Added anonymous sessions (--session=/file/path.json).

httpie/config.py

@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR = os.environ.get(
 class BaseConfigDict(dict):
 
     name = None
-    help = None
+    helpurl = None
     about = None
-
     directory = DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR
 
     def __init__(self, directory=None, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -29,18 +28,24 @@ class BaseConfigDict(dict):
     def __getattr__(self, item):
         return self[item]
 
-    @property
-    def path(self):
-        try:
-            os.makedirs(self.directory, mode=0o700)
-        except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-                raise
+    def _get_path(self):
+        """Return the config file path without side-effects."""
         return os.path.join(self.directory, self.name + '.json')
 
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        """Return the config file path creating basedir, if needed."""
+        path = self._get_path()
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), mode=0o700)
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+                raise
+        return path
+
     @property
     def is_new(self):
-        return not os.path.exists(self.path)
+        return not os.path.exists(self._get_path())
 
     def load(self):
         try:
@@ -61,8 +66,8 @@ class BaseConfigDict(dict):
         self['__meta__'] = {
             'httpie': __version__
         }
-        if self.help:
-            self['__meta__']['help'] = self.help
+        if self.helpurl:
+            self['__meta__']['help'] = self.helpurl
 
         if self.about:
             self['__meta__']['about'] = self.about
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ class BaseConfigDict(dict):
 class Config(BaseConfigDict):
 
     name = 'config'
-    help = 'https://github.com/jkbr/httpie#config'
+    helpurl = 'https://github.com/jkbr/httpie#config'
     about = 'HTTPie configuration file'
 
     DEFAULTS = {