsn_hub.port == db_dsn_local.port
-    )
-
-
-def update_db_using_local(
-    hub_instance_result: dict[str, str],
-    settings_file: Path,
-    db: str | None = None,
-    raise_permission_error=True,
-) -> str | None:
-    db_updated = None
-    # check if postgres
-    if hub_instance_result["db_scheme"] == "postgresql":
-        if db is not None:
-            # use only the provided db if it is set
-            db_updated = db
-        elif (db_env := os.getenv("LAMINDB_INSTANCE_DB")) is not None:
-            logger.important("loading db URL from env variable LAMINDB_INSTANCE_DB")
-            # read directly from the environment
-            db_updated = db_env
-        else:
-            db_hub = hub_instance_result["db"]
-            db_dsn_hub = LaminDsnModel(db=db_hub)
-            # read from a cached settings file in case the hub result is inexistent
-            if db_dsn_hub.db.user in {None, "none"} and settings_file.exists():
-                isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
-                db_updated = isettings.db
-            else:
-                # just take the default hub result and ensure there is actually a user
-                if (
-                    db_dsn_hub.db.user in {None, "none"}
-                    and db_dsn_hub.db.password in {None, "none"}
-                    and raise_permission_error
-                ):
-                    raise PermissionError(
-                        "No database access, please ask your admin to provide you with"
-                        " a DB URL and pass it via --db <db_url>"
-                    )
-                db_updated = db_hub
-    return db_updated
-
-
-def _connect_instance(
-    owner: str,
-    name: str,
-    *,
-    db: str | None = None,
-    raise_permission_error: bool = True,
-    access_token: str | None = None,
-) -> InstanceSettings:
-    settings_file = instance_settings_file(name, owner)
-    make_hub_request = True
-    if settings_file.exists():
-        isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
-        # skip hub request for a purely local instance
-        if isettings.is_remote:
-            make_hub_request = True
-        else:
-            make_hub_request = False
-            if db is not None and isettings.dialect == "postgresql":
-                isettings._db = db
-    if make_hub_request:
-        # the following will return a string if the instance does not exist
-        # on the hub
-        # do not call hub if the user is anonymous
-        if owner != "anonymous":
-            hub_result = connect_instance_hub(
-                owner=owner, name=name, access_token=access_token
-            )
-        else:
-            hub_result = "anonymous-user"
-        # if hub_result is not a string, it means it made a request
-        # that successfully returned metadata
-        if not isinstance(hub_result, str):
-            instance_result, storage_result = hub_result
-            db_updated = update_db_using_local(
-                instance_result,
-                settings_file,
-                db=db,
-                raise_permission_error=raise_permission_error,
-            )
-            ssettings = StorageSettings(
-                root=storage_result["root"],
-                region=storage_result["region"],
-                uid=storage_result["lnid"],
-                uuid=UUID(storage_result["id"]),
-                instance_id=UUID(instance_result["id"]),
-            )
-            isettings = InstanceSettings(
-                id=UUID(instance_result["id"]),
-                owner=owner,
-                name=instance_result["name"],
-                storage=ssettings,
-                db=db_updated,
-                modules=instance_result["schema_str"],
-                git_repo=instance_result["git_repo"],
-                keep_artifacts_local=bool(instance_result["keep_artifacts_local"]),
-                is_on_hub=True,
-                api_url=instance_result["api_url"],
-                schema_id=None
-                if (schema_id := instance_result["schema_id"]) is None
-                else UUID(schema_id),
-                fine_grained_access=instance_result.get("fine_grained_access", False),
-                db_permissions=instance_result.get("db_permissions", None),
-            )
-        else:
-            if hub_result != "anonymous-user":
-                message = INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE.format(
-                    owner=owner, name=name, hub_result=hub_result
-                )
-            else:
-                message = "It is not possible to load an anonymous-owned instance from the hub"
-            if settings_file.exists():
-                isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
-                if isettings.is_remote:
-                    raise InstanceNotFoundError(message)
-            else:
-                raise InstanceNotFoundError(message)
-    return isettings
-
-
-def _connect_cli(instance: str) -> None:
-    from lamindb_setup import settings as settings_
-
-    settings_.auto_connect = True
-    owner, name = get_owner_name_from_identifier(instance)
-    isettings = _connect_instance(owner, name)
-    isettings._persist(write_to_disk=True)
-    if not isettings.is_on_hub or isettings._is_cloud_sqlite:
-        # there are two reasons to call the full-blown connect
-        # (1) if the instance is not on the hub, we need to register
-        # potential users through register_user()
-        # (2) if the instance is cloud sqlite, we need to lock it
-        connect(_write_settings=False, _reload_lamindb=False)
-    else:
-        logger.important(f"connected lamindb: {isettings.slug}")
-    return None
-
-
-@unlock_cloud_sqlite_upon_exception(ignore_prev_locker=True)
-def connect(instance: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> str | tuple | None:
-    """Connect to an instance.
