first release. readme will follow up

authentication.py

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+__author__ = 'xgiovio'
+
+#######################################authentication
+authentication="v1"
+#######################################types of authentication
+#authentication="v1"
+swift_user = "########"
+swift_pass = "########"
+swift_auth = "https://www.########"
+#authentication="pre"
+url = "https://########/v1/AUTH_###############"
+tok ="########"
+#######################################end authentication
+timeout = 3  #sec
+insecure = False
+
+
+import swiftclient
+
+def set_authentication ():
+    if authentication=="v1":
+        swift_conn = swiftclient.client.Connection(authurl=swift_auth, user=swift_user, key=swift_pass, timeout = timeout,insecure = insecure)
+        print("Using v1 authentication")
+    elif authentication=="pre":
+        swift_conn = swiftclient.client.Connection(preauthurl= url,preauthtoken=tok,timeout = timeout,insecure = insecure)
+        print("Using pre authentication")
+    else:
+        #v1 again
+        swift_conn = swiftclient.client.Connection(authurl=swift_auth, user=swift_user, key=swift_pass,timeout = timeout,insecure = insecure)
+        print("Using v1/alternative authentication")
+    return swift_conn