1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 6da9007ac8..3ba7c01eb0 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -916,6 +916,21 @@ class ProxyBasicAuthHandler(AbstractBasicAuthHandler, BaseHandler):
         return response
 
 
+class HTTPBasicPriorAuthHandler(HTTPBasicAuthHandler):
+    handler_order = 400
+
+    def http_request(self, req):
+        if not req.has_header('Authorization'):
+            user, passwd = self.passwd.find_user_password(None, req.host)
+            credentials = '{0}:{1}'.format(user, passwd).encode()
+            auth_str = base64.standard_b64encode(credentials).decode()
+            req.add_unredirected_header('Authorization',
+                                        'Basic {}'.format(auth_str.strip()))
+        return req
+
+    https_request = http_request
+
+
 # Return n random bytes.
 _randombytes = os.urandom