import plivo

proxies = {
    'http': 'https://username:password@proxyurl:proxyport',
    'https': 'https://username:password@proxyurl:proxyport'
    }
client = plivo.RestClient('<auth_id>', '<auth_token>', proxies=proxies,timeout=5)
Plivo authenticates requests to its APIs with BasicAuth using your AUTH ID and AUTH TOKEN, which you can find on the overview page of the console. 
import plivo

proxies = {
    'http': 'https://username:password@proxyurl:proxyport',
    'https': 'https://username:password@proxyurl:proxyport'
    }
client = plivo.RestClient('<auth_id>', '<auth_token>', proxies=proxies,timeout=5)