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+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 MediaGoblin contributors.  See AUTHORS.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+def decode_authorization_header(header):
+    """ Decodes a HTTP Authorization Header to python dictionary """
+    authorization = header.get("Authorization", "").lstrip(" ").lstrip("OAuth")
+    tokens = {}
+
+    for param in authorization.split(","):
+        try:
+            key, value = param.split("=")
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+ 
+        key = key.lstrip(" ")
+        value = value.lstrip(" ").lstrip('"')
+        value = value.rstrip(" ").rstrip('"')
+
+        tokens[key] = value
+
+    return tokens
+