AES encryption / decryption module. Based on SO response, http://stackoverflow.com/a/12525165

aes_cipher

#!/usr/bin/python

from Crypto import Random
from Crypto.Cipher import AES
import base64

BS = 16
pad = lambda s: s + (BS - len(s) % BS) * chr(BS - len(s) % BS) 
unpad = lambda s : s[0:-ord(s[-1])]

class AESCipher:
    def __init__(self, key):
        self.key = key 

    def encrypt(self, raw):
        raw = pad(raw)
        iv = Random.new().read(AES.block_size)
        cipher = AES.new(self.key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
        return base64.b64encode(iv + cipher.encrypt(raw)) 

    def decrypt(self, enc):
        enc = base64.b64decode(enc)
        iv = enc[:16]
        cipher = AES.new(self.key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
        return unpad(cipher.decrypt(enc[16:]))