Doing basic authentication in bottle.

basic_auth_server.py

import bottle

def check(user, passwd):
 if user == 'ben':
 return True
 return False

@bottle.route('/')
@bottle.auth_basic(check)
def index(location):
 print 'auth', bottle.request.auth
 print 'remote_addr', bottle.request.remote_addr
 return "Yay - you made it!"

if __name__ == '__main__':
 print "Starting server"
 bottle.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080, reloader=True)