"""Authentication header encoding""" import base64 from os import environ app_id, app_key = environ.get('ASTRONOMY_API_APP_ID'), environ.get('ASTRONOMY_API_APP_SECRET') userpass = f'{app_id}: {app_key}' auth_string = base64.b64encode(userpass.encode()).decode() auth_header = {'Authorization': f'Basic {auth_string}'} app_id, app_key, userpass = None, None, None if __name__ == '__main__': print(auth_header)