import urllib
import urllib2
import base64
def basic_auth(server="http://127.0.0.1"):
"""
to use basic login with a different server
from gluon.contrib.login_methods.basic_auth import basic_auth
auth.settings.login_methods.append(basic_auth('http://server'))
"""
def basic_login_aux(username,
password,
server=server):
key = base64.b64encode(username+':'+password)
headers = {'Authorization': 'Basic ' + key}
request = urllib2.Request(server, None, headers)
try:
urllib2.urlopen(request)
return True
except (urllib2.URLError, urllib2.HTTPError):
return False
return basic_login_aux