django-basicauth

Basic auth utilities for Django.

Requires

Tested under...

• Python
  • 3.4
• Django
  • 1.7
  • 1.8

Installation

pip install django-basicauth

Usage

from basicauth.decorators import basic_auth_required

@basic_auth_required
def myview(request):
    ...

or by a middleware.

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'basicauth.middleware.BasicAuthMiddleware',
    ...
)

Settings

• BASICAUTH_USERS (required): Dictionary including keys as username and values as passwords.
• BASICAUTH_REALM: realm string, default is "Secure resource".