**Documentation** In the [HOWTO Fetch Internet Resources Using The urllib Package](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/urllib2.html) topic there is a section of "Related Articles" saying: > Related Articles > >You may also find useful the following article on fetching web resources with Python: > > - [Basic Authentication](http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtml) > > A tutorial on Basic Authentication, with examples in Python. The link goes to http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtml but does not work.