Dead simple HTTP Auth decorator for django. Just add @http_basic_auth(username='...some user...', password='...some pass...') round the view

django_http_auth.py

from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden

def _auth_request(realm):
	response = HttpResponse()
	response.status_code = 401
	response['WWW-Authenticate'] = 'Basic realm="%s"' % realm
	return response


def http_basic_auth(username=None, password=None, realm='Authorization required'):
	"""HTTP Basic Auth for a view"""

	def wrapper(fn, *args, **kwargs):
		def _decorator(request, *args, **kwargs):
			if not request.META.has_key('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'):
				return _auth_request(realm)

			authmeth, auth = request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].split(' ', 1)

			if authmeth.lower() == 'basic':
				auth = auth.strip().decode('base64')
				auth_username, auth_password = auth.split(':', 1)

				if (username == auth_username and password == auth_password):
					return fn(request, *args, **kwargs)

			return _auth_request(realm)

		return _decorator

	return wrapper