Trying the Python Secrets Module and a Non-Secret Gist

I have been aware of GitHub Gists for a while, but haven’t used them until now. This post is mainly to see how they work in this WordPress blog. I created a public gist and embedded the URL below.

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	# https://docs.python.org/3/library/secrets.html

	import secrets

	s = secrets.token_urlsafe(15)
	n1 = secrets.randbelow(len(s))
	n2 = secrets.randbelow(len(s))

	a = '~!@#$%^&*()-_+=:;'
	a1 = secrets.choice(a)
	a2 = secrets.choice(a)

	t = s[:n1] + a1 + s[n1:]
	t = t[:n2] + a2 + t[n2:]

	print(t)

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For a code sample, I picked a short Python script from when I was looking at the secrets module. This script generates a random password with some hard-coded attributes. It starts by getting a 15 character string from token_urlsafe (though the final result is not URL-safe). It then inserts two special characters, chosen at random from a sequence, at random positions in the string. If I want different attributes for the password (such as a different length, or different token) I just edit the script.

Looks like a secret gist can be embedded too, but that sure doesn’t keep it secret:


	# https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest-raises

	import pytest


	def f():
	raise SystemExit(1)


	def test_mytest():
	with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
	f()

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This code sample is from trying the pytest.raises method.

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