A sample basic auth module for Flask

auth.py

import config as config
from flask import Response, request
from functools import wraps


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


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