def get_keeper_token(host, username, password):
    """Get a temporary auth token from LTD Keeper.

    Parameters
    ----------
    host : `str`
        Hostname of the LTD Keeper API (e.g., ``'https://keeper.lsst.codes'``).
    username : `str`
        Username.
    password : `str`
        Password.

    Returns
    -------
    token : `str`
        LTD Keeper API token.

    Raises
    ------
    KeeperError
        Raised if the LTD Keeper API cannot return a token.
    """
    token_endpoint = urljoin(host, '/token')
    r = requests.get(token_endpoint, auth=(username, password))
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise KeeperError('Could not authenticate to {0}: error {1:d}\n{2}'.
                          format(host, r.status_code, r.json()))
    return r.json()['token']
Get a temporary auth token from LTD Keeper.

    Parameters
    ----------
    host : `str`
        Hostname of the LTD Keeper API (e.g., ``'https://keeper.lsst.codes'``).
    username : `str`
        Username.
    password : `str`
        Password.

    Returns
    -------
    token : `str`
        LTD Keeper API token.

    Raises
    ------
    KeeperError
        Raised if the LTD Keeper API cannot return a token.