from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth
from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
from flask import current_app as app  # Using the current Flask app context

auth = HTTPBasicAuth()

# Initialize the users dictionary once
users = {}

@auth.verify_password
def verify_password(username, password):
    global users # Ensure we're modifying the global users dictionary
    if not users: # Only populate the dictionary if it's empty
        users = {
            "anon": app.config['USER_PASS_HASH']
        }
    if username in users and check_password_hash(users.get(username), password):
        return username