urlfetch

I am trying to use Google Scripts UrlFetchApp to access a website with a basic username and password. As soon as I connect to the site a popup appears that requires authentication. I know the Login and Password, however I do not know how to pass them within the UrlFetchApp. var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("htp://00.000.000.000:0000/‎"); Logger.log(response.getContentText("UTF-8")); Currently running that code returns "Access Denied". The above code does not contain the actual address I am connecting to for security reasons. A "t" is missing from all the "http" in the code examples because

I spent a whole day looking for the simplest possible multithreaded URL fetcher in Python, but most scripts I found are using queues or multiprocessing or complex libraries. Finally I wrote one myself, which I am reporting as an answer. Please feel free to suggest any improvement. I guess other people might have been looking for something similar. Simplifying your original version as far as possible: import threading import urllib2 import time start = time.time() urls = ["http://www.google.com", "http://www.apple.com", "http://www.microsoft.com", "http://www.amazon.com", "http://www.facebook