some changes to tests and documentation

mastodon/authentication.py

@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ class Mastodon(Internals):
         it is not present.
 
         Returns an empty dictionary if unsupported by the server.
+
+        Technically added in 4.3.0 but we never do a version check to avoid potential complications.
         """
         assert self.api_base_url is not None
         try:
@@ -467,6 +469,8 @@ class Mastodon(Internals):
         Return a string (which  you should treat as opaque) that can be passed to :ref:`log_in()` to get an authenticated API object with the same access as this one.
 
         This is the same thing that would be written to a file by :ref:`log_in() <log_in()>` with the `to_file` parameter.
+
+        Obviously, treat it with care and store it in a manner that is appropriate for your application and the level of security you need.
         """
         if self.access_token is None:
             raise MastodonIllegalArgumentError("Not logged in, do not have a token to persist.")

tests/test_notifications.py

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def test_notifications_dismiss(api, mention):
     notifications = api.notifications()
     api.notifications_dismiss(notifications[0])
     
+# skip these entirely now, 2.9.2 was a long time ago and we can't regenerate them.
+@pytest.mark.skip("Skipping pre-2.9.2 tests")
 def test_notifications_dismiss_pre_2_9_2(api, api2):
     if sys.version_info > (3, 9): # 3.10 and up will not load the json data and regenerating it would require a 2.9.2 instance
         pytest.skip("Test skipped for 3.10 and up")

tests/test_status.py

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def test_status_card(api):
         api.status_delete(status['id'])
 
 # Old-version card api
+# skip these entirely now, 2.9.2 was a long time ago and we can't regenerate them.
+@pytest.mark.skip("Skipping pre-2.9.2 tests")
 def test_status_card_pre_2_9_2(api):
     if sys.version_info > (3, 9): # 3.10 and up will not load the json data and regenerating it would require a 2.9.2 instance
         pytest.skip("Test skipped for 3.10 and up")