How to resolve a 401 error, when the credentials work fine in a browser

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from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import sys

request = requests.get(url,timeout=30, verify = False, auth = HTTPDigestAuth( id, pw ))

if response.status_code == 401:    
    response = requests.get(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth('user', 'pass')

if response == 200:
    ...
else:
    print("still got an error")
    sys.exit(-1)