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Python basic auth using urllib2
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basic_auth.py
import urllib2, base64
request = urllib2.Request("http://api.url")
base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
result = urllib2.urlopen(request)
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