Accept Path in esm_datastore

ci/environment-docs.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pydantic>=1.9
   - python-graphviz
   - python=3.10
-  - s3fs
+  - s3fs >=2022.8.2
   - sphinx
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-design

ci/environment.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest-sugar
   - pytest-xdist
   - pytest-mock
-  - s3fs
+  - s3fs >=2022.8.2
   - scipy
   - xarray>=2022.06
   - xarray-datatree

intake_esm/cat.py

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ def load(
         """
         storage_options = storage_options if storage_options is not None else {}
         read_csv_kwargs = read_csv_kwargs or {}
+        json_file = str(json_file)  # We accept Path, but fsspec doesn't.
         _mapper = fsspec.get_mapper(json_file, **storage_options)
 
         with fsspec.open(json_file, **storage_options) as fobj:

tests/test_core.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import ast
 import os
 
+import dask
 import intake
 import pandas as pd
 import pydantic
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@
 
 import intake_esm
 
+dask.config.set(scheduler='single-threaded')
+
+
 registry = intake_esm.DerivedVariableRegistry()