web2py does not touches that... it must be in request.env somewhere.
On Nov 8, 8:59 pm, Clayton <clayton.grass...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I created a controller function: > > def test(): > return dict(x=1) > > which I call as follows: > > http://someuser:xy...@localhost:8080/myapp/default/test > > from Chrome and also from C#. In both cases, > request.env.http_authorization is always None and I can find no trace > of xyzzy or someuser in the request object at all. > > How do I get the username and password that was passed in? > > Thanks, > > Clayton