# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import urllib2
import ssl

URL = 'http://example.com'
USERNAME = 'apitest'
PASSWORD = 'apitest'


request = urllib2.Request(URL)
context = ssl.create_default_context()
context.check_hostname = False
context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE

password_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
password_manager.add_password(None, URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)
auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_manager)
opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
urllib2.install_opener(opener)

# fails with 'urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized'
urllib2.urlopen(request, context=context)

# workaound:
password_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
password_manager.add_password(None, URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)
http_handler = urllib2.HTTPHandler()
https_handler = urllib2.HTTPSHandler(context=context)
auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_manager)
opener = urllib2.build_opener(http_handler, https_handler, auth_handler)
urllib2.install_opener(opener)

# works
opener.open(request)