How do you handle API authentication in Python (Bearer token)?

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Anubhav Kumar · Answer

Answer:
You can use the requests:
import requests
# Replace this with your actual access token
ACCESS_TOKEN = "your_actual_access_token_here"
# Set up authorization headers
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}"
}
# Send the GET request
response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/profile", headers=headers)
# Check for errors before parsing JSON
if response.ok:
    print(response.json())
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}")
    print(response.text)
You can also use Basic Auth:
import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
# Replace with your actual username and password
USERNAME = "your_username_here"
PASSWORD = "your_password_here"
# Send GET request with Basic Authentication
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.example.com",
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
)
# Check response status and handle results
if response.ok:
    print("Request succeeded!")
    print(response.json())  # or response.text if not JSON
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}")
    print(response.text)

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