-
-    Args:
-        instance: Pass a slug (`account/name`) or URL (`https://lamin.ai/account/name`).
-            If `None`, looks for an environment variable `LAMIN_CURRENT_INSTANCE` to get the instance identifier.
-            If it doesn't find this variable, it connects to the instance that was connected with `lamin connect` through the CLI.
-    """
-    # validate kwargs
-    valid_kwargs = {
-        "_db",
-        "_write_settings",
-        "_raise_not_found_error",
-        "_reload_lamindb",
-        "_test",
-        "_user",
-    }
-    for kwarg in kwargs:
-        if kwarg not in valid_kwargs:
-            raise TypeError(f"connect() got unexpected keyword argument '{kwarg}'")
-    isettings: InstanceSettings = None  # type: ignore
-    # _db is still needed because it is called in init
-    _db: str | None = kwargs.get("_db", None)
-    _write_settings: bool = kwargs.get("_write_settings", False)
-    _raise_not_found_error: bool = kwargs.get("_raise_not_found_error", True)
-    _reload_lamindb: bool = kwargs.get("_reload_lamindb", True)
-    _test: bool = kwargs.get("_test", False)
-
-    access_token: str | None = None
-    _user: UserSettings | None = kwargs.get("_user", None)
-    if _user is not None:
-        access_token = _user.access_token
-    if instance is None:
-        instance = os.environ.get("LAMIN_CURRENT_INSTANCE")
-
-    try:
-        if instance is None:
-            isettings_or_none = _get_current_instance_settings()
-            if isettings_or_none is None:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "No instance was connected through the CLI, pass a value to `instance` or connect via the CLI."
-                )
-            isettings = isettings_or_none
-            if _db is not None and isettings.dialect == "postgresql":
-                isettings._db = _db
-        else:
-            owner, name = get_owner_name_from_identifier(instance)
-            if _check_instance_setup() and not _test:
-                if (
-                    settings._instance_exists
-                    and f"{owner}/{name}" == settings.instance.slug
-                ):
-                    logger.important(f"connected lamindb: {settings.instance.slug}")
-                    return None
-                else:
-                    raise CannotSwitchDefaultInstance(
-                        MESSAGE_CANNOT_SWITCH_DEFAULT_INSTANCE
-                    )
-            elif (
-                _write_settings
-                and settings._instance_exists
-                and f"{owner}/{name}" != settings.instance.slug
-            ):
-                disconnect(mute=True)
-
-            try:
-                isettings = _connect_instance(
-                    owner, name, db=_db, access_token=access_token
-                )
-            except InstanceNotFoundError as e:
-                if _raise_not_found_error:
-                    raise e
-                else:
-                    return "instance-not-found"
-            if isinstance(isettings, str):
-                return isettings
-        # at this point we have checked already that isettings is not a string
-        # _user is passed to lock cloud sqlite for this user in isettings._load_db()
-        # has no effect if _user is None or if not cloud sqlite instance
-        isettings._locker_user = _user
-        isettings._persist(write_to_disk=_write_settings)
-        if _test:
-            return None
-        silence_loggers()
-        check, msg = isettings._load_db()
-        if not check:
-            local_db = (
-                isettings._is_cloud_sqlite and isettings._sqlite_file_local.exists()
-            )
-            if local_db:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "SQLite file does not exist in the cloud, but exists locally:"
-                    f" {isettings._sqlite_file_local}\nTo push the file to the cloud,"
-                    " call: lamin disconnect"
-                )
-            elif _raise_not_found_error:
-                raise SystemExit(msg)
-            else:
-                logger.warning(
-                    f"instance exists with id {isettings._id.hex}, but database is not"
-                    " loadable: re-initializing"
-                )
-                return "instance-corrupted-or-deleted"
-        # this is for testing purposes only
-        if _TEST_FAILED_LOAD:
-            raise RuntimeError("Technical testing error.")
