diff --git a/service/providers/requestUtils.py b/service/providers/requestUtils.py
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+++ b/service/providers/requestUtils.py
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+from requests.auth import AuthBase
+
+__author__ = 'hanl'
+
+
+class Oauth2Auth(AuthBase):
+    '''
+    starts needs to match the provider name
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, token=None):
+        self.token = token
+
+    def __call__(self, r):
+        if self.token is not None:
+            r.headers['Authorization'] = "OAuth2 Bearer " + self.token
+        return r
+
+
+class CustomAuth(AuthBase):
+    def __init__(self, token=None):
+        self.token = token
+
+    def __call__(self, r):
+        if self.token is not None:
+            r.headers['Authorization'] = "api_token " + self.token
+        return r