python http request with token

Question

how and with which python library is it possible to make an httprequest (https) with a user:password or a token?

basically the equivalent to curl -u user:pwd https://www.mysite.com/

thank you

Answer 1

use python requests : Http for Humans

import requests

requests.get("https://www.mysite.com/", auth=('username','pwd'))

you can also use digest auth...

Answer 2

If you need to make thread-safe requests, use pycurl (the python interface to curl):

import pycurl
from StringIO import StringIO

response_buffer = StringIO()
curl = pycurl.Curl()

curl.setopt(curl.URL, "https://www.yoursite.com/")

# Setup the base HTTP Authentication.
curl.setopt(curl.USERPWD, '%s:%s' % ('youruser', 'yourpassword'))

curl.setopt(curl.WRITEFUNCTION, response_buffer.write)

curl.perform()
curl.close()

response_value = response_buffer.getvalue()

Otherwise, use urllib2 (see other responses for more info) as it's builtin and the interface is much cleaner.