gistfile1.py

import httplib, base64

host = "server.com"
path = "/foo/bar"
username = "jess"
password = "hunter2"

http = httplib.HTTP(host)

http.putrequest("GET", path)
http.putheader("Host", self.host)
http.putheader("Accept", "*/*")

s = base64.encodestring("%s:%s" % (username, password))
http.putheader("Authorization", "Basic %s" % s)

http.endheaders()

errcode, errmsg, headers = http.getreply()