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+from base64 import b64encode
+
+from ..packages import six
+
+
+ACCEPT_ENCODING = 'gzip,deflate'
+
+
+def make_headers(keep_alive=None, accept_encoding=None, user_agent=None,
+                 basic_auth=None, proxy_basic_auth=None):
+    """
+    Shortcuts for generating request headers.
+
+    :param keep_alive:
+        If ``True``, adds 'connection: keep-alive' header.
+
+    :param accept_encoding:
+        Can be a boolean, list, or string.
+        ``True`` translates to 'gzip,deflate'.
+        List will get joined by comma.
+        String will be used as provided.
+
+    :param user_agent:
+        String representing the user-agent you want, such as
+        "python-urllib3/0.6"
+
+    :param basic_auth:
+        Colon-separated username:password string for 'authorization: basic ...'
+        auth header.
+
+    :param proxy_basic_auth:
+        Colon-separated username:password string for 'proxy-authorization: basic ...'
+        auth header.
+
+    Example: ::
+
+        >>> make_headers(keep_alive=True, user_agent="Batman/1.0")
+        {'connection': 'keep-alive', 'user-agent': 'Batman/1.0'}
+        >>> make_headers(accept_encoding=True)
+        {'accept-encoding': 'gzip,deflate'}
+    """
+    headers = {}
+    if accept_encoding:
+        if isinstance(accept_encoding, str):
+            pass
+        elif isinstance(accept_encoding, list):
+            accept_encoding = ','.join(accept_encoding)
+        else:
+            accept_encoding = ACCEPT_ENCODING
+        headers['accept-encoding'] = accept_encoding
+
+    if user_agent:
+        headers['user-agent'] = user_agent
+
+    if keep_alive:
+        headers['connection'] = 'keep-alive'
+
+    if basic_auth:
+        headers['authorization'] = 'Basic ' + \
+            b64encode(six.b(basic_auth)).decode('utf-8')
+
+    if proxy_basic_auth:
+        headers['proxy-authorization'] = 'Basic ' + \
+            b64encode(six.b(proxy_basic_auth)).decode('utf-8')
+
+    return headers
+
+