I have this HTTP Request and I want to display only the Authorization section (base64 Value) : any help ? This Request is stored on a variable called hreq I have tried this : reg = re.search(r"Authorization:\sBasic\s(.*)\r", hreq) print reg.group() but doesn't work Here is the request : HTTP Request: Path: /dynaform/custom.js Http-Version: HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.1.254 Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Referer: http://domain.com/userRpm/StatusRpm.htm Authorization: Basic YWhtEWa6MDfGcmVlc3R6bGH I want to display the value YWhtEWa6MDfGcmVlc3R6bGH Please I need your help thanks in advance experts