Generates a sha256 hash of a username:password credentials for secured basic HTTP authentication.

token.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys, hashlib, base64

# USAGE: ./token.py "username" "password"
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    print("USAGE: script.py username password")
    exit(1)

def generate(username, password):
    return hashlib.sha256(base64.b64encode('{0}:{1}'.format(username, password).encode())).hexdigest()

print('Your token:')
print(generate(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]))