From ab08bbaccc19d2308b3717a2470de63658d4cdd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Magnus Ulimoen <magnusu@met.no>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:43:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set HTTP.NETRC if .netrc file found

---
 src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
index 7c92f09bd..9f3199640 100644
--- a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
+++ b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
@@ -1318,6 +1318,14 @@ if __has_nc_rc_set__:
     if nc_rc_set("HTTP.SSL.CAINFO", _strencode(certifi.where())) != 0:
         raise RuntimeError('error setting path to SSL certificates')
 
+# set .netrc if availble in cwd or home (issue #1299)
+if __has_nc_rc_set__:
+    for path in [pathlib.Path(".netrc"), pathlib.Path.home().joinpath(".netrc")]:
+        if path.exists():
+            if nc_rc_set("HTTP.NETRC", _strencode(path)) != 0:
+                raise RuntimeError('error setting path to .netrc file')
+            break
+
 def rc_get(key):
     """
 **```rc_get(key)```**