Python: use httplib with proxy authentication

httplib_proxy.py

import urlparse
import httplib
import base64

proxy_uri = "http://user:password@proxy_host:proxy_port"
host = 'www.google.com'
port = 443

url = urlparse.urlparse(proxy_uri)
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
headers = {}
if url.username and url.password:
    auth = '%s:%s' % (url.username, url.password)
    headers['Proxy-Authorization'] = 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(auth)

conn.set_tunnel(host, port, headers)
conn.request("GET", "/")
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status, response.reason
output = response.read()

how do you authenticate the host if a basic authentication is required - i.e if it requires a username and password to have access to the API service

Updated for python3:
https://gist.github.com/79man/146aa167d72865d560a500b64142319f

Apparently, when I run the conn.request(), it times out. This shouldn't be happening. Anyone ever encountered this?

It's still working when I pass the wrong URL password. Shouldn't it give an Authentication exception?