how to pass auth in custom header

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I seem to be stuck in authenticating my credentials for a RESTful call with emc vplex

I am just a beginner in python, any suggestions would be helpful.

    import requests,json
    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
    requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
    query_headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 
    'application/json', 'auth':('username', 'password')}

    test=requests.get('https://190.xx.xx.xx/vplex/cluster-
    contexts',verify=False,headers=query_headers)
    print test

So when i pass in the correct credentials in auth i get output as Response [401]

,Error 401 means my authentication has failed, not sure if i am passing it correctly in the dictionary.

it should be information in documentation on server. it can be authorization or it has to use string 'username:password' encoded in base64. requests may use argument auth= — furas
– furas, Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 5:32

t.m.adam · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-15 06:56:57Z

1

For Basic Authentication use the auth parameter (not in headers), example:

query_headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 'application/json'}
test = requests.get(
    'https://190.xx.xx.xx/vplex/cluster-contexts', 
    auth=('username', 'password'), 
    verify=False, 
    headers=query_headers
)

answered Dec 15, 2017 at 6:56

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Rohit Over a year ago

it did not work, maybe the application i am trying to access is not accepting this format. linux curl worked when i used os.system(). Thank you for your suggestion.

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