First try at Basic Auth.

httpbin/core.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from time import time as now
 from decorator import decorator
 from flask import Flask, Response, request, render_template, redirect, g
 
-from .helpers import get_files, get_headers, status_code, get_dict
+from .helpers import get_files, get_headers, status_code, get_dict, check_basic_authorization
 
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -196,5 +196,14 @@ def set_cookie(name, value):
     return response
 
 
+@app.route('/basic-auth')
+def basic_auth():
+    """Prompts the user for authentication using HTTP Basic Auth."""
+
+    if not check_basic_authorization():
+        return status_code(401)
+    return app.make_response('auth ok')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run()

httpbin/helpers.py

@@ -108,4 +108,11 @@ def status_code(code):
         if 'headers' in m:
             r.headers = m['headers']
 
-    return r
+    return r
+
+
+def check_basic_authorization():
+    """Checks user authentication using HTTP Basic Auth."""
+
+    auth = request.authorization
+    return auth and auth.username == "httpbin" and auth.password == "secret"