Generates a random API key

api-key.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""Generate a random API key
https://gist.github.com/ishahid/54f0478e480234fa44ec
"""


import base64
import hashlib
import random


def generate_key():
    random_hash = hashlib.sha256(str(random.getrandbits(256))).digest()
    random_chars = random.choice(['rA', 'aZ', 'gQ', 'hH', 'hG', 'aR', 'DD'])
    return base64.b64encode(random_hash, random_chars).rstrip('==')


if __name__ == "__main__":
    key = generate_key()
    print key