Python creating Base64 key and calling an API

Asked Jun 08 '18 at 06:38

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Assuming I have the following variables:

userVar = ABC
passVar = XYZ

I am familiar with this method of inserting the username and password directly but how can I use variable?

userAndPass = b64encode(b"ABC:XYZ").decode("ascii")
headerBasic = {'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % userAndPass}

This gives me the headerBasic which then I call use as a header in my API Get. How can I not insert my username and password --> b64encode(b"ABC:XYZ") I have tried to create a string like this:

str2 = userVar+":"+ passVar
userAndPass = b64encode(b"str2").decode("ascii")

it wont work.

edited Jun 08 '18 at 06:40

asked Jun 08 '18 at 06:38

Ghost

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what do you mean *it wont work*? What is the error message? – Ma0 Jun 08 '18 at 06:40
Change `b"str2"` to `str2.encode()`. – Aran-Fey Jun 08 '18 at 06:45
Thank you now it works – Ghost Jun 08 '18 at 09:38

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