Merge branch 'master' into pull_coverage

examples/basic_auth.py

-import tweepy
-
-# === Basic Authentication ===
-#
-# *Note: Basic Authentication is deprecated and no longer supported on Twitter.
-#      It is still provided for use in services like Status.net which still suppports it.*
-#
-# This mode of authentication requires the user provide their username and plain text password.
-# These credentials will then be provided for each request to the API for authentication.
-
-# You would normally fetch this in your application
-# by asking the user or loading from some dark place.
-username = ""
-password = ""
-
-# Create an authentication handler passing it the username and password.
-# We will use this object later on when creating our API object.
-auth = tweepy.auth.BasicAuthHandler(username, password)
-
-# Create the API object providing it the authentication handler to use.
-# Each request will then be authenticated using this handler.
-api = tweepy.API(auth)
-
-api.update_status('Updating using basic authentication via Tweepy!')
-

tweepy/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from tweepy.models import Status, User, DirectMessage, Friendship, SavedSearch,
 from tweepy.error import TweepError
 from tweepy.api import API
 from tweepy.cache import Cache, MemoryCache, FileCache
-from tweepy.auth import BasicAuthHandler, OAuthHandler
+from tweepy.auth import OAuthHandler
 from tweepy.streaming import Stream, StreamListener
 from tweepy.cursor import Cursor
 

tweepy/auth.py

@@ -21,19 +21,6 @@ class AuthHandler(object):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
-class BasicAuthHandler(AuthHandler):
-
-    def __init__(self, username, password):
-        self.username = username
-        self._b64up = base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (username, password))
-
-    def apply_auth(self, url, method, headers, parameters):
-        headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic %s' % self._b64up
-
-    def get_username(self):
-        return self.username
-
-
 class OAuthHandler(AuthHandler):
     """OAuth authentication handler"""