app.py

import base64
import os

from flask import Flask, Response
from flask import abort, request

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route("/")
@app.route("/headers")
def basic_auth():
    if 'authorization' in request.headers:
        authdata = parse_authdata(request.headers['authorization'])
    else:
        abort(401)

    return Response('authdata = {!r}\n'.format(authdata),
                    mimetype='text/plain')


@app.errorhandler(401)
def custom_401(error):
    return Response('Access denied', 401, {'www-authenticate':'Basic realm="Test realm"'})


def parse_authdata(value):
    try:
        auth_type, auth_info = value.split(None, 1)
        auth_type = auth_type.lower()
    except ValueError:
        return
    if auth_type != 'basic':
        return
    return base64.standard_b64decode(auth_info)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 5000))
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=port)