AuthoRequest.py

try:
    from getUnamePassAuth import unamePass
    #if this file with username and password exists
    # authenticate otherwise dont.
    print('Authenticating . . .')
    from urllib.request import build_opener, HTTPSHandler, HTTPError, Request
    import base64

    def AuthoRequest(url):
        username, password = unamePass()
        userandpass = base64.b64encode(bytes('%s:%s' % (username, password), 'utf-8'))
        userandpass = userandpass.decode('ascii')
        authorization = 'Basic %s' % userandpass
        opener = build_opener(HTTPSHandler)
        request = Request(url)
        request.add_header('Authorization', authorization)
        response = opener.open(request)
        return response.read()

except ImportError:
    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
    print('Not Authenticating . . .')

    def AuthoRequest(url):
        req = Request(url)
        with urlopen(req) as response:
            the_page = response.read()

        return the_page