[ARC-3069] Introduce default provider property values (#763)

* Introduce default provider property values

* Drop type changes

* Bump version and update changelog entries

Author: javidq

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ You can check your current version with the following command:
 For more information, see [UP42 Python package description](https://pypi.org/project/up42-py/).
 
 
+### 2.5.0a3
+**Aug 4, 2025**
+- Added default property values for `Provider` class to simplify a host creation by name.
+- Exported `Provider` class to the global `up42` namespace.
+
 ### 2.5.0a2
 **July 25, 2025**
 - Added a new processing job template: `UpsamplingNSSentinel`.

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "up42-py"
-version = "2.5.0a2"
+version = "2.5.0a3"
 description = "Python SDK for UP42, the geospatial marketplace and developer platform."
 authors = ["UP42 GmbH <[email protected]>"]
 license = "https://github.com/up42/up42-py/blob/master/LICENSE"

up42/__init__.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from up42.asset import Asset, AssetSorting
 from up42.base import authenticate, get_credits_balance, stac_client
 from up42.catalog import Catalog
-from up42.glossary import CollectionSorting, CollectionType, ProductGlossary
+from up42.glossary import CollectionSorting, CollectionType, ProductGlossary, Provider
 from up42.initialization import (
     initialize_asset,
     initialize_catalog,
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
         CollectionSorting,
         CollectionType,
         ProductGlossary,
+        Provider,
         BatchOrderTemplate,
         Quotation,
         QuotationSorting,

up42/glossary.py

@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ class InvalidHost(ValueError):
 class Provider:
     session = base.Session()
     name: str
-    title: str
-    description: str
-    roles: list[Literal["PRODUCER", "HOST"]]
+    # TODO: switch to Optional[str] = None in 3.0.0
+    title: str = ""
+    # TODO: switch to Optional[str] = None in 3.0.0
+    description: str = ""
+    # TODO: switch Sequence[Literal["PRODUCER", "HOST"]] = ("HOST",) in 3.0.0
+    roles: list[Literal["PRODUCER", "HOST"]] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: ["HOST"])
 
     @property
     def is_host(self):