python-aiohttpHow to make request with basic HTTP auth using Python Aiohttp?

Using Aiohttp, you can make a request with basic HTTP auth using the aiohttp.BasicAuth class. The following example code will make a request to a URL with basic auth credentials:

import aiohttp

async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
    auth = aiohttp.BasicAuth(login='username', password='password')
    async with session.get('http://example.com', auth=auth) as resp:
        print(resp.status)

The output of the above code will be 200, indicating that the request was successful.

Code explanation

1. import aiohttp: imports the Aiohttp library.
2. aiohttp.BasicAuth(login='username', password='password'): creates an instance of the aiohttp.BasicAuth class with the username and password credentials.
3. session.get('http://example.com', auth=auth): makes a request to the URL with the basic auth credentials.
4. print(resp.status): prints the response status code.

Helpful links

• Aiohttp Documentation
• Basic Auth Tutorial

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