-
-        load_from_isettings(isettings, user=_user, write_settings=_write_settings)
-        if _reload_lamindb:
-            importlib.reload(importlib.import_module("lamindb"))
-        logger.important(f"connected lamindb: {isettings.slug}")
-    except Exception as e:
-        if isettings is not None:
-            if _write_settings:
-                isettings._get_settings_file().unlink(missing_ok=True)  # type: ignore
-            settings._instance_settings = None
-        raise e
-    return None
-
-
-def get_owner_name_from_identifier(identifier: str):
-    if "/" in identifier:
-        if identifier.startswith("https://lamin.ai/"):
-            identifier = identifier.replace("https://lamin.ai/", "")
-        split = identifier.split("/")
-        if len(split) > 2:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "The instance identifier needs to be 'owner/name', the instance name"
-                " (owner is current user) or the URL: https://lamin.ai/owner/name."
-            )
-        owner, name = split
-    else:
-        owner = settings.user.handle
-        name = identifier
-    return owner, name
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from lamin_utils import logger
+
+from ._check_setup import (
+    _check_instance_setup,
+    _get_current_instance_settings,
+    find_module_candidates,
+)
+from ._disconnect import disconnect
+from ._init_instance import load_from_isettings
+from ._silence_loggers import silence_loggers
+from .core._hub_core import connect_instance_hub
+from .core._hub_utils import LaminDsnModel
+from .core._settings import settings
+from .core._settings_instance import InstanceSettings
+from .core._settings_load import load_instance_settings
+from .core._settings_storage import StorageSettings
+from .core._settings_store import instance_settings_file, settings_dir
+from .core.cloud_sqlite_locker import unlock_cloud_sqlite_upon_exception
+from .errors import CannotSwitchDefaultInstance
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from .core._settings_user import UserSettings
+    from .types import UPathStr
+
+# this is for testing purposes only
+# set to True only to test failed load
+_TEST_FAILED_LOAD = False
+
+
+INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE = (
+    "'{owner}/{name}' not found:"
+    " '{hub_result}'\nCheck your permissions:"
+    " https://lamin.ai/{owner}/{name}"
+)
+
+
+class InstanceNotFoundError(SystemExit):
+    pass
+
+
+def check_db_dsn_equal_up_to_credentials(db_dsn_hub, db_dsn_local):
+    return (
+        db_dsn_hub.scheme == db_dsn_local.scheme
+        and db_dsn_hub.host == db_dsn_local.host
+        and db_dsn_hub.database == db_dsn_local.database
+        and db_dsn_hub.port == db_dsn_local.port
+    )
+
+
+def update_db_using_local(
+    hub_instance_result: dict[str, str],
+    settings_file: Path,
+    db: str | None = None,
+    raise_permission_error=True,
+) -> str | None:
+    db_updated = None
+    # check if postgres
+    if hub_instance_result["db_scheme"] == "postgresql":
+        if db is not None:
+            # use only the provided db if it is set
+            db_updated = db
+        elif (db_env := os.getenv("LAMINDB_INSTANCE_DB")) is not None:
+            logger.important("loading db URL from env variable LAMINDB_INSTANCE_DB")
+            # read directly from the environment
+            db_updated = db_env
+        else:
+            db_hub = hub_instance_result["db"]
+            db_dsn_hub = LaminDsnModel(db=db_hub)
+            # read from a cached settings file in case the hub result is inexistent
+            if db_dsn_hub.db.user in {None, "none"} and settings_file.exists():
+                isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
+                db_updated = isettings.db
+            else:
+                # just take the default hub result and ensure there is actually a user
+                if (
+                    db_dsn_hub.db.user in {None, "none"}
