#!/usr/bin/env python3 import asyncio import aiohttp async def fetch(session): print("Query http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/andrew/password") async with session.get("http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/andrew/password") as resp: print(resp.status) body = await resp.text() print(body) async def go(loop): async with aiohttp.ClientSession( auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth("andrew", "password"), loop=loop ) as session: await fetch(session) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() loop.run_until_complete(go(loop))