Python "requests" library: HTTP basic authentication for each request

Question

In a Python script I use the "Requests" library with HTTP basic authentication and a custom CA certificate to trust like this:

import requests    
response = requests.get(base_url, auth=(username, password), verify=ssl_ca_file)

All requests I need to make have to use these parameters. Is there a "Python" way to set these as default for all requests?

requests has extensive documentation on the Session class. Use that. — tdelaney
– tdelaney, Commented Nov 21, 2015 at 19:43

Dušan Maďar · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-21 19:03:07Z

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Use Session(). Documentation states:

The Session object allows you to persist certain parameters across requests.

import requests

s = requests.Session()
s.auth = (username, password)
s.verify = ssl_ca_file

s.get(base_url)

answered Nov 21, 2015 at 19:03

Dušan Maďar

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