Issue#12 fix

README.md

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ You can view a live stream by visiting the ip address of your pi in a browser on
 
 Visit `<raspberrypi_ip>:5000` in your browser to view the stream.
 
+The default password is pi/securehome. To change the credentials, please modify `auth.py`
+
 Note: To view the live stream on a different network than your Raspberry Pi, you can use [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to expose a local tunnel. Once downloaded, run ngrok with `./ngrok http 5000` and visit one of the generated links in your browser.
 
 Note: The video stream will not start automatically on startup. To start the video stream automatically, you will need to run the program  from your `/etc/rc.local` file see this [video](https://youtu.be/51dg2MsYHns?t=7m4s) for more information about how to configure that.

auth.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from functools import wraps
+from flask import request, Response
+
+
+def check_auth(username, password):
+    """This function is called to check if a username /
+    password combination is valid.
+    """
+    return username == 'pi' and password == 'securehome'
+
+def authenticate():
+    """Sends a 401 response that enables basic auth"""
+    return Response(
+    'Could not verify your access level for that URL.\n'
+    'You have to login with proper credentials', 401,
+    {'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Login Required"'})
+
+def requires_auth(f):
+    @wraps(f)
+    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
+        auth = request.authorization
+        if not auth or not check_auth(auth.username, auth.password):
+            return authenticate()
+        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+    return decorated

main.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from camera import VideoCamera
 import time
 import threading
+from auth import requires_auth
 
 email_update_interval = 600 # sends an email only once in this time interval
 video_camera = VideoCamera(flip=True) # creates a camera object, flip vertically
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def check_for_objects():
 			print "Error sending email: ", sys.exc_info()[0]
 
 @app.route('/')
+@requires_auth
 def index():
     return render_template('index.html')
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ def gen(camera):
                b'Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n' + frame + b'\r\n\r\n')
 
 @app.route('/video_feed')
+@requires_auth
 def video_feed():
     return Response(gen(video_camera),
                     mimetype='multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=frame')
@@ -46,4 +49,4 @@ def video_feed():
     t = threading.Thread(target=check_for_objects, args=())
     t.daemon = True
     t.start()
-    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=False)
+    app.run(threaded=True, host='0.0.0.0', debug=False)