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by: Robin Becker - Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:20 UTC

While porting an ap from python2.7 to python3 I see this

base64string = base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (wsemail, wspassword))
request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)

in python3.x I find this works

base64string = base64.b64encode(('%s:%s' % (wsemail, wspassword)).encode('ascii')).decode('ascii')
request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)

but I find the conversion to and from ascii irksome. Is there a more direct way to create the basic auth value?

As an additional issue I find I have no clear idea what encoding is allowed for the components of a basic auth input.
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