simple code emulating tvdb_api.py logic to reproduce 401 failure

Pipfile

[[source]]
name = "pypi"
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true

[dev-packages]

[packages]
requests = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "2.7"

Pipfile.lock

{
    "_meta": {
        "hash": {
            "sha256": "9838c8bf3aa442453b393e09e534ba7e1666aab4da1b9b408ecdf3ae58ab273c"
        },
        "pipfile-spec": 6,
        "requires": {
            "python_version": "2.7"
        },
        "sources": [
            {
                "name": "pypi",
                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
                "verify_ssl": true
            }
        ]
    },
    "default": {
        "certifi": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:e4f3620cfea4f83eedc95b24abd9cd56f3c4b146dd0177e83a21b4eb49e21e50",
                "sha256:fd7c7c74727ddcf00e9acd26bba8da604ffec95bf1c2144e67aff7a8b50e6cef"
            ],
            "version": "==2019.9.11"
        },
        "chardet": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae",
                "sha256:fc323ffcaeaed0e0a02bf4d117757b98aed530d9ed4531e3e15460124c106691"
            ],
            "version": "==3.0.4"
        },
        "idna": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:c357b3f628cf53ae2c4c05627ecc484553142ca23264e593d327bcde5e9c3407",
                "sha256:ea8b7f6188e6fa117537c3df7da9fc686d485087abf6ac197f9c46432f7e4a3c"
            ],
            "version": "==2.8"
        },
        "requests": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:11e007a8a2aa0323f5a921e9e6a2d7e4e67d9877e85773fba9ba6419025cbeb4",
                "sha256:9cf5292fcd0f598c671cfc1e0d7d1a7f13bb8085e9a590f48c010551dc6c4b31"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==2.22.0"
        },
        "urllib3": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:a8a318824cc77d1fd4b2bec2ded92646630d7fe8619497b142c84a9e6f5a7293",
                "sha256:f3c5fd51747d450d4dcf6f923c81f78f811aab8205fda64b0aba34a4e48b0745"
            ],
            "version": "==1.25.7"
        }
    },
    "develop": {}
}

reproduce.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
session = requests.session()
resp = session.post('https://api.thetvdb.com/login',
                    json={'apikey': '0629B785CE550C8D'})
resp.raise_for_status()
token = resp.json()['token']

session = requests.session()
session.params = {'name': 'mandalorian'}
session.headers =  {'Accept-Language': 'en',
                    'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip,deflate',
                    'Accept': 'application/vnd.thetvdb.v3.0.0',
                    'User-Agent': 'python-requests/2.22.0',
                    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
                    'Authorization': u'Bearer %s' % token}
resp = session.get('https://api.thetvdb.com/search/series')
resp.raise_for_status()