From 1e0f44923909de38a76b58e59588d3c417240a7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <jakub.trllo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 14:32:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] implemented 'get_ayon_server_api_connection' to help create
 connection

---
 openpype/client/__init__.py     |  3 +++
 openpype/client/server/utils.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openpype/client/__init__.py b/openpype/client/__init__.py
index 7831afd8ad..fe6dc97877 100644
--- a/openpype/client/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/client/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .mongo import (
     OpenPypeMongoConnection,
 )
+from .server.utils import get_ayon_server_api_connection
 
 from .entities import (
     get_projects,
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ from .operations import (
 __all__ = (
     "OpenPypeMongoConnection",
 
+    "get_ayon_server_api_connection",
+
     "get_projects",
     "get_project",
     "get_whole_project",
diff --git a/openpype/client/server/utils.py b/openpype/client/server/utils.py
index ed128cfad9..a9dcf539bd 100644
--- a/openpype/client/server/utils.py
+++ b/openpype/client/server/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,33 @@
+import os
 import uuid
 
+import ayon_api
+
 from openpype.client.operations_base import REMOVED_VALUE
 
 
+class _GlobalCache:
+    initialized = False
+
+
+def get_ayon_server_api_connection():
+    if _GlobalCache.initialized:
+        con = ayon_api.get_server_api_connection()
+    else:
+        from openpype.lib.local_settings import get_local_site_id
+
+        _GlobalCache.initialized = True
+        site_id = get_local_site_id()
+        version = os.getenv("AYON_VERSION")
+        if ayon_api.is_connection_created():
+            con = ayon_api.get_server_api_connection()
+            con.set_site_id(site_id)
+            con.set_client_version(version)
+        else:
+            con = ayon_api.create_connection(site_id, version)
+    return con
+
+
 def create_entity_id():
     return uuid.uuid1().hex