On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Νίκος Βέργος <me.on....@gmail.com> wrote: > Τη Τετάρτη, 1 Φεβρουαρίου 2017 - 11:41:28 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Michael > Torrie έγραψε: >> On 02/01/2017 01:51 PM, Νίκος Βέργος wrote: >> > as well as input() for both user & pass combo but iam not getting in >> > chrome the basic pop-up HTTP auth window. >> > >> > Any idea why? >> >> What you're describing is not something you can do with an interactive >> Python script. HTTP-level authentication is requested of your browser >> by the web server itself. On Apache there are numerous methods you can >> use. Individual users can use .htaccess directives to add >> authentication to a directory, for example. You'll need to learn about it: >> https://www.google.com/search?q=apache+http+authentication >> >> If you're using a framework like Django, there are mechanisms for >> checking the username and password against a Python method. Again, >> google for http authentication and whatever framework you're using. >> >> I once used a special python script that was called by an Apache module >> to verify users against a customized LDAP filter. Again, that involves >> server cooperation though a module. >> >> In general, the browser pops up the username and password box in >> response to a request from the web server. It's not something your CGI >> script can just do without some cooperation from the web server. > > I used to have this workaround solution for triggering the web server to > pop-up the HTTP Auth window > > print '''<meta http-equiv="refresh" > content="2;url=http://superhost.gr/data/files/%s";>''' % file_requested > > and i have tried to read the the login auth name that user entered by using > > authuser = os.environ.get( 'REMOTE_USER', 'Άγνωστος' ) > > unfortunately it always failes to receive it that's why i'm trying to do the > trick with the requests module.
Fails how? It doesn't ask the user, or the environment variable is empty? requests is an HTTP client library. It's not very useful server-side unless you're talking to other servers. It is, in any case, nonsensical to send an HTTP request to the browser. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
