text: __version__ = "0.6"
  
  from .client import Stash
  
  def connect(url, username, password, verify=True):
      """Connect to a Stash instance given a username and password.
  
      This is only recommended via SSL. If you are using self-signed certificates,
      you can use verify=False to ignore SSL verifcation.
      """
      return Stash(url, username, password, verify=verify)
  
  __all__ = ['connect']
  