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A simple echoing HTTP server with HTTP-Basic-Auth in Python Flask
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from functools import wraps | |
from flask import Flask, request, Response | |
app = Flask(__name__) | |
def check_auth(username, password): | |
"""This function is called to check if a username / | |
password combination is valid. | |
""" | |
return username == 'username' and password == 'pass' | |
def authenticate(): | |
"""Sends a 401 response that enables basic auth""" | |
return Response( | |
'Could not verify your access level for that URL.\n' | |
'You have to login with proper credentials', 401, | |
{'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Login Required"'}) | |
def requires_auth(f): | |
@wraps(f) | |
def decorated(*args, **kwargs): | |
auth = request.authorization | |
if not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, auth.password): | |
return authenticate() | |
return f(*args, **kwargs) | |
return decorated | |
@app.route("/", methods=['GET', 'POST']) | |
@requires_auth | |
def echo(): | |
return request.data | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
app.run() |
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