basic auth request
Robin Becker
robin at reportlab.com
Tue Aug 17 05:20:37 EDT 2021
While porting an ap from python2.7 to python3 I see this
base64string = base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (wsemail, wspassword))
request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
in python3.x I find this works
base64string = base64.b64encode(('%s:%s' % (wsemail, wspassword)).encode('ascii')).decode('ascii')
request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
but I find the conversion to and from ascii irksome. Is there a more direct way to create the basic auth value?
As an additional issue I find I have no clear idea what encoding is allowed for the components of a basic auth input.
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Robin Becker
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