+                    and db_dsn_hub.db.password in {None, "none"}
+                    and raise_permission_error
+                ):
+                    raise PermissionError(
+                        "No database access, please ask your admin to provide you with"
+                        " a DB URL and pass it via --db <db_url>"
+                    )
+                db_updated = db_hub
+    return db_updated
+
+
+def _connect_instance(
+    owner: str,
+    name: str,
+    *,
+    db: str | None = None,
+    raise_permission_error: bool = True,
+    access_token: str | None = None,
+) -> InstanceSettings:
+    settings_file = instance_settings_file(name, owner)
+    make_hub_request = True
+    if settings_file.exists():
+        isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
+        # skip hub request for a purely local instance
+        if isettings.is_remote:
+            make_hub_request = True
+        else:
+            make_hub_request = False
+            if db is not None and isettings.dialect == "postgresql":
+                isettings._db = db
+    if make_hub_request:
+        # the following will return a string if the instance does not exist
+        # on the hub
+        # do not call hub if the user is anonymous
+        if owner != "anonymous":
+            hub_result = connect_instance_hub(
+                owner=owner, name=name, access_token=access_token
+            )
+        else:
+            hub_result = "anonymous-user"
+        # if hub_result is not a string, it means it made a request
+        # that successfully returned metadata
+        if not isinstance(hub_result, str):
+            instance_result, storage_result = hub_result
+            db_updated = update_db_using_local(
+                instance_result,
+                settings_file,
+                db=db,
+                raise_permission_error=raise_permission_error,
+            )
+            ssettings = StorageSettings(
+                root=storage_result["root"],
+                region=storage_result["region"],
+                uid=storage_result["lnid"],
+                uuid=UUID(storage_result["id"]),
+                instance_id=UUID(instance_result["id"]),
+            )
+            isettings = InstanceSettings(
+                id=UUID(instance_result["id"]),
+                owner=owner,
+                name=instance_result["name"],
+                storage=ssettings,
+                db=db_updated,
+                modules=instance_result["schema_str"],
+                git_repo=instance_result["git_repo"],
+                keep_artifacts_local=bool(instance_result["keep_artifacts_local"]),
+                is_on_hub=True,
+                api_url=instance_result["api_url"],
+                schema_id=None
+                if (schema_id := instance_result["schema_id"]) is None
+                else UUID(schema_id),
+                fine_grained_access=instance_result.get("fine_grained_access", False),
+                db_permissions=instance_result.get("db_permissions", None),
+            )
+        else:
+            if hub_result != "anonymous-user":
+                message = INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE.format(
+                    owner=owner, name=name, hub_result=hub_result
+                )
+            else:
+                message = "It is not possible to load an anonymous-owned instance from the hub"
+            if settings_file.exists():
+                isettings = load_instance_settings(settings_file)
+                if isettings.is_remote:
+                    raise InstanceNotFoundError(message)
+            else:
+                raise InstanceNotFoundError(message)
+    return isettings
+
+
+def reset_django_module_variables():
+    # This function updates all module-level references to Django classes
+    # But it will fail to update function level references
+    # So, if a user has
+    # def my_function():
+    #     import lamindb as ln
+    #     ...
