Generate an expiring URL compatible with Nginx's http_secure_link_module.

nginx_secure_link.py

# https://gist.github.com/bryanchow/45db1ce979b1aae75c996e3e90e6f72c

import time
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from hashlib import md5
from base64 import b64encode
from urllib.parse import urlencode


def make_secure_link(url, secret, minutes=5):
    """
    Given a URL and a shared secret, generate an expiring URL compatible with
    Nginx's http_secure_link_module.

    http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_secure_link_module.html
    """

    expiry_time = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=minutes)
    timestamp = str(int(time.mktime(expiry_time.timetuple())))
    token = (
        b64encode(
            md5("".join([secret, url, timestamp]).encode()).digest()
        )
        .decode()
        .replace("+", "-")
        .replace("/", "_")
        .replace("=", "")
    )
    return "?".join((url, urlencode(dict(st=token, e=timestamp))))