basic_auth.py

import requests
import sys

url = "http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/passwd"

request = requests.get(url, auth=("user", "passwd"))

if request.status_code != 200:
    print("Error found", request.get_code(), file=sys.stderr)

content_type = request.headers["content-type"]

response = request.json()

if response["authenticated"]:
    print("Authentication Successful")