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generates key (like django secret-key) string with no possibly-mistaken characters
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| # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
| import random | |
| random = random.SystemRandom() | |
| ALLOWED_CHARACTERS = 'abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789' # evil oft-mistaken chars left out | |
| LENGTH = 50 # django | |
| secret_key = ''.join( random.choice(ALLOWED_CHARACTERS) for i in range(LENGTH) ) | |
| print( secret_key ) # outputs, eg, 'PFxkGZSutc82psTD2hyrAxnaFRRu9sArVGqyJTW85kGnZWYsyb' |
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credit: from pythonadventures post
other good info: comment by franlu at geoffalday gist