docs: def update_settings(self, updates, config=None):
      '''update client secrets will update the data structure for a particular
         authentication. This should only be used for a (quasi permanent) token
         or similar. The secrets file, if found, is updated and saved by default.
  
         Parameters
         ==========
         helper: the name of the helper to look up in the config
         updates: a dictionary of key:value pairs to add to the config
         config: a configparser.ConfigParser(), if already loaded
  
      '''
      if config is None:
          config = self._load_config_user()
  
      if self.name not in config:
          config[self.name] = {}
  
      config[self.name].update(updates)
  
      # Update the saved file
  
      configfile = get_configfile_user()
      write_config(configfile, config)
      return config