from urllib.parse import urlencode def basic_authentication(url, username=None, password=None, protocol="http"): query = {} return url("/webdriver/tests/support/authentication.py", query=urlencode(query), protocol=protocol) def main(request, response): user = request.auth.username password = request.auth.password if user == b"user" and password == b"password": return b"Authentication done" realm = b"test" if b"realm" in request.GET: realm = request.GET.first(b"realm") return ((401, b"Unauthorized"), [(b"WWW-Authenticate", b'Basic realm="' + realm + b'"')], b"Please login with credentials 'user' and 'password'")