import requests import base64 test_url = 'https://api.github.com' def get_url(url): return '/'.join([test_url, url]) def get_user(): r = requests.get(get_url('user'), auth=('uername', 'password')) print(r.status_code) print(r.text) print(r.request.headers) s="cWlhbmh1aTIwMTgwMzEwQDE2My5jb206emhqMTk5MzEwMTU=" print(base64.b64decode(s)) get_user()