+    #
+    # Then it will **not** work and the `ln` variable will become stale and hold a reference
+    # to the old classes
+    # There doesn't seem to be an easy way to fix this problem
+
+    import types
+
+    from django.apps import apps
+
+    app_names = {app.name for app in apps.get_app_configs()}
+
+    for name, module in sys.modules.items():
+        if (
+            module is not None
+            and (not name.startswith("__") or name == "__main__")
+            and name not in sys.builtin_module_names
+            and not (
+                hasattr(module, "__file__")
+                and module.__file__
+                and any(
+                    path in module.__file__ for path in ["/lib/python", "\\lib\\python"]
+                )
+            )
+        ):
+            try:
+                for k, v in vars(module).items():
+                    if (
+                        isinstance(v, types.ModuleType)
+                        and not k.startswith("_")
+                        and getattr(v, "__name__", None) in app_names
+                    ):
+                        if v.__name__ in sys.modules:
+                            vars(module)[k] = sys.modules[v.__name__]
+                    # Also reset classes from Django apps - but check if the class module starts with any app name
+                    elif hasattr(v, "__module__") and getattr(v, "__module__", None):
+                        class_module = v.__module__
+                        # Check if the class module starts with any of our app names
+                        if any(
+                            class_module.startswith(app_name) for app_name in app_names
+                        ):
+                            if class_module in sys.modules:
+                                fresh_module = sys.modules[class_module]
+                                attr_name = getattr(v, "__name__", k)
+                                if hasattr(fresh_module, attr_name):
+                                    vars(module)[k] = getattr(fresh_module, attr_name)
+            except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+                continue
+
+
+def _connect_cli(instance: str) -> None:
+    from lamindb_setup import settings as settings_
+
+    settings_.auto_connect = True
+    owner, name = get_owner_name_from_identifier(instance)
+    isettings = _connect_instance(owner, name)
+    isettings._persist(write_to_disk=True)
+    if not isettings.is_on_hub or isettings._is_cloud_sqlite:
+        # there are two reasons to call the full-blown connect
+        # (1) if the instance is not on the hub, we need to register
+        # potential users through register_user()
+        # (2) if the instance is cloud sqlite, we need to lock it
+        connect(_write_settings=False, _reload_lamindb=False)
+    else:
+        logger.important(f"connected lamindb: {isettings.slug}")
+    return None
+
+
+@unlock_cloud_sqlite_upon_exception(ignore_prev_locker=True)
+def connect(instance: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> str | tuple | None:
+    """Connect to an instance.
+
+    Args:
+        instance: Pass a slug (`account/name`) or URL (`https://lamin.ai/account/name`).
+            If `None`, looks for an environment variable `LAMIN_CURRENT_INSTANCE` to get the instance identifier.
+            If it doesn't find this variable, it connects to the instance that was connected with `lamin connect` through the CLI.
+
+    See Also:
+        Configure an instance for auto-connect via the CLI, see `here <https://docs.lamin.ai/cli#connect>`__.
+    """
+    # validate kwargs
+    valid_kwargs = {
+        "_db",
+        "_write_settings",
+        "_raise_not_found_error",
+        "_reload_lamindb",
+        "_test",
+        "_user",
+    }
+    for kwarg in kwargs:
+        if kwarg not in valid_kwargs:
+            raise TypeError(f"connect() got unexpected keyword argument '{kwarg}'")
+    isettings: InstanceSettings = None  # type: ignore
+    # _db is still needed because it is called in init
+    _db: str | None = kwargs.get("_db", None)
+    _write_settings: bool = kwargs.get("_write_settings", False)
+    _raise_not_found_error: bool = kwargs.get("_raise_not_found_error", True)
+    _reload_lamindb: bool = kwargs.get("_reload_lamindb", True)
+    _test: bool = kwargs.get("_test", False)
+
+    access_token: str | None = None
+    _user: UserSettings | None = kwargs.get("_user", None)
+    if _user is not None:
+        access_token = _user.access_token
+    if instance is None:
+        instance = os.environ.get("LAMIN_CURRENT_INSTANCE")
+
+    try:
+        if instance is None:
+            isettings_or_none = _get_current_instance_settings()
+            if isettings_or_none is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "No instance was connected through the CLI, pass a value to `instance` or connect via the CLI."
+                )
+            isettings = isettings_or_none
+            if _db is not None and isettings.dialect == "postgresql":
+                isettings._db = _db
+        else:
+            from django.db import connection
+
+            owner, name = get_owner_name_from_identifier(instance)
+            if _check_instance_setup() and not _test:
+                if (
+                    settings._instance_exists
+                    and f"{owner}/{name}" == settings.instance.slug
+                    # below is to ensure that if another process interferes
+                    # we don't use the in-memory mock database
+                    # could be made more specific by checking whether the django
+                    # configured database is the same as the one in settings
+                    and connection.settings_dict["NAME"] != ":memory:"
+                ):
+                    logger.important(
+                        f"doing nothing, already connected lamindb: {settings.instance.slug}"
+                    )
+                    return None
+                else:
+                    from lamindb_setup.core.django import reset_django
+
+                    if (
+                        settings._instance_exists
+                        and settings.instance.slug != "none/none"
+                    ):
+                        import lamindb as ln
+
+                        if ln.context.transform is not None:
+                            raise CannotSwitchDefaultInstance(
+                                "Cannot switch default instance while `ln.track()` is live: call `ln.finish()`"
+                            )
+                        else:
+                            logger.important_hint(
+                                "switching the default lamindb instance might produce unexpected side effects with function-scoped imports: "
+                                "please import lamindb at the module level instead of inside functions"
+                            )
+                    reset_django()
+            elif (
+                _write_settings
+                and settings._instance_exists
+                and f"{owner}/{name}" != settings.instance.slug
+            ):
+                disconnect(mute=True)
+
+            try:
+                isettings = _connect_instance(
+                    owner, name, db=_db, access_token=access_token
+                )
+            except InstanceNotFoundError as e:
+                if _raise_not_found_error:
+                    raise e
+                else:
+                    return "instance-not-found"
+            if isinstance(isettings, str):
+                return isettings
+        # at this point we have checked already that isettings is not a string
+        # _user is passed to lock cloud sqlite for this user in isettings._load_db()
+        # has no effect if _user is None or if not cloud sqlite instance
+        isettings._locker_user = _user
+        isettings._persist(write_to_disk=_write_settings)
+        if _test:
+            return None
+        silence_loggers()
+        check, msg = isettings._load_db()
+        if not check:
+            local_db = (
+                isettings._is_cloud_sqlite and isettings._sqlite_file_local.exists()
+            )
+            if local_db:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "SQLite file does not exist in the cloud, but exists locally:"
+                    f" {isettings._sqlite_file_local}\nTo push the file to the cloud,"
+                    " call: lamin disconnect"
+                )
+            elif _raise_not_found_error:
+                raise SystemExit(msg)
+            else:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"instance exists with id {isettings._id.hex}, but database is not"
+                    " loadable: re-initializing"
+                )
+                return "instance-corrupted-or-deleted"
+        # this is for testing purposes only
+        if _TEST_FAILED_LOAD:
+            raise RuntimeError("Technical testing error.")
+
+        load_from_isettings(isettings, user=_user, write_settings=_write_settings)
+        if _reload_lamindb:
+            importlib.reload(importlib.import_module("lamindb"))
+            reset_django_module_variables()
+        if isettings.slug != "none/none":
+            logger.important(f"connected lamindb: {isettings.slug}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        if isettings is not None:
+            if _write_settings:
+                isettings._get_settings_file().unlink(missing_ok=True)  # type: ignore
+            settings._instance_settings = None
+        raise e
+    return None
+
+
+def get_owner_name_from_identifier(identifier: str):
+    if "/" in identifier:
+        if identifier.startswith("https://lamin.ai/"):
+            identifier = identifier.replace("https://lamin.ai/", "")
+        split = identifier.split("/")
+        if len(split) > 2:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The instance identifier needs to be 'owner/name', the instance name"
+                " (owner is current user) or the URL: https://lamin.ai/owner/name."
+            )
+        owner, name = split
+    else:
+        owner = settings.user.handle
+        name = identifier
+    return owner, name