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Integrates simple HTTP basic authentication instead of standard form authentication into Django. You can use this as middleware to protect an entire application or a decorator for view-by-view control. Comes with adapter allowing use with django-digest. Using this adapter, the response can pass through both authentication methods collecting multiple WWW-Authenticate headers, allowing the client (browser) to choose the best supported method.

This is important when building an app that is used by clients other than web browsers. Many embedded devices only support HTTP basic. However, allowing advanced clients to upgrade to HTTP digest is important.