flask simple auth

simple_auth.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from functools import wraps
from flask import Flask, request, Response, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

def check_auth(username, password):
    return username == 'admin' and password == 'sECreTpassW0Rd'

def authenticate():
    return Response(
    'Could not verify your access level for that URL.\n'
    'You have to login with proper credentials', 401,
    {'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Login Required"'})

def requires_auth(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
        auth = request.authorization
        if not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, auth.password):
            return authenticate()
        return f(*args, **kwargs)
    return decorated

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return jsonify({'Hello World': 'true'}), 200

@app.route("/secret")
@requires_auth
def private_page():
    return jsonify({'private': 'true'}), 200


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0')

curl http://admin:sECreTpassW0Rd@localhost:5000/secret