A simple echoing HTTP server with HTTP-Basic-Auth in Python Flask

echo-server.py

from functools import wraps
from flask import Flask, request, Response
app = Flask(__name__)

def check_auth(username, password):
    """This function is called to check if a username /
    password combination is valid.
    """
    return username == 'username' and password == 'pass'

def authenticate():
    """Sends a 401 response that enables basic auth"""
    return Response(
    'Could not verify your access level for that URL.\n'
    'You have to login with proper credentials', 401,
    {'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Login Required"'})

def requires_auth(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
        auth = request.authorization
        if not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, auth.password):
            return authenticate()
        return f(*args, **kwargs)
    return decorated

@app.route("/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@requires_auth
def echo():
    return request.data

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()