Convert Curl "-I --user" to Python Requests

Question

I'm trying to convert a cURL command to python and I'm struggling

curl -I --user username:password https://an.api.on.the.internet/ 

My current attempt is:

import requests cur = requests.get('https://an.api.on.the.internet', auth='username:password') 

Could anyone help me convert it? thanks

Answer 1

Use

requests.get(url, auth=(username, password)) 

See the section on Basic Authentication in the requests documentation.