also bugfix in lookup.py and test fail due to pkg dep

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           python -m pip install -e .
       - name: Install test dependencies
+        # ToDo - remove pip install xgboost when flaml is fixed
         run: |
           if [ -f requirements-dev.txt ]; then
             python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
             python -m pip install Pygments respx pytest-xdist markdown beautifulsoup4 Pillow async-cache lxml
           fi
           python -m pip install "pandas>=1.3.0" "pygeohash>=1.2.0"
+          python -m pip install "xgboost"
       - name: Prepare test dummy data
         run: |
           mkdir ~/.msticpy

msticpy/context/lookup.py

@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 import warnings
 from collections import ChainMap
-from typing import (
-    TYPE_CHECKING,
-    Any,
-    Callable,
-    ClassVar,
-    Iterable,
-    Mapping,
-    Sized,
-)
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar, Iterable, Mapping, Sized
 
 import nest_asyncio
 import pandas as pd
@@ -59,6 +51,8 @@
 
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+_HTTP_PROVIDER_LEGAL_KWARGS: list[str] = ["timeout", "ApiID", "AuthKey", "Instance"]
+
 
 class ProgressCounter:
     """Progress counter for async tasks."""
@@ -811,7 +805,13 @@ def _load_providers(
 
             # instantiate class sending args from settings to init
             try:
-                provider_instance: Provider = provider_class(**(settings.args))
+                # filter out any args that are not valid for the provider
+                provider_args = {
+                    key: value
+                    for key, value in settings.args.items()
+                    if key in _HTTP_PROVIDER_LEGAL_KWARGS
+                }
+                provider_instance: Provider = provider_class(**(provider_args))
             except MsticpyConfigError as mp_ex:
                 # If the TI Provider didn't load, raise an exception
                 err_msg